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Slapped
With A 12-Year-Stretch
Alamo Community College District trustee Jesse Gonzales
was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday as the first
of several corruption cases ended with jurors demanding
stern punishment when they could have given probation.
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ACCD's Gonzales
Is Guilty
Bexar County jurors answered a prosecutor's plea to clean
up corruption at the Alamo Community College District and
found one of its trustees, Jesse Gonzales, guilty of two
counts of bribery and money laundering Thursday after 90
minutes of deliberation. The decisions likely will spell
the end of Gonzales' political career. He faces two to 20
years in prison or probation, depending on what jurors
decide when they reconvene this morning. (More)
Raul 'Boss'
Prado's Schemes In S San Detailed
On a Saturday morning in February 2002, old political
foes came to the bargaining table at a restaurant near
South Park Mall. Many believed bad blood ran deep between
Manuel Lopez, a trustee at the South San Antonio School
District, and Raul Prado, a former City Councilman
running for the Legislature. (More)
Mayor Ed Garza
Losing
War On Smoking?
Mayor
Ed Garza, intent on selling the new City Council on
controversial issues the past council could not or would
not tackle, appears to have set the political bar too
high, too early. After meeting resistance from his
colleagues, the mayor backpedaled on his high-profile
ideas to ban smoking in all public places and to allow
special taxing districts to help pay for development over
the Edwards Aquifer. (More)
SA 'Fire-Bug':
Burning
Churches For God
A 22-year-old man who was arrested Tuesday in connection
with a string of church fires gave a statement to an
arson investigator implicating himself in at least 10 of
the blazes, according to court documents. Jesus Arturo
Barraza Jr. told investigators he believed "'Jesus'
was watching over me" the longer he continued
lighting the fires without being caught, according to his
statement. (More)
Eye-Gouging
Criminal
In
SA Back In Custody
Nathan Dale Campbell -- a Houston man found to be legally
insane when he gouged out his girlfriend's eyes seven
years ago -- is back in custody after disappearing this
weekend from a San Antonio boarding house. (More)
Texas And Boeng
Are 'Right-To-Work' States Right For Manufacturer?
As The Boeing Co. considers sites for its 7E7 plant, some
states are discreetly raising the union issue. Boeing
doesn't directly address unions in its public
specifications, but the states where so-called
"right-to-work" laws are in force aren't
hesitant to note that in their pitches. (More)
Texas Inmate
Executed For Videotaped Robbery-Slaying Outside San
Antonio
The
drugs used to execute condemned killer Kia Levoy Johnson
cost $86, almost four times more than the paltry $23 the
twice-convicted burglar got when he fled with a cash
register after gunning down the night manager of a
suburban San Antonio convenience store more than nine
years ago. (More)
San Antonio Man
In
Wheelchair
Drowns
Falls
Into Pool At Home
A 49-year-old man confined to a wheelchair drowned in a
pool at his home Tuesday afternoon despite efforts by his
parents to save him, police said. Robert Melvyn Belken,
of the 15200 block of Oak Spring, died about 4PM. (More)
Inside The ACCD Scandal
Shocking
Details In Black And White;
Crooked
SA Architect Cruz Spills His Guts
Text Of Bombshell Affidavit
SAWS Says It
Needs To Raise Rates Again
For three years, San Antonio Water System customers have
seen steadily rising rates to pay for new sources of
water. Now, SAWS officials say that another round of rate
increases is needed to pay for replacing aging pipelines,
and to continue developing other water sources. (More)
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