Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (reprinted with permission from El Defenzor-Homer Villarreal's site)
Amanda "Pinocchio" Torres telling the public you need a lawyer in JP court. Not true at all.
Amanda "Pinocchio" Torres telling the public you need a lawyer in JP court. Not true at all.
“YOU NEED TO BE A LAWYER (Like Me) TO BE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE!!!” -- AMANDA TORRES, Republican Candidate for Justice of the Peace. The only candidate you need is a marine, educator and community activist who has saved our youth for years.
Amanda Said:
Amanda Said:
“YOU NEED TO BE A LAWYER (Like Me) TO BE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE!!!”
-- AMANDA TORRES, Republican Candidate for Justice of the Peace
NUECES COUNTY, TX -- Amanda Torres – lacking in experience (ONLY 2 YEARS AS A LAWYER AND RATED D MINUS BY HER D.A. SUPERVISOR), far removed from the daily orbit of the masses – was appointed to the Justice of the Peace court due to a politically charged agenda by some Republicans. She is running for the JP post; the election will take place on November 2. She was appointed after a poll indicated that some Nueces Country Republican candidates needed a female Hispanic on the ballot to generate votes for other Republicans.
An Ocean Drive resident stated: “To me she is not a Republican; she is a RINO. She was recruited and appointed due to Attorney Rene Rodriguez’ influence. She is known by our group as ‘Rene's girl.’ She is being used to bring in votes - that is all. ”
But others feel that Ms. Torres has no practical experience. “She has been in office eight months and has already stirred up a hornet’s nest. She claims to be highly qualified, but has only been out of law school for three years,” a local attorney shared. “My understanding is that her own supervisor at the District Attorney’s Office is endorsing Joe Benavides and said she lacked quite a bit (Chris Dorsey).”
In her short terms the complaints keep trickling in on a regular basis. “Amanda Torres as JP has allowed several children to continue to be truant; to get in trouble and now are facing charges as adults. She retarded the prosperity and community success that former JP Jose “JAG” Gonzalez did in that court.”
But in her last few months, some even observe that her “walk” or “trot” has change from one of normalcy to one with a swaggering exaggeration, an overstatement, an amplication that mirrors flatulency that her “official power” has conjured up – a reflection of the distension of her ego and social pretentions. She claims that one needs to be a lawyer (like her) to be a JP. This publication interviewed several JP in the area, they recurrently stated: “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
JP Robert “Bobby” Gonzalez, JP (Blackie, JP Robert “Bobby” Balderas, JP “Milo” Pena, JP Stoner and so forth – how many are the persons that now after taking office that Ms. Torres feels must not be qualified?).
“Esta loca la mujer (She must be crazy). El poder se le fue para la cabeza (Power must have gone to her head,” a former JP told this publication. “This is a people's court, not a court that needs a lawyer in there. Over 90 percent of JPs in Texas are not lawyers.”
But Ms. Amanda Torres does not seem to be overly concerned about a consistent tenure in the office. Word circulates that she has been peering at another post to run for in the near future. “I hear she is using the job, the appointment, whatever you want to call it, as a stepping stone. I feel Ms. Torres’ over ambition is a bottomless pit which will exhaust her in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. In my opinion, she could care less about the job or the kids that come before the court. That is the difference between she and Joe Benavides (her Democrat opponent),” a courthouse employee felt.
NOTE: Joe Benavides is not a lawyer and has been quoted as saying, "I'm not a lawyer and you ladies and gentlemen out there are not lawyers either. I'm not using this office because I can't make a living as a lawyer like my opponent and my opponent wants a stepping stone for higher office and I am not running to just get a paycheck from the taxpayer...I am only here for the people of this community. I am a teacher and my mission is to save the youth and bring our community together. I don't seek higher political ambitions and will leave in a year or two like my opponent. I want to serve on that bench for the common man for 25 years or more. I need your help. We don't need another lawyer in that courtroom. I don't have to be a lawyer and neither do you to seek justice in my courtroom come November. Over 95% of justice of the peace officeholders are nonlawyers and that is the way it should be."
Lawyers who support Mr. Benavides say the same thing: One 20 year lawyer said: " I found it odd that a lawyer with two years of experience like Amanda would not run for County Court at Law or District Court or Appellate or Supreme Court but the answer is that in those positions you need to be a lawyer at least 5 years. She was pushed into this by Republicans like Loyd Neal and Mike Pusley and her RINO POLITICAL BOSS RENE RODRIGUEZ(check her voting record if she has one). The JP system is set up for a common man to seek justice and not get trapped by special rules of evidence and jargon that is confusing. Joe Benavides is our candidate. Ms. Torres lacks the experience and the judicial temperment to preside over that court and we do not need someone looking for a stepping stone for higher office, we need someone to save those kids and keep them in school, handle disputes under $10,000.00 and handle landlord/tenant disputes. Period. Joe Benavides watched and learned from Joe A. Gonzalez who made that court and community great for the kids, families and those seeking justice. Amanda needs to leave the office that she was not voted in for in the first place. Don't let politics cloud the issue: You don't need another lawyer in that courtroom, lawyers need to be handling other matters."
NOTE: Joe Benavides is not a lawyer and has been quoted as saying, "I'm not a lawyer and you ladies and gentlemen out there are not lawyers either. I'm not using this office because I can't make a living as a lawyer like my opponent and my opponent wants a stepping stone for higher office and I am not running to just get a paycheck from the taxpayer...I am only here for the people of this community. I am a teacher and my mission is to save the youth and bring our community together. I don't seek higher political ambitions and will leave in a year or two like my opponent. I want to serve on that bench for the common man for 25 years or more. I need your help. We don't need another lawyer in that courtroom. I don't have to be a lawyer and neither do you to seek justice in my courtroom come November. Over 95% of justice of the peace officeholders are nonlawyers and that is the way it should be."
Lawyers who support Mr. Benavides say the same thing: One 20 year lawyer said: " I found it odd that a lawyer with two years of experience like Amanda would not run for County Court at Law or District Court or Appellate or Supreme Court but the answer is that in those positions you need to be a lawyer at least 5 years. She was pushed into this by Republicans like Loyd Neal and Mike Pusley and her RINO POLITICAL BOSS RENE RODRIGUEZ(check her voting record if she has one). The JP system is set up for a common man to seek justice and not get trapped by special rules of evidence and jargon that is confusing. Joe Benavides is our candidate. Ms. Torres lacks the experience and the judicial temperment to preside over that court and we do not need someone looking for a stepping stone for higher office, we need someone to save those kids and keep them in school, handle disputes under $10,000.00 and handle landlord/tenant disputes. Period. Joe Benavides watched and learned from Joe A. Gonzalez who made that court and community great for the kids, families and those seeking justice. Amanda needs to leave the office that she was not voted in for in the first place. Don't let politics cloud the issue: You don't need another lawyer in that courtroom, lawyers need to be handling other matters."
Don't let her use it as a stepping stone and let her trample all over our rights and our justice and our people. She needs to go. No experience, no ethics, no class. NO TO AMANDA. YES TO JOE BENAVIDES.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of turncoats, Vicente Carranza, paid off to the highest bidder, why doesn't Rene Rodriguez comment on him? Because Rene owns his bald, toothless sorry ass.
ReplyDeleteOh, and before I go, Amanda is wet behind the ears and doesn't know what she is doing and everyone is right that she is just using this as a stepping stone, She, Angelica, Anna Jiminez and Gil Hernandez are just a bunch of Mexicanos who are way too stupid to see they are being used by Republicans. Don't you get it? They want Mexicanos who hate themselves to go kiss up to the white guy but people, the white guys don't want you at their parties, their fundraisers or to marry their family, they just want your numbers. And I'm talking about the Mike Scott's of the world. They laugh behind your backs and say, "all we need is to get about 10 percent of the Mescan vote and we will be OK, who cares if these Rene Rodriguez sellouts don't win?" Peckerwoods and Uncle Tom Mexicanos. That's Corpus for you, half the Mexicanos in Corpus keep praying they will wake up white one day and the other half think they already are white. lmao.
ReplyDeleteI allowed the midnight comment because it did not threaten anyone and may have some truth to it, but I don't think 90 percent of Hispanics in Corpus think the way you think they do, just the 10 percent turncoats.
ReplyDeleteI'm up. Midnight entry may have a small point, but I don't think its racially all that, but it just makes me sick that you have these Democrats and Hispanics who will never unite because of their insecurities and their bitching and griping. Case in point: La Lisa who everyone hates and who just wants everyone at each others throats. That coupled with Abel Alonzo who does nothing but pocket money and sellout and you have a real problem. But we Republicans are not a bed of roses either. I think Hispanic chicks are way beautiful and that's why this gringo married one. Please keep this anonymous. LOL. La Lisa. Makes me puke. What a bitch. I read her crap on Facebook. Shamsie having her run her campaign. Why don't you just let Brent Chesney waltz in? Why on Earth would Shamsie *aka Shamwow, get the most hated woman in South Texas to bother every Democrat at 6:30 am with her e-mails is beyond me. Talk about crashing and burning. Go back to Houston and snort coke up there. Yeah, everyone knows about that. And the comments on Caller Times when Bea "Wannabe" Molina and LaLisa defended Shamsie. They should have just kept their mouths shut. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon and attacked Shamsie. Best thing these two chicks can do is hide in a closet until the elections are over. They bring the party and women down in general. The Bee outfits were the most ridiculous things ever. No wonder they got their butts kicked.
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