Staff Writer
HARLINGEN, Texas - At least one city leader here is still looking for answers surrounding the curious law enforcement case involving one Carlos Levon Anderson, a 39-year-old karate instructor who was free for days after being indicted on allegations that he had molested a handful of minors.
City Commissioner Robert Leftwich, meeting with Bloggers at a morning breakfast at El Rancho Tex-Mex restaurant, said he would be in favor of creating a Citizens Commission to oversee community police work. Leftwich, rumored to be in the driver's seat to replace fast-fading Mayor Chris Boswell, said he, too, was upset at the way the Anderson mess was handled.
"It could be, it could be," he said when asked if the idea would come before the city commission.
Leftwich voiced what many in town may not know; that is, that Police Chief Danny Castillo answers to the city manager and not the commission. Castillo has been roundly criticized for not availing the community information related to the errant suspect. Anderson is the husband of HPD Lt. Miryam Anderson. Others said the chief acted hastily in handing the case to the Texas Rangers. "Castillo turned over the responsibility to outsiders, when he should've handled it here - in town," said one resident pumping gas at a convenience store. "You think the police chief in McAllen would've done that? Hell no! Our guy is blowing it!"
Castillo has been mum on anything to do with the embarrassing Anderson episode. Anderson has reportedly made bail. His attorney, Noe Garza, is a firm believer in taking the quiet backroads leading to trial, ignoring requests for interviews from the media for himself or his client. Little has been said about the details surrounding the alleged sexual assaults.
Interestingly, Lt. Anderson is reportedly in charge of the HPD's Sexual Crimes Division.
Leftwich was unsure as to when the Citizens Commission idea would come before the council, or exactly how much power it would have, or how many members would be appointed to the group. Asked about the citizens-in-action idea, the guy pumping gas said, "Hell, that's the best Goddamned idea I've heard around here since someone told me the friggin' Confederate Air Force was thinking of leaving town...I'll serve on it. I'll ask the hard questions these commissioners won't ask! I'm there 24-7, man!"
As I pulled out and headed for my office, the heavyset guy was laughing his ass off...
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12 comments:
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A Secret Society of the New World Order
(Mexico was caught gulping a quart of milk without paying for it at an area grocery store. - Stoney Hernandez)
Good job, Stoney. Glad you were there with the digital to take a pic of that goofy crook. Yeah, that boy IS nasty lookin. And thanks again Stoney, for keeping his privates concealed, as they should be. Huh, Mary Lou? Drag his ass to Amsterdam, where he belongs!
ralph
Ralph:...For your information, the photo we used of Ron Mexico quaffing a quart of milk he did not pay for was Emailed to us by a reader. It looks like a cellphone photo to us, but that's Ron. No question. Plus his Panamanian live-in girlfriend, the acrobat Elaine Benitez, tells us she has given up on Ron and is leaving him.....- Editor
(the photo we used of Ron Mexico quaffing a quart of milk he did not pay for was Emailed to us by a reader)
J.Bridges in the Big Lebonski. Loved that movie. Just testing "some" of your fine readers, is all. lol!
ralphy
Ralph, you are gloating, still kicking a man when he is down. What kind of a man are you?? Attack, attack, and do as much damage as you can. Have you not considered that the man was drunk. People that are drunk don't to rational things, first dressed in some outfit that was probably in the trash, than drinking milk without payingn for it.
Ron is a sick man, I concede, but you and atl are not much better, for making fun of the unemployed soon to be deported to Amsterdam, and without the love of his life. His wife, you moron for the last time have pity on the man.
That is a good idea, to have a board oversee the operations of the police dept.
Not all cops are bad here in Harlingen. But Danniel Castillo could do better, it's like there priorities are all out of order.
They are suppose to be hiring a city manager soon, hopefully, he will make positive changes and improve the dept.
Robert Leftwich and Guz Ruiz as Jerry Prep. and Joey Trevino, want the city to succeed. I don't know about our Mayor Chris Boswell, and Kori, well, she is just Kori, although I am sure she means well.
MARIA LUISA:...If we know Robert Leftwich, if he doesn't let the community down for some unknown reason, he will offer the idea of creating a Citizens Commission charged with reviewing episodes such as the recent one involving the alleged child molester and his HPD spouse... - Editor
Yo Patrick. Just a little suggestion, mind you. Have you thought about sending anybody with a camera down to the port to be present when that milk lovin Ron Mexico boards his tug boat enroute to Amsterdam? Cause I'll bet it should get interesting. And if he's all dressed up in women's attire more power to him. We'll all get another laugh when the "sad one" starts chugging on towards the GOM. Send old Stoney out there with his digital. Just a suggestion.
ralphy
(Tribune Writer Eliot Elcomedor has been summoned to the office of Editor)
Patrick, LOL! I get it. And if that is Elcomedor, I've gained a new respect for him. He's gonna get fired? PLEASE!!!
ralphy
Ralphy:...Why "new" respect? That's an odd thought... - Editor
(That's an odd thought... - Editor)
I'm having too much fun, Patrick. So we'll just leave it at that for now, huh?
ralphy
Ralphy, you, finnnnnkkkkk, may 100 fleas from Iraq invade your sofa while you are watching the tube. Asking the editor to simply terminate someone just to feed your sick ego, is an illness, but then what can you expect from the Brownsville crowd.
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