Republican Gov. Rick Perry could make an appointment to that position in September. Isassi, a Democrat, has sought the intervention of a prominent loc

Kleberg counsel indicted in abuse-of-power case

By Dan Kelley (Contact)
Friday, July 20, 2007
Isassi's case stems from charges against a relative.
Isassi's case stems from charges against a relative.

Alfred Isassi, who is seeking appointment to a newly created district attorney position, was indicted Thursday on misdemeanor charges accusing him of abuse of his powers as Kleberg County Attorney.

Isassi faces one count of abuse of official capacity and three counts of exercising improper influence.

The indictment stems from the arrest of an aunt, Anna Linda Gonzalez, on a felony count of evading in a vehicle in 2005.

Isassi is alleged to have told Assistant District Attorney Aida Trevino that the charges against his aunt were to be dismissed. The indictment also alleges that he told two employees of the county's probation department that his aunt did not have to report for pre-trial supervision.

Bond was issued at $1,000, according to District Clerk Martha Soliz.

Isassi could not be reached for comment.

Kingsville Mayor Sam R. Fugate, a lawyer who is advising Isassi but has not been retained by Isassi, said, "I'm sure this will come out in his favor."

"I feel bad for him and his family," Fugate said. "He's a good young man and a good lawyer."

Kleberg County Judge Pete De La Garza said Isassi will continue to represent the county.

"You need to understand that an indictment is not a conviction," De La Garza said. "It's an accusation."

De La Garza said he did not know if the county would pay Isassi's legal fees -- in some circumstances the county has a choice in the matter, in some circumstances it does not.

As county attorney, Isassi is responsible for prosecuting misdemeanors. He is also a former assistant district attorney, serving under Carlos Valdez, the district attorney for Kleberg, Kenedy and Nueces counties.

Valdez said in a previous interview that he and two top aides could be called to testify at trial.

The Legislature this year created a district attorney position to cover Kleberg and Kenedy counties. Republican Gov. Rick Perry could make an appointment to that position in September. Isassi, a Democrat, has sought the intervention of a prominent local Republican -- whom he declined to identify -- to intercede with the governor.

A special prosecutor was appointed to investigate and try the case.

Contact Dan Kelley at 886-4316 or kelleyd@caller.com

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Professor Alan M. Dershowitz is Brooklyn native who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer” and one of its “most distinguished defenders of individual rights,” “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world,” “the top lawyer of last resort,” “America’s most public Jewish defender” and “Israel’s single most visible defender – the Jewish state’s lead attorney in the court of public opinion.” He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Dershowitz, a graduate of Brooklyn College and Yale Law School, joined the Harvard Law School faculty at age 25 after clerking for Judge David Bazelon and Justice Arthur Goldberg.

He has also published more than 100 articles in magazines and journals such as The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post. The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Nation, Commentary, Saturday Review, The Harvard Law Review and the Yale Law Journal, and more than 300 of his articles have appeared in syndication in 50 national daily newspapers. Professor Dershowitz is the author of 27 fiction and non-fiction works with a worldwide audience. His most recent titles include Rights From Wrong, The Case For Israel, The Case For Peace, Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking the Declaration of Independence and Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways, Finding Jefferson – A Lost Letter, A Remarkable Discovery, and The First Amendment In An Age of Terrorism.

In addition to his numerous law review articles and books about criminal and constitutional law, he has written, taught and lectured about history, philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, theology, music, sports – and even delicatessens.

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Voices of Antisemitism



Alan Dershowitz is concerned over what he views as a rising tide of antisemitic speech on American college campuses.



ALAN DERSHOWITZ:


I sure hope that [Jean-Paul] Sartre was not right that the antisemite makes the Jew. When I was growing up, antisemitism determined where we could work, where we could live, where we could go to school, who we could socialize with. None of that's true today. Antisemitism, its not a central phenomenon in the life of Americans. Whereas, of course, assimilation and other ways of Judaism being endangered from within are increasing problems. I think what we need is positive Judaism. We need young Jews to see the strengths, the positive aspects of Judaism, not only as a religion but as a culture, a civilization, as part of one's way of life. Even though antisemitism is not a function of their own lives.

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Author, professor, and civil liberties attorney Alan Dershowitz is concerned over what he views as a rising tide of antisemitic speech on American college campuses. Dershowitz calls upon his peers to condemn those who would use such rhetoric to justify hatred of Jews.

Welcome to Voices on Antisemitism, a free podcast series of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. I'm Daniel Greene. Every other week, we invite a guest to reflect about the many ways that antisemitism and hatred influence our world today. Here's Harvard Law School professor, Alan Dershowitz.

ALAN DERSHOWITZ:


I never wanted to write the book The Case for Israel. I wanted to write The Case for Peace, which I eventually did. I had to write The Case for Israel, even though nobody has to write The Case for Canada, or The Case for New Zealand, or The Case for France or [The Case for] England, because the case against Israel was being so prominently featured on American university campuses, and it was based on such ignorance that I had to get the liberal case for Israel out there based on facts. And when I did that it was seen immediately as an enormous threat to the hard left presence on campuses.

If you look at some of the cartoons that are being used against Israel, against Israeli leaders and supporters of Israel, most recently against me, the propaganda effort has changed. And instead of a conversation about Israel and the Palestinians, there is an attempt to dehumanize Israel and to demonize Israel. And Holocaust denial is increasing. Holocaust minimization is increasing. Holocaust comparativization is increasing. And education is critically important. When a Holocaust denier speaks on a college or university campus, I see that as an educational moment, as an opportunity to educate students, and instead of trying to ban the speaker, respond and educate.

It's good to be critical of Israeli policies, just like it's good to be critical of American policies. I'm no less a patriot because I'm critical of the Iraq war or other American policies. And I'm no less a Zionist because I'm critical of many Israeli policies. Even criticism of Zionism is perfectly acceptable intellectually. It's the double standard, the hyper-criticism, the unwillingness to find anything decent in Israel, that begins to blur the lines between criticism of Israel the state, and criticism of Israel, the Jew among the states.

When I speak on college campuses, and I speak on many, I get calls the next day always, almost in a whispered voice: "Thank you for speaking up."

And I ask, "Why don't you speak up?"

"Well, you know, we don't want to be unpopular with students. We don't want to get into controversial areas. We don't want to be politically incorrect."

It's appalling how irresponsible most American academics have been in the face of this well-organized campaign to turn our current generation of college students and our future leaders against Israel and against Jewish interests and values. We have the responsibility to stop it. We have the resources to stop it. We have the ability to stop it. And if we fail to respond to hate speech, it's our fault.

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Who needs the Medical examiner when the Brian Smith is "Clairvoyant"?

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August 8, 2003


Going…Going…Going Online This Fall
High demand spurs College’s Death Investigation Program to offer Internet courses worldwide

When Del Mar College began offering its Death Investigation Program two years ago, 33 students began taking one of the first three courses developed. Over 100 other local students had to put their name on a waiting list to enroll in the classes.

But a partnership that emerged nearly four years ago with the U.S. Congress, the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office in Washington State, the Nueces County Medical Examiners Office and local computer software company INDX, Inc. is now putting death investigation at the forefront on the Internet. This fall, Del Mar will begin offering its courses online to reach more students across the country–even around the world.

“Our program has grown exponentially during the past two years,” says John Graham, instructor of criminal justice. “And we expect even more growth when our online degree program is promoted internationally through the NOMIS Project.” Online courses the College will offer include Death Investigation I, Death Investigation II and the Legal and Social Aspects of Death and Dying.

The Network of Medicolegal Investigative Systems, known as NOMIS, is a computer program developed and owned by INDX, Inc. The company offered to modify NOMIS for the government to assist in the investigation of tracking incidences of death, including those caused by weapons of mass destruction and bioterrorism. The program will facilitate the collection, analysis and retrieval of data in several areas, including identification of missing/unidentified deceased persons; mass fatality victim identification; investigator training and certification; electronic death registration; evidence control and disposition; Emergency Room casualty tracking; military combat aid station tracking; contagious diseases and epidemics; AMBER Alert communications; serial homicides; among several others.

NOMIS will offer a comprehensive solution to the needs of medicolegal and law enforcement jurisdictions and provide a common national infrastructure that serves multiple agencies at all levels of government. National security, national defense, criminal justice, public health and disaster mitigation, response and recovery will all benefit from the application.

The partnership is sponsoring the deployment of the NOMIS Basic Death Investigation Web Service application this month with an anticipated in-depth testing date set for Aug. 8. The Web site, located at www.nomisproject.com, will also link to Del Mar’s Death Investigation Program.

Of the partnership, Graham says, “This marriage was made in heaven, not only for Del Mar College but for the entire nation.” He reiterates that under the agreement, NOMIS will provide worldwide instant access to the College’s Death Investigation Program while Del Mar will have perpetual access to data stored onsite for research purposes or educational needs. “This is a great deal for us.”
Graham says that in 2001, U.S. Congressman Solomon Ortiz successfully funneled a line item appropriation through the Department of Justice as part of the 2002 national budget to fund INDX, Inc.’s expansion of the NOMIS application’s abilities.

According to Graham, NOMIS was created using “what experts called an impossible amount of funding, only $300,000, to complete what normally takes millions of dollars.” Del Mar College and INDX, Inc. worked together and are now close to completing the second version of the application.

“Del Mar College has achieved a minor miracle with the funding received in the line item appropriation,” he notes. “We created a new degree, a national data collection program and retained the right to access data from that program. We could not afford to purchase this kind of powerful tool or build it without the dedication of College faculty with the Legal Professions and Computer Science Departments and Information Technology personnel, who all had a hand in making this a reality.”

Additionally, Del Mar Criminal Justice students tested the Alpha version of NOMIS using a simulated attack on the Port of Corpus Christi. Many fatalities were incorporated into the exercise so that students could pretend to be first responders to a central emergency command post.

“With no training, they were able to master the program and begin downloading data within five minutes,” Graham says. “This type of usability is of paramount importance. If this system had been available on 9-11, the process of recovery and identification may have been enhanced.”

Graham says that requests for entry into the Death Investigation Program continuously come from individuals across the nation. “Demand is high, but now that the program will be promoted on the NOMIS Project homepage, the Legal Professions Division is gearing up for an additional influx of requests,” he says.

“We’re literally calling medical examiners and investigators all over the country to recruit adjunct instructors to teach this fall’s online courses,” Graham adds. “I’ve even spoken to a forensic pathologist in Great Britain.”

“Del Mar College is the only institution of higher education that offers a degree program in Death Investigation,” notes Graham. “Combined with the national deployment of NOMIS, the number of requests for this degree are probably going to be beyond our immediate ability to respond. What a wonderful problem to have.”


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Sidebar Story:


Death Investigation Student Currently Working in Field
Director of Morgue Services with Nueces County Medical Examiners Office close to finishing program

She only lacks taking five classes to complete Del Mar College’s Death Investigation Program. But as Alex Medina puts it, “The field is not for everyone.”

“You don’t know what work is going to be like from one day to the next,” says Medina, a criminal justice and death investigations major and the director of morgue services at the Nueces County Medical Examiners Office. “You deal with death every day, and you see people you have known, friends or someone you went to school with. You just don’t know who you’ll see until you pull the cover back.”
The Corpus Christi native enrolled in Death Investigations courses when the College’s Department of Legal Professions began offering the program in fall 2001. Medina says her extensive experience in healthcare, including clinical, administrative and emergency services have been beneficial as she’s worked through the program.

“I enrolled in the Death Investigation Program during its infancy,” she notes. “But the program is expanding and is great for students here in Corpus Christi.” She notes that the high employment demand in the field means graduates have opportunities to find positions all over the country.

Prior to returning to Corpus Christi three years ago, Medina joined the U.S. Navy and began serving as a corpsman and EMT (emergency medical technician) in 1987. The 34-year-old is a nationally registered EMT, a certified medical assistant and a licensed ambulance driver.

But, Medina’s fascination with forensics and work with several pathology groups over the years spurned her interest to enroll in the Death Investigation Program when she decided to go back to college. “I started taking 22 to 26 credit hours when I enrolled,” she says. “I also wanted to get my foot in the door and made myself known to Ric Ortiz, who’s the chief investigator in the county’s Medical Examiners Office and was one of the first adjunct instructors to teach courses in the new program.”

“During class tours of the facility, I made a point of meeting the forensic staff and kind of pushed my way in here,” she muses. “When a position became available, I applied for it and went through the same process as the other candidates. But my education and work experience was key to my getting the position.”

Medina says death investigations is very demanding--physically and psychologically. “People are fascinated as to why I chose this field, but I believe I am where I’m suppose to be at this time in my life. I find the work intriguing. It’s like solving a puzzle.”

She adds, “This field requires special people who can find the answers as to why or how someone died.”


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Commissioners Court Minutes For July 26, 2006
Page 1 of 7
REGULAR MEETING – JULY 26, 2006
BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this the 26
th
day of July, A.D., 2006, there was begun and held a
REGULAR MEETING of the Honorable Commissioners Court of Nueces County, Texas, wherein
the following members thereof were present, to-wit:
TERRY SHAMSIE
COUNTY JUDGE
PEGGY BAÑALES
COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT NO. 1
BETTY JEAN LONGORIA
COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT NO. 2
OSCAR O. ORTIZ
COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT NO. 3
H. C. “CHUCK” CAZALAS
COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT NO. 4
and DIANA T. BARRERA, COUNTY CLERK & EX-OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COMMISSIONERS
COURT of Nueces County, Texas, wherein the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Pastor Axel from Pilgrim Baptist Church gave the invocation.
The Court entered into Workshop Session at 8:40 a.m.
The Court reconvened into regular session at 9:05 a.m.
Agenda Item #1
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
The Court recessed the regular meeting at 9:06 a.m. to hold a Public
Hearing to consider naming a newly constructed section of road “County
Road 48” and rename an existing section of road “Hummingbird Lane”.
On motion of Commissioner Cazalas, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to close the Public Hearing and to reconvene into Budget
session at 9:10 a. m.
The Court reconvened into regular session at 10:55 a.m. All members
present.
Pledge of Allegiance
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Page 2 of 7
Agenda Item #18
On motion of Commissioner Cazalas, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to adopt a resolution formally accepting the
recommendations of the Nueces County Beach Management Advisory
Committee, related to the Nueces County Dune Protection and Beach
Access Plan. See Volume 37, Pages 561-569.
Agenda Item #2
GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS
Commissioner Cazalas reported that he would be going to Austin on
Thursday to attend a meeting pertaining to retirement plan issues.
Commissioner Longoria also reported that she was going to attend the same
meeting in Austin.
Commissioner Ortiz – no report
Commission Bañales commented on the wonderful opening of the Old
Courthouse annex. She also thanked the following people who assisted with
the project: Edward Herrera, Lt. Robert Hernandez, Elsa Saenz, Roxanne
Hunt and her staff, Jason Parker, Michael Molina, Commissioners Court
Assistants Yolanda Slubar, Sandra Santos, Sandra Ysassi, and Josie Herro,
and Tyner Little.
Judge Shamsie commented that the Commissioners Court will be adopting a
tax rate that is lower than the effective tax rate. He is also proposing to raise
the homestead exemption for those over 65 and disabled, from $60,000 to
$62,500 which will further lower the taxes. The Judge also thanked the
Court, all Elected Officials, and employees for their hard work in keeping
costs down. It was a team effort.
Agenda Item #3a
CONSENT AGENDA
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to approve the minutes for the March 8, 15, and 23, 2006,
Commissioner Court meetings, with corrections to the March 15, 2006
minutes to include the following names of persons who assisted during the
Diabetes Awareness Fair: Commissioner Bañales thanked the Leopard
Street Corridor, Ace Zamora, a Miller High School student, Elsa Saenz,
Human Resources Director and son Eric, Terry Montes, Yolanda Slubar and
son Steven and her daughter Analisa Bañales for their hard work in
preparation for the event.
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Agenda Item #3a(i)
On motion of Commissioner Ortiz, seconded by Commissioner Bañales, the
Court voted to authorize payment of bills and claims certified by the County
Auditor, including regular bill summaries dated July 12 (2), July 13 (2), July
17, July 19, July 20 (2), and July 24, 2006, and manual checks dated July
14, and July 21, 2006; and to approve the Special Motions List dated July
26, 2006. See Volume 37, Pages 570-571.
Agenda Item #3b
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to authorize the acceptance of a donation of $1,000.00 from
TXU Energy for use by the Nueces County Human Services Department.
Agenda Item #3c
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to ratify the contract with Complete Construction Service for
services related to the Hilltop Nature Area II Skate Park, subject to company
providing proper insurance. Contract No. 200600092.
Agenda Item #4
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to authorize the adoption of a Resolution and Order adopting
the name of “County Road 48” for a newly constructed section of roadway.
See Volume 37, Page 572.
Agenda Item #14
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Ortiz, the
Court voted to approve a pay adjustment for Juvenile Board members and
County Court at Law Judges, effective December 1, 2005, pursuant to
Attorney General Opinion No. GA0437.
Agenda Item #6
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to approve an amendment to grant for Local Public
Health Preparedness and Response for the Bioterrorism FY 05-06 in the
amount of $67,381.00. Contract No. 200600093
Agenda Item #7
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to approve Attachment No. 03A to Department of State
Health Services Title XX contract for additional funding in the amount of
$46,329.00. Contract No. 200600094
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Agenda Item #8
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to approve Attachment No. 04A to Department of State
Health Services Title V contract for funding in the amount $22,840.00.
Contract No. 200600095
Agenda Item #5
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Cazalas,
the Court voted to adopt a Resolution and Order to change the name of a
section of County Road 48 to “Hummingbird Lane”. See Volume 37, Page
573.
Agenda Item #9
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to authorize execution of a contract with Naismith
Engineering, Inc., for roadway and drainage improvements relating to the
Rose Acres Colonia project. Commissioner Cazalas abstained because he
is Chairman of Office of Rural Community Affairs Grant Review Committee.
Contract No. 200600096.
Agenda Item #10
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Ortiz, the
Court voted to adopt a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant
application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for a Texas
Recreation and Parks Accounts Program. See Volume 37, Page 574.
Agenda Item #11
On motion of Commissioner Ortiz, seconded by Commissioner Longoria, the
Court voted to approve an amendment to the Texas Parks and Wildlife
agreement related to extending the expiration date on the New North
Robstown County Park grant from July 15, 2006 to July 31, 2006. Contract
No. 200600097
Agenda Item #12
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to approve the execution of a Memorandum of
Understanding with the State of Texas – Office of Court Administration for
collection software funding assistance. Contract No. 200600100
Agenda Item #13
On motion of Commissioner Ortiz, seconded by Commissioner Longoria, the
Court voted to accept and approve the Management Letter from the
independent audit firm, Pattillo, Brown and Hill, for fiscal year ended 9-30-05.
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Agenda Item #15
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to approve the allocation of $1,000.00 diabetes funds for the
Texas Cooperative Extension for Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes (DWBW)
Program.
Agenda Item #16
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to approve an agreement with Goliad County, related to the
performance of Postmortem examinations by the Nueces County Medical
Examiner. Contract No. 200600098
Agenda Item #17
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to authorize execution of agreement with the Office of the
Texas Attorney General related to the Child Support Enforcement Program
pursuant to Title IV-D. Contract No. 200600099
Agenda Item #19
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to authorize the County Judge Executive Assistants, Steve
Waterman and Tyner Little, to approve the Quarterly Request for County
Reimbursement of Juror Payments.
Agenda Item #20a
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Cazalas,
the Court voted to award IFB No. 2660-06, Channel Clearing near Banquete,
to Garrett Construction Company.
Agenda Item #20b
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to table Agenda Item #20b.
Agenda Item #20c
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to advertise for Courthouse Window Renovation.
Agenda Item #20d
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to advertise for Courthouse Elevator Maintenance.
Agenda Item #20e
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to authorize advertisement for a New 12” Waterline
Improvement for the Fairgrounds.
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Agenda Item #20f
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to authorize advertisement for a Courthouse Security Access
Control System.
Agenda Item #21
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales
the Court voted to table Agenda Item #21.
Agenda Item #22a
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to approve Unfreeze List No. 486 and Temporary Application
and Contract List No. 176. See Volume 37, Pages 575-576.
Agenda Item #22b
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Cazalas,
the Court voted to approve Personnel Change Reports through July 11, and
July 18, 2006. See Volume 37, Pages 577-588.
Agenda Item #22c
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to approve creation and the unfreeze of Epidemiologist
position, PG 27, Step 1, under the Department of State Health Services
grant funding.
Agenda Item #22d
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to approve reclassifying the Tax Office position no. 22, from
17/03 to 21/01; and position no. 35 from 15/01 to 11/01.
Agenda Item #22e
On motion of Commissioner Cazalas, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to approve of the reclassifying the Public Works Principle
Engineer position from 38/01 to 42/01.
Agenda Item #22
On motion of Commissioner Cazalas, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to approve the creation and unfreeze of an architect-facilities
management position, pay group 39, in the Department of Public Works.
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Agenda Item #23
EXECUTIVE SESSION
On motion of Commissioner Cazalas, seconded by Commissioner Bañales,
the Court voted to enter into session at 11:55 a. m. in accordance with the
authority of the Government Code, Vernon’s Texas Codes, Sections
551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.0745, 551.076, 551.086, to
consult with attorney(s) including matters related to litigation; deliberate
regarding real property, prospective gift(s), personnel matters including
termination, county advisory bodies, security devices, and/or economic
development negotiations and other matters that may be discussed in an
Executive Session. Upon completion of the Executive Session, the
Commissioners Court may in an open session take such as action as
appropriate on items discussed in an Executive Session.
The Court reconvened into regular session at 12.54 p.m. Judge Shamsie
absent.
Agenda Item #24
On motion of Commissioner Bañales, seconded by Commissioner Longoria,
the Court voted to appoint Candy Holmes, Wavel Milligan Brown,
Commander U. B. Alvarado, Nick Nevarez, and Rev. Richard Stafford to the
Adult Protection Services Special Task Unit
On motion of Commissioner Longoria, seconded by Commissioner Bañales, the Court voted to
adjourn the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
There being no further business to come before the Court, it is ordered that this meeting do now
stand adjourned, this the 26
th
day of July, 2006.
_______________________________________________
Terry Shamsie, County Judge
Nueces County, Texas
ATTEST:
Diana T. Barrera, County Clerk
And Ex-Officio Clerk Of The
Commissioners Court Of
Nueces County, Texas
_________________________________________
Diana T. Barrera, County Clerk