Changes

After the November elections, the board in 2014 elected three new officers, with Hilario Cavazos as the temporary board president to succeed Cynthia Mares (formerly Cynthia Jackson), but Cavazos' defeat at the polls a few weeks later in the runoff contest removed him from the ranks of the trustees. During his short tenure as board president, Cavazos was served a temporary restraining order initiated by fellow trustee [[Mercurio Martinez]], a former county judge for Webb County, to block the board from reviewing the employment contracts of two employees accused of engaging in sexual relations on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_f4003f57-470b-59f9-87bf-7aea5be2e619.html|author=Judith Rayo and Philip Balli|title=Trustee vs. trustee: Temporary restraining order filed in personnel matter|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times'' |date=December 14, 2014|pages=1, 19A|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_d2c234b6-469e-50ac-8b29-cb4464cfd412.html|title=Board takes no action: Contract evaluation postponed for now|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=December 23, 2014|author=Judith Rayo|page=1|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Hilario Cavazos accused President Maldonado of "covering up a scandal, and he didn't do anything about it. I owed it to the public to try to correct this."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_b40bf44e-117c-5a2a-a5cd-7f1236db16b3.html|title=Board defers review again: Maldonado's evaluation date uncertain|author=Kendra Ablaza|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=December 28, 2014|pages=1, 4A|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_7392ba6e-6c81-5020-990b-a3eefbbabb97.html|title=Trustee's Temporary Restraining Order amended: Maldonado's evaluation meeting to proceed|author=Judith Rayo|date=December 22, 2015|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|page=1|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref> In April 2015, Maldonado banned Cavazos from being on the LCC campus for fourteen days because of what Maldonado termed the former trustee's disruptive behavior at a public meeting on January 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_7c17f356-ea8d-11e4-baef-277d07f85906.html|title=Cavazos banned for 14 days|author=Judith Rayo|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=April 24, 2015|pages=1, 11A|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref>​

After the November elections, the board in 2014 elected three new officers, with Hilario Cavazos as the temporary board president to succeed Cynthia Mares (formerly Cynthia Jackson), but Cavazos' defeat at the polls a few weeks later in the runoff contest removed him from the ranks of the trustees. During his short tenure as board president, Cavazos was served a temporary restraining order initiated by fellow trustee [[Mercurio Martinez]], a former county judge for Webb County, to block the board from reviewing the employment contracts of two employees accused of engaging in sexual relations on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_f4003f57-470b-59f9-87bf-7aea5be2e619.html|author=Judith Rayo and Philip Balli|title=Trustee vs. trustee: Temporary restraining order filed in personnel matter|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times'' |date=December 14, 2014|pages=1, 19A|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_d2c234b6-469e-50ac-8b29-cb4464cfd412.html|title=Board takes no action: Contract evaluation postponed for now|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=December 23, 2014|author=Judith Rayo|page=1|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Hilario Cavazos accused President Maldonado of "covering up a scandal, and he didn't do anything about it. I owed it to the public to try to correct this."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_b40bf44e-117c-5a2a-a5cd-7f1236db16b3.html|title=Board defers review again: Maldonado's evaluation date uncertain|author=Kendra Ablaza|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=December 28, 2014|pages=1, 4A|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_7392ba6e-6c81-5020-990b-a3eefbbabb97.html|title=Trustee's Temporary Restraining Order amended: Maldonado's evaluation meeting to proceed|author=Judith Rayo|date=December 22, 2015|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|page=1|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref> In April 2015, Maldonado banned Cavazos from being on the LCC campus for fourteen days because of what Maldonado termed the former trustee's disruptive behavior at a public meeting on January 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_7c17f356-ea8d-11e4-baef-277d07f85906.html|title=Cavazos banned for 14 days|author=Judith Rayo|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=April 24, 2015|pages=1, 11A|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref>​

 

===Nora Stewart case===

 

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===Nora Stewart case===   ​

In January 2015, Maldonado suspended with pay LCC chief financial officer Nora Stewart, another member of his management team<ref name=managementteam>{{cite web|url=http://www.laredo.edu/cms/LCC/About_LCC/President/President_s_Management_Team/|title=President's Management Team|publisher=Laredo Community College|accessdate=October 4, 2015}}</ref> Other Maldonado management team members were Vincent R. Solis, vice president for instruction and student services; Luciano Ramon, information technology officer, and Nora Ramirez Garza, a former reading instructor and the vice president for resource development in charge of grantsmanship. Maldonado claimed that Stewart misused her staff to obtain an undisclosed college document that Maldonado considered to be "confidential." Her attorney, George Altgelt, subsequently elected to one of the eight seats on the Laredo City Council, said that Stewart had been "retaliated against for doing exactly what her job requires her to do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_636bb18a-c409-11e4-967d-2b9ae8830e4e.html|title=Complaint discussed at meeting: CFO Nora Stewart waits for resolution after suspension|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=March 6, 2015|author=Judith Rayo|page=1|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref> Stewart claims that Maldonado belittled her as "Miss Righteous" and then said in question form, "You are now the "auditor?", rather than the title of chief financial officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_7cd482ca-e441-11e4-914b-5fa71efcfb00.html|title=Retaliation claim: Trustees to discuss grievance against Maldonado|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|author=Judith Rayo|date=April 16, 2015|pages=1, 9A|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref>​

In January 2015, Maldonado suspended with pay LCC chief financial officer Nora Stewart, another member of his management team<ref name=managementteam>{{cite web|url=http://www.laredo.edu/cms/LCC/About_LCC/President/President_s_Management_Team/|title=President's Management Team|publisher=Laredo Community College|accessdate=October 4, 2015}}</ref> Other Maldonado management team members were Vincent R. Solis, vice president for instruction and student services; Luciano Ramon, information technology officer, and Nora Ramirez Garza, a former reading instructor and the vice president for resource development in charge of grantsmanship. Maldonado claimed that Stewart misused her staff to obtain an undisclosed college document that Maldonado considered to be "confidential." Her attorney, George Altgelt, subsequently elected to one of the eight seats on the Laredo City Council, said that Stewart had been "retaliated against for doing exactly what her job requires her to do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_636bb18a-c409-11e4-967d-2b9ae8830e4e.html|title=Complaint discussed at meeting: CFO Nora Stewart waits for resolution after suspension|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=March 6, 2015|author=Judith Rayo|page=1|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref> Stewart claims that Maldonado belittled her as "Miss Righteous" and then said in question form, "You are now the "auditor?", rather than the title of chief financial officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_7cd482ca-e441-11e4-914b-5fa71efcfb00.html|title=Retaliation claim: Trustees to discuss grievance against Maldonado|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|author=Judith Rayo|date=April 16, 2015|pages=1, 9A|accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref>​

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