Bill Blackburn Announces NOT Evangelical Christian

Before he decided to run for Kerrville mayor Bill Blackburn posted some political commentary on Facebook he probably regrets. He announced he's never been a Republican, and then there's this gem:

Did Blackburn Supporters Commit Voter Fraud/Bribery ??

From Zeke MacCormack's article in SA Express News

KERRVILLE — Reflecting the intensity of local election campaigning, a criminal complaint has been lodged over rent rebates of $20 that were offered to tenants of four apartment complexes to reward them if they vote May 5.

The apartments had meet-and-greet events for the candidate slate led by Bill Blackburn, who is challenging incumbent Mayor Bonnie White. Three council seats are at stake.

An attorney for the MacDonald Companies, which owns the complexes, insisted the rebates were perfectly legal, but confirmed that the offer advertised in apartment newsletters has been rescinded.

District Attorney Lucy Wilke on Wednesday said she referred to the state attorney genercode provisions on bribery.al’s office a complaint she received from an unspecified source that alleged the rebate offer violated state penal

The statute cited states, “A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer on another, or solicits, accepts or agrees to accept from another: any benefit as consideration for the recipient’s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant, party official or voter.”

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The MacDonald Companies build and manage federally subsidized housing projects - four of them in Kerrville. It's understandable why they would downplay the seriousness of their conduct. But look at it this way - let's say the liberals/Democrats made a similar offer to low income voters in Houston or San Antonio - it might be worth $20 to go vote - or just a bottle of Thunderbird Wine. 

S.A. defense attorney accused of drunkenly rear-ending car with infants inside

Drunk Lawyers
A San Antonio-based criminal defense attorney was arrested over the weekend after police said he drunkenly rear-ended another vehicle with two infants inside on the Northwest Side.

Jesse Hernandez, 39, was booked into the Bexar County Jail Saturday on a charge of DWI and posted bail later that day.

Bankrupt Kerrville company accuses ex-president of fraud
The Kerrville consulting company that sought bankruptcy protection amid possible financial wrongdoing has accused its former president of fraud.
The HJH Consulting Group Inc., which does business as The Salt Group, also accused Stephen Canty of breaching his of fiduciary duty, according to a filing in bankruptcy court Monday.
The company said it also has a claim against Kerrville accounting firm Pressler, Thompson & Co. for “committing malpractice in regards to conducting audits for the debtor for a number of years,” according to the filing.
HJH sought bankruptcy protection “due to the fact that one of its employees manipulated (its) accounting records” to its “detriment,” it said in an April 9 court filing.

The Perils of Lust and Greed: Kerrville Conman; Uresti Surrenders Law License

Convicted state Sen. Carlos Uresti surrenders law license

State Sen. Carlos Uresti, convicted less than two months ago by a federal jury on 11 felony charges, has surrendered his license to practice law in lieu of facing disciplinary action from the State Bar of Texas.

Without a license, Uresti will be prohibited from practicing law in the state where he has worked as an attorney for more than 25 years.

Uresti, 54, would have been disbarred after he’s sentenced June 28, anyway, but he opted to voluntarily submit his resignation March 23. His resignation was accepted by the Bar’s Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel the same day and then by the Supreme Court of Texas on Tuesday.

FBI investigating possible wrongdoing at Kerrville company

FBI agents are investigating possible financial malfeasance at a Kerrville consulting company that filed for bankruptcy last week, three people familiar with the probe said.

The HJH Consulting Group Inc., which does business as The Salt Group, disclosed in a Monday court filing that it sought bankruptcy protection “due to the fact that one of its employees manipulated the accounting records of the Debtor to the Debtor’s detriment.”

Stephen A. Canty, who has served as Salt Group’s president, declined to comment when reached by phone Wednesday but said he was represented by San Antonio criminal defense lawyer Gerald “Gerry” Goldstein. The attorney declined to comment. Canty was replaced as HJH Consulting’s registered agent on April 2, state corporate records show.

A person familiar with the bankruptcy case said a company official had overstated its receivables for years to obtain funding on a bank loan. The official recently confessed, triggering a criminal investigation, this person said.

Gee, I wonder who the culprit is. 

Candidate Bill Blackburn - Not Republican, Not Evangelical Christian

Kerrville is one of the most conservative cities in a very conservative state. So it puzzles me that the best challenger the opponents of Mayor Bonnie White could come up is Bill Blackburn, who has written comments on his Facebook page where he disavows being a Republican, or an evangelical Christian because so many of them voted for Donald Trump. Hells' bells, the Republicans always get 80 percent of the votes in Kerr County!

Dallas lawyer who exposed himself at office staffed with teenage girls gets 8 years
Dallas Morning News

A Dallas defense attorney with a penchant for masturbating in front of the teenage girls he hired to work in his law office has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Rayan Ganesh, 34, was convicted Wednesday by a Dallas County jury on two counts of felony indecency with a child by exposure. State District Judge Amber Givens-Davis decided his sentence Thursday.

Ganesh was also a serial offender of the barratry laws, roaming the halls of the criminal courts and stalking defendants. About 30 lawyers showed up for his sentencing, and not as character witnesses for the defense. The prosecutor told Texas Lawyer “I had all of the lawyers in the courtroom stand up. And I said ‘Each of you are victims of this,’” Michael Snipes said, referring to Ganesh’s unethical behavior. “Because you make us look like the worst nightmare of the public as to what lawyers are all about.’”

“He preyed upon defendants when they were at their weakest moment and took advantage. And then he used them to take advantage of these little girls,” Snipes said. “The barratry part is problematic. But him using that to feed his salacious desires is really what made it bad.”

Corrupt Texas sheriff soon to be released from prison

Scumbag Ex-Sheriff/Drug Dealer Soon to be Released from Prison

• Scumbag Lawyer Mark Benavides gets 80 years for coercing clients into having sex

  from San Antonio Express

  FLORESVILLE — A Wilson County jury on Friday sentenced a former San Antonio attorney to 80 years in prison on each of the six counts he faced for coercing clients into sex.

  Mark Henry Benavides will have to serve at least 30 years before he is eligible for parole.
  
  

Expert: Guilty ex-S.A. attorney PERVERT Mark Benavides displayed arousal to violent sex

FLORESVILLE — A clinical and forensic psychologist who reviewed sex videos and commercial pornography seized from a former San Antonio attorney said the defendant showed patterns of control and an arousal to violent sex, the expert told jurors Thursday.

Aaron Pierce was the last witness to testify before the state rested in the sentencing phase of the trial of Mark Henry Benavides, convicted Tuesday of continuous trafficking of persons. Twelve women testified that he coerced them into having sex to keep them out of jail or lessen their legal troubles.

Prosecutor Meredith Chacon asked Pierce for his expert opinion on video evidence he observed.

“Most concerning were two videos where women had to engage in anal sex,” he said. “It was very painful, they asked him to stop, they were crying.”

When Chacon asked if he noticed a pattern in the videos and evidence, Pierce said Benavides “consistently was the one in control, directing what was happening.”

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Expert-Ex-S-A-attorney-displayed-arousal-to-12809411.php?ipid=brkbar
Suffolk County PERVERT district judge apologizes, admits he's serial underwear stealer
A Long Island judge who police say repeatedly broke into his neighbor's home to steal her underwear has confessed to snatching panties on multiple occasions, even though he has pleaded not guilty.

Still, Suffolk County District Judge Robert Cicale has been removed from the bench and is facing up to 15 years in prison.

Cicale was arrested on burglary charges and appeared in court Friday morning.

Houston pastor indicted on charges of defrauding investors
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A prominent Houston megachurch pastor who counseled presidents and top executives was charged on Friday with selling investors more than $1 million in worthless Chinese bonds and using proceeds for his own benefit, federal authorities said.

Kirbyjon Caldwell, 64, senior pastor at the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, one of the nation's largest Protestant churches with about 17,000 members, faces wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with the sale of historical bonds to mostly elderly investors.

The bonds were issued by the former Republic of China before 1949 - when the communists won that country's civil war and took power - are not recognized by the current Chinese government and have no investment value, said U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook in Shreveport, Louisiana.