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14The County'sMost WantedLook Mommy!Daddy's in the paper!
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Congratulations onYour New Lawsuit!
Lets talk about lawyers.Lawyers serves two purposes -to clariy, and to conuse. Ask a
lawyer what time it is, and hell
tell you how to build a clock, as
the old joke goes. The lawyer is
there to either screw with your brain,
or to screw with somebody elses on yourbehal. They do it by arguing that words dont
mean what they mean, or by simply throwing
out nonsensical answers with great conviction.
You might remember that last week, I
asked the Guadalupe County District Attorney,
Heather McMinn, why she declined toprosecute Leonidas-Mark-Jason-Patrick-Moore-
McGonigal ater obtaining a grand jury
indictment against him.
She told me that she couldnt prove
that the Leonidas-Mark-Jason-Patrick-Moore-
McGonigal she had arrested last year wasthe same Leonidas-Mark-Jason-Patrick-Moore-
McGonigal that was arrested in Brazoria
County some 25 years ago, even though he
had ngerprints taken both times.
Apparently, I was supposed to accept
that as a legitimate answer, but i theres onething that gets my attention, its somebody
selling me baloney or being over-the-top
stupid. McMinn is either a ull-on baloney
salesperson, or the absolute dumbest person
to ever walk the earth. You decide.
Either way, I think the voters o GuadalupeCounty have to replace her next time around
with either someone more honest or less brain-
damaged. (And i youre going to bemoan the
act that Ive described her as either stupid or
dishonest, eel ree to berate me with any third
possibility at [email protected].)Anyway, lets move on. Now that we know
what lawyers are or to clariy or conuse
lets talk about the latest lawsuit the City has
us involved in, the one against current Texas
Attorney General and-probably-next Governor
o Texas, Greg Abbott, and my conversationwith our City Attorney, Val Acevado, about it.
See, theres this otherlawsuit pending, the
one ormer District One Councilman Richard
Zapata has against the City. He wants to get
his hands on ormer City Manager Michael
Morrisons emails, as he is entitled to underexisting Attorney Generals opinion.
Morrison and the rest o Council decidedagainst complying with that opinion, and now
Zapata has to take them to court, at his expense,
to get them to. This shouldnt come asa surprise to anyone that has lived
in Texas Most Corrupt City
or any length o time. Its justhow things are done here.
Heres where it gets reallygood: The Houston-owned
Herald-Zeitung requested thatthe City provide them with a
copy o Zapatas settlement demands,because, according to reporter GregBowens Tuesday HZ piece a tipster saidthe demands would prove interesting.
O course, the only people with knowledgeo what those demands were at the time wouldhave been somebody in or connected to theupper echelons o City Hall, or perhaps CityCouncil. As weve seen beore, with DistrictFives Bryan Mirandas relationship withKathleen Kruegers Kitchen Cabinet, there is arecord o in-house inormation fowing reelybetween certain members o Council and theoutside world. So, you know, history and all.
Anyway, the HZ requested the ino, andthe City decided they didnt want the HZ tohave it. So the City asked the States AttorneyGeneral or permission to withhold it. (EditorsNote: Welcome to our world, HZ.) Muchto City Halls dismay, the AG denied thatpermission, and told the City to give the HZwhat they wanted. So the City did what anyreasonable entity would do once theyve beentold to comply with the law: They sued the AG.
So I called up City Attorney Val Acevado
to ask her a ew things about the case and thequotes attributed to her in the Herald-Zeitung.Now, the number one excuse lawyers andpoliticians use to deend themselves againstjournalists is Youre taking me out o context.In an eort to put Acevados comments inabsolute, unimpeachable context, wereprinting the conversation word-or-word. Noediting o any kind. We join the interviewat the point where we address the Richard
Zapata case. See i you can ollow this:City Attorney Val Acevado: it was
Zapatas attorneys, you know, who had since,kind o uh, threw out an idea there aboutsettling or, you know, certain dollar gures,and Im telling you this, Mike, but thats, thatsnot o the, on the record, I dont, I dont, youknow, and I know Greg will run with, with thedollar gures and, and, and those kinds othings, but I think that, um, itll be taken outo context, and itll be tainted, in a way that isinaccurate, you know?
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Continued rom previous page.
Chie Inquisitor Mike Reynolds: Well
nows your chance. Lay it on me.
Val Acevado:No, no, I dont want to discuss
whats in those, in those emails. I mean thats
something that Zapata entrusted his attorney, to
relay, you know, settlement oers to us, and then
our client, you know, had responses to those,
and those are things that should be sacrosanctand, and should be kept condential or the
protection o, o uh, o that rule o evidence.
When you do have those discussions
you dont want those things to come back and
be used against you. Um, and that could be,
uh, at least play out in the media in a way
that, you know, unavorable or, uh, one o the
parties or both o the parties.
Mike Reynolds: According to the Herald,you had an agreement with Zapatas attorneys
not to disclose this inormation.
Val Acevado: No, no, no, no. The emails
or the documents that Greg Bowen was seeking
are emails, um, rom and to Zapatas attorneys,
and they were settlement discussions that, that
they began with us, and we were responding to.
The Attorney General ruled that those
emails, um, are public inormation and, uh,
we, uh, I had not talked to the, the attorneybut, you know, she, she was very much under
the impression and understanding that those
were 408 discussions.
Read that again. Acevadodid not speak
with Zapatas attorney, but knows that the attorney
was very much under a certain impression and
understanding. #psychiclawyer
Mike Reynolds: Ok, so, what I have here
is a quote rom you, in the Herald. It says Both
Zapatas attorney and us agreed that those
are typically condential. (sic)
Val Acevado: Yeah.
Mike Reynolds: So you had an agreement
with Zapatas attorney.
Val Acevado: Um um, no, I wouldnt call
it a contract agreement, but an understanding
as attorneys that those are Rule 408 discussions.
Note: We didnt call it a contract agreement
either. This is called changing the premise inthe world o rhetorical tricks. Nice try, though.
Watch how we now attempt to agree on what
agreed means. #clinton
Mike Reynolds: Well it says here you agreed.
Val Acevado: Yeah, I know.
Mike Reynolds: So you talked to them
about it.
Val Acevado: When we were negotiating,
sure.
Mike Reynolds: No, no, no When Bowenwent and looked or the inormation. You made
an agreement with Zapatas attorneys.
Va Aceva o: Nooooo, no, no, no. No, no.No. And thats what, whats, I guess its dicult
or people to understand, but i you read the
Texas Rules o Evidence, Rule 408, discussions
and communications between the parties, when
theyre discussing possible settlementsMike Reynolds: Um hmm
Val Acevado: you know, should be kept
condential.
Mike Reynolds: Well, I know that they
cant be entVal Acevado: No.Mike Reynolds: I know they cant be
entered into evidence. What Im talking
about here is, you have a quote. Did Bowen
misquote you?
Long, awkward pause.
Val Acevado: Did Bowen did what? (sic)Mike Reynolds: Did Bowen misquote you?Long, awkward pause.
Val Acevado: No. No.Mike Reynolds: It says here you had an
agreement with Zapatas attorney
Val Acevado: We, we agreed you
could say understandingMike Reynolds: Well, what it says is Both
Zapatas attorney and us agreed that those
are typically condential. (sic) Which means
that you talked to them about this. Thats the
only way you can have an agreement.
Val Acevado: Or an understanding.Mike Reynolds: Well, you used the word
agreed. See, i you meant something dierent
you should have said something dierent.
What I see here is that it says you agreed.Val Acevado: Right. We agreed, were on
the same page. We have an understanding.
Mike Reynolds: So you talked to them
about it.Long, awkward pause.
Val Acevado: Ummmmmmmm whenthe discussions were ongoing, back
several months ago when there were these
things, these discussions occurred, at that
time it was with the understanding between
our attorney and Zapatas attorney that those
were Rule 408 discussions. And attorneys
know what that means.In other words, not an agreement, just an
assumption. I wish shed just said assumption
in the frst place. We could have avoided thiswhole discussion.
Mike Reynolds: It says here Ater receiving
the Attorney Generals July ninth opinion
ok, this is what Bowen says it says Ater
receiving the Attorney Generals July ninth
opinion, Both Zapatas attorney and us agreed
that those are typically condential. (sic)
Val Acevado: Oh no. No.
Mike Reynolds: According to Bowen, you
talked to Zapatas attorney.
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