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Former Harlandale Independent School District administrator Nick Calzoncit

I have a question for this brain dead racist - if this is such a big deal, why didn't you broach this topic when you were a sitting administrator? Why did you wait until AFTER you were booted out of the job BEFORE you started worrying about STUPID stuff?? Most of the time, useless administrative types pull this nonesense while they're still ON the public's dime - must be staking out territory for higher office.

[AlaninSA]

For those of you who are not in the San Antonio area, Harlandale is on the south end of our fair city. It's the most corrupt district in the area (and that's saying quite a bit here in San Antonio).

He is the superintendent of a local school district. And he won a free truck from a car dealership that his district does business with. Does that pass your smell test? News 4 WOAI Trouble Shooter Jeff Coyle Investigates.

At the Southway Ford dealership on December 29th, Guillermo Zavala was awarded a free Ford F150 King Ranch pickup truck worth approximately $38,000. Ford Motor Company said it was their way of celebrating breaking a new national sales record.

But within hours of a News 4 WOAI story on the giveaway, viewers began contacting the Trouble Shooters. They asked whether the free truck was a conflict of interest and wanted the Trouble Shooters to investigate.

That’s because Zavala is more than just a lucky Ford customer. He is also Superintendent of the Harlandale Independent School District. Harlandale has a conflict-of-interest policy that says employees shall not accept any gift that could influence their duties.

And here's another wonder from Harlandale:

Harlandale school board president Joshua Cerna apologized after the News 4 WOAI Trouble Shooters caught him on tape at the beach and shopping during a school board convention. Cerna also paid back some of his hotel bill and car rental because of our investigation. But now new information shows Cerna also claimed credit hours for workshops he did not attend. Trouble Shooter Brian Collister has the follow up because “You Paid for It”.

The Trouble Shooters have learned that Harlandale school board president Joshua Cerna didn't just lie to us.

Collister asks: “Were you at the beach on Monday?" Cerna says: "At the beach? -- No." Collister: "Let me show you some video of you at the beach."

Now we've uncovered Cerna also lied to the district and the Texas School Board Association. All school board members are required, by law to take several hours of continuing education a year. They can do that by attending workshops at various conferences and meetings. Board members then fill out forms to report what sessions they attended.

This is just the tip of the iceberg from this wacky district. By the way, Cerna was elected president of the board recently...