Vroom, Vroom...Stop! La Joya ISD Brouhaha

As mentioned below, on Thursday, February 7, 2008,  the Texas Court of Appeals  upheld Judge Fred Hinojosa's decision to overturn the La Joya ISD School Board Election where Arturo Gonzalez and Esperanza Ochoa were declared winners over LJISD incumbent Elma Garza and Domingo Villareal, Jr.

Contestees' first issue is overruled. Because we have found that the trial court was presented with clear and convincing evidence that illegal votes were counted and that election judges made mistakes which materially affected and obscured the true outcome of the election, we need not address Contestees' second and third issues, for the resolution of those issues would not further affect the outcome of this appeal. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. The trial court is instructed to immediately prescribe a new election date in accordance with the election code.

Tex.App.-Corpus Christi,2008.
Gonzalez v. Villarreal

Whether or not the GO team can further appeal their case remains unclear. However, according to Sara Perkins of The Monitor Adam Poncio, the attorney for Gonzalez and Ochoa "vowed to file an appeal, saying it was possible for the Texas Supreme Court to hear the case. "

No one from the GO camp cared to comment. 

Elma Garza on the other hand had some words to add.

“Two courts have found these people guilty of corruption,” she said. “I think it’s time to return justice to the people of La Joya.”

“Something is seriously wrong there,” she said.
So another election is to be held? When? Where? Stay tuned......