Every time he runs for office, Otis Powers repeats his mantra of "Character, Proven Leader, Integrity."
His signs are always emblazoned with the Stars and Stripes even though he never served in the military. To his dismay, this time around he is going up against an opponent in Argelia Miller who spent 20 years in the Air Force and is about as red-white-and-blue as they come.
It's like trying to be more Catholic than the Pope, and even that is going to be difficult because Mrs. Miller will often quote Scripture from memory.
As usual, Powers has entangled his opponent in a dispute over campaign signs. He removed one from the property of a Mr. Calvillo across from Yturria Elementary, a voting precinct. He told Miller in front of witnesses (and then recanted) that Calvillo did not like the school district because just as Powers was negotiating the sale of his land to build a school, he was defeated for reelection by Catalina Presas-Garcia in 2008.But let's take him at his word that he has these attributes he hawks on his signs and compare them to words that emanated from his own lips. These quotes are taken from a tape admitted into evidence in federal court in a case charging that he was involved in a conspiracy with the former board majority (Rick Zayas, Ruben Cortez, Rolando Aguilar and Joe Colunga) to fire former superintendent Hector Gonzales by having former BISD Chief Financial Officer Tony Juarez file a bogus grievance against him.
CHARACTER:
http://itismybusinesstoknow.
In this first snippet, Powers tells Juarez how he's "talked to all of them" (board members Rick Zayas, Joe Colunga Rolando Aguilar, etc.) about having Juarez file a bogus grievance against Gonzales to give the others a justification for firing him.
PROVEN LEADERSHIP:
http://itismybusinesstoknow.
In this second one, Powers is talking to Colunga over the phone about having his attorney Mark Sossi file a lawsuit and serve trustee Caty Presas-Garcia with a lawsuit during a board meeting. Powers said that after Presas-Garcia was served, she wouldn't be thinking about Colunga anymore when she went into executive session.
INTEGRITY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
In the third one, Powers is on the phone with Joe Colunga and is heard to tell him of how he received advice from former blogger Bobby Wightman to sue Presas-Garcia for alleged offenses relating to privacy FERPA guidelines.
It is said that religion and patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. In Otis' case, it appears to be double-barreled.
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