HERALD RIPS CHAMBERS

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD: "John Chambers, who is running on the Republican ticket, last worked in law enforcement in 2016 as chief of the Indian Lake Police Department. He was convicted that year on 14 felony counts for allegedly having an officer falsify firearms qualification records under pressure from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which was later determined to have lacked the jurisdiction to require the documents. The former chief expressed frustration that his criminal history — which was since overturned and set for a new punishment hearing on misdemeanor charges that are now also on appeal in Austin — is the first point of criticism when discussing his candidacy. Documents provided by TCOLE show that Chambers is “statutorily ineligible” to hold a peace officer license in the State of Texas following its revocation after his original conviction on the felony charges. “Yes, my license was revoked for the conviction of a felony. That felony no longer exists. The criteria for revoking my license no longer exists, so they have to give it back,” said Chambers. TCOLE did not respond to multiple requests for a determination as to whether a license held by a former officer with a partially reversed conviction must be reinstated. According to TCOLE’s website, Class A or B misdemeanors mean that someone applying to get relicensed could submit a waiver request through an agency administrator intending to hire the applicant, then that packet would be reviewed by the executive director to determine if the request is placed on the commission meeting agenda for review. The Cameron County Elections Department said it would likely be up to the Commissioner’s Court to appoint a replacement until a special election could be held if a candidate could not become licensed."

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Comparing Democrat Eric Garza with Republican John Chambers in their race for Cameron County Sheriff would be akin to comparing a virgin with a whore. Garza, who has a long record of serving the county, his last years as the district clerk, is clean. His professional past is not only spotless, but he oversaw a smooth operation at the district clerk's office after the iconic Aurora de la Garza retired. And Chambers!?!? According to the dying daily, Chambers "was convicted on 14 felony counts for allegedly having an officer falsify firearm qualifications records," he later "expressed frustration about his criminal history," he is "statutorily ineligible to hold a peace officer license in the State of Texas," he "regrets that his license was revoked for the conviction of a felony," and that if he prevailed against Garza, "the Commissioner's Court would have to appoint a replacement until a special election could be held if a candidate could not become licensed." Besides the fact that he is a Trump Republican, besides the fact that his only leadership qualifications are as police chief of the hick town of Indian Lake where he battled personnel problems, he has not been in law enforcement for almost five years although as an alleged law officer he has found himself behind bars as can be readily observed his the photo above in which he models a pink jumpsuit. Chambers' supporters wildly assert out of desperation that Garza would be the next Conrado Cantu, the singing sheriff who worked for the cartels rather than his own constituents and then spent a third of his life in a federal prison. Based on the facts presented in the newspaper, Chambers is already the next Conrado Cantu. "Why is he running?" asks Justo Leyes, The McHale Report's legal expert. "Did BISD trustees Erasmo Castro, Carlos Elizondo and Viro Cardenas who have been ushered away by the police to jail inspire him into thinking that only a con is adept at playing a con game on the ignorant masses? When the Herald drags an individual through the mud, which is rare for the newspaper since it never likes to hurt anyone's feelings for fear of losing advertising, that person must have stepped so far over the line that the daily has to report on blatant excesses in order to save the little credibility it still possesses." Who in his right mind would vote for a Trump toady, for all intents and purposes a person without significant leadershp experience, a Republican guilty of a felony conviction among other as well as the target of other charges and a politician who can't take office if he wins? Chambers is so unworthy to serve the county as sheriff that with both his past and present offenses, the BISD wouldn't hire him as a security guard.)