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Line 72: − [[File:Juan Maldonado and Jesse Porres.jpg|thumb|250px|right|President Juan L. Maldonado (left) converses on September 15, 2010, with Jesse Poras, then the incoming LCC trustee, at the groundbreaking of the Rodney Ray Lewis Education and Academic Center. Four years later, Maldonado campaigned successfully to defeat Porras in the trustee elections. Maldonado announced his own retirement several months thereafter.]]
→Nora Stewart case
However, the trustees reversed course and voted 5-3 to renew Stewart's contract for another year. Altgelt had threatened to sue the members individually had they not done so.<ref name=contractsresolved>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_d9d1ce78-20e7-11e5-984f-0bb462bc7f02.html|title=CFO stays, chief expires: President's contract will not be extended|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times ''|date=July 2, 2015|pages=1, 12A|author=Judith Rayo|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Stewart had also clashed with preceding President Ramón Dovalina, whom she accused, along with the then the retiring chief financial officer Daniel J. "Dan" Flores, Jr. (1938-2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/obituaries/article_a73b952a-0e30-11e6-aeef-334b6b1efc9a.html|title=Daniel Flores, Jr.|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=April 29, 2016|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref> of "retaliation, verbal abuse, harassment, mental anguish, creation of a hostile work environment, and excessive stress and harm to her professional reputation."<ref name=auditorscomplaint/> Dovalina announced his pending departure within a month of the raising of Stewart's allegations.<ref name=auditorscomplaint>Tricia Cortez, "LCC feud: Auditor's complaint against President, CFO alleges retaliation, harassment," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' February 23, 2007, pp. 1, 12A.</ref> Stewart continued in her position when Maldonado succeeded Dovalina.<ref>''Laredo Community College 2007–2008 Catalog,'' pp. 309, 312.</ref>
However, the trustees reversed course and voted 5-3 to renew Stewart's contract for another year. Altgelt had threatened to sue the members individually had they not done so.<ref name=contractsresolved>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article_d9d1ce78-20e7-11e5-984f-0bb462bc7f02.html|title=CFO stays, chief expires: President's contract will not be extended|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times ''|date=July 2, 2015|pages=1, 12A|author=Judith Rayo|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> Stewart had also clashed with preceding President Ramón Dovalina, whom she accused, along with the then the retiring chief financial officer Daniel J. "Dan" Flores, Jr. (1938-2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/obituaries/article_a73b952a-0e30-11e6-aeef-334b6b1efc9a.html|title=Daniel Flores, Jr.|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=April 29, 2016|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref> of "retaliation, verbal abuse, harassment, mental anguish, creation of a hostile work environment, and excessive stress and harm to her professional reputation."<ref name=auditorscomplaint/> Dovalina announced his pending departure within a month of the raising of Stewart's allegations.<ref name=auditorscomplaint>Tricia Cortez, "LCC feud: Auditor's complaint against President, CFO alleges retaliation, harassment," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' February 23, 2007, pp. 1, 12A.</ref> Stewart continued in her position when Maldonado succeeded Dovalina.<ref>''Laredo Community College 2007–2008 Catalog,'' pp. 309, 312.</ref>
===Retirement issues===
===Retirement issues===