Sep 09 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Harlingen-based Cruz-Hogan Consultants, one of several firms named as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming deficiencies associated with a $17 million water treatment plant it was contracted to design, has alleged in a statement that the San Benito City Commission is being “mislead” by City Manager Manuel Lara and City …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Fraud, negligence, breach of contract and violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act are among the allegations cited in a 13-page lawsuit that the City of San Benito filed against the engineers and manufactures involved in the design and construction of a problematic water treatment facility. The civil suit …
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Aug 29 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito has filed a lawsuit against the engineers and companies involved in the construction of a $17 million water plant that has been rendered inoperable. Defendants named in the lawsuit are Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC; U.S. Filter Wastewater Group Inc.; Siemens Corporation; CSA Construction, Inc.; …
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Jun 27 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A bidder for the San Benito CISD on-site primary health care clinic continues to raise concerns regarding the recent selection process. Andy Bonner, President of Healthcare2U, formerly known as Business Healthcare Solutions, alleges irregularities concerning the district’s hiring of a consultant to evaluate the clinic bids. Specifically, Bonner …
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May 10 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Richard Garza, the owner of ISD Managed Care Services (ISD MCS) and soon-to-be former on-site health care provider for San Benito CISD employees continues to raise allegations against the school district after being provided a 60-day termination notice. As previously reported, the SBCISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved …
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May 02 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The embattled administrator of the San Benito CISD on-site health clinic fired back days after the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to part ways with him. Richard Garza, owner of ISD Managed Care Services and provider of on-site health care for the school district’s employees, submitted a 60-day written …
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Apr 04 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com An officer with the San Benito CISD Police Department facing charges of official oppression and injury to a child has been fired, school district officials confirmed Thursday. According to Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio, now-former SBCISD police officer Joe Mendez was arrested Wednesday after he turned himself in to …
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Feb 28 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The law firm hired to investigate up to 64 allegations levied against suspended San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón resumed work in the probe during the month of January—this after no reported activity occurred in December 2013. The school district was charged $1,162.50 for investigative work …
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Dec 13 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District spent nearly $4,000 in legal fees for work conducted in November in the investigation into suspended Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón. Guerra and Farah PLLC, the Houston-based law firm the SBCISD Board of Trustees hired to conduct the probe at a …
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Nov 29 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Work completed in the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees investigation into suspended Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón appeared minimal during the month of October, at least according to an invoice submitted by the law firm hired to conduct the probe. In the service summary …
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