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===LCC trustee elections===

===LCC trustee elections===

In the fall of 2014, Maldonado became actively involved in LCC trustee elections when he stood on street corners and wrote two letters to ''The  Laredo Morning Times'' to express support for two candidates, Jackie L. Ramos and Ed Gonzalez, who ran, respectively, against trustees Jesse Porras, a former LCC employee, and Hilario Cavazos, Jr., a former educator with the Laredo Independent School District. Maldonado also endorsed Laredo businessman Carlos Carranco, Jr., for a seventh term as trustee; Carranco was unseated by Tita Cantu Vela, a former LCC employee.<ref name=trusteeelections/> Porras and Cavazos subsequently lost their reelection bids to Jackie Ramos and Michelle de la Peña, respectively. The defeats of Porras and Cavazos were considered major victories for Maldonado.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/articles/2014/12/20/front/news/doc549611d7b9aa5347746438.txt|title=Final voting results for runoff elections|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times'' |page=1|accessdate=December 20, 2014}}</ref>​

In the fall of 2014, Maldonado became actively involved in LCC trustee elections when he stood on street corners and wrote two letters to ''The  Laredo Morning Times'' to express support for two candidates, Jackie L. Ramos and Ed Gonzalez, who ran, respectively, against trustees Jesse Porras, a former LCC employee, and Hilario Cavazos, Jr., a former educator with the Laredo Independent School District. Maldonado also endorsed Laredo businessman Carlos Carranco, Jr., for a seventh term as trustee; Carranco was unseated by Tita Cantu Vela, a former LCC employee.<ref name=trusteeelections/> Porras and Cavazos subsequently lost their reelection bids to Jackie Ramos and Michelle de la Peña, respectively. The defeats of Porras and Cavazos were major victories for Maldonado.<ref>Final voting results for runoff elections," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' December 20, 2014, p. 1.</ref>​

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In October 2014, Maldonado took nearly two weeks of leave time while the trustee campaign was underway, in his words, "to reinstate a sense of professional decorum and integrity to our beloved LCC and its governing board."<ref name=trusteeelections>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_6451267b-8dfe-5a48-9168-74c327fbc435.html|author=Judith Rayo|title=Un-presidential?: Maldonado on vacation|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times ''|date=October 29, 2014|pages=1, 14A|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref> He affirmed that his leave time was not directly related to the trustee election campaign. Because of his political involvement, a letter writer to 'The Laredo Morning Times'' called for Maldonado to step down immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_204c73c0-54b2-5993-b825-939fee91d29a.html|author=Rudy Ramirez|title=Junior [Community] college president should retire [because of] events that have taken place|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times'' |date=December 31, 2014|page=4A|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>Intelius.com lists fourteen people named "Rudy Ramirez" in Laredo, Texas; the "Letter to the Editor" gives no middle name or address by which he could have been identified.</ref>​

In October 2014, Maldonado took nearly two weeks of leave time while the trustee campaign was underway, in his words, "to reinstate a sense of professional decorum and integrity to our beloved LCC and its governing board."<ref name=trusteeelections>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_6451267b-8dfe-5a48-9168-74c327fbc435.html|author=Judith Rayo|title=Un-presidential?: Maldonado on vacation|publisher='''The Laredo Morning Times ''|date=October 29, 2014|pages=1, 14A|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref> He affirmed that his leave time was not directly related to the trustee election campaign. Because of his political involvement, a letter writer to 'The Laredo Morning Times'' called for Maldonado to step down immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_204c73c0-54b2-5993-b825-939fee91d29a.html|author=Rudy Ramirez|title=Junior [Community] college president should retire [because of] events that have taken place|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times'' |date=December 31, 2014|page=4A|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>Intelius.com lists fourteen people named "Rudy Ramirez" in Laredo, Texas; the "Letter to the Editor" gives no middle name or address by which he could have been identified.</ref>​