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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 06:18 PM Feb 2013

Indicted Kingsville ISD Board Member Not Willing to Resign

A Kingsville Independent School District board member who was indicted for indecency with a child and aggravated sexual assault, announced that he is not willing to resign from his position on Thursday.

41-year old Rudy Macareno, who reportedly turned himself in to authorities Monday, attended a specially called Kingsville ISD board meeting that began at 11:30 a.m.

After a private executive session, the board announced that Rudy Macareno is not willing to resign from his position as a board trustee at this time.

Macareno has been a school board trustee since May of 2012 when he was elected. He is also well known in the community for his two businesses, Pure Platinum Gym and Fitness, and Macareno Signs.

More at http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21197915/indicted-kingsville-isd-board-member-attends-special-meeting .

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Indicted Kingsville ISD Board Member Not Willing to Resign (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2013 OP
Some of the comments are God-awful DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #1
The comments in that link reveal a lot Ilsa Feb 2013 #3
If convicted, I bet there's a morals clause that forces Ilsa Feb 2013 #2

Ilsa

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3. The comments in that link reveal a lot
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 07:44 PM
Feb 2013

about what people either know about him or suspect of him. Time to put him away. He's a predator.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
2. If convicted, I bet there's a morals clause that forces
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 07:43 PM
Feb 2013

Him out.
Of course, a prison sentence would make him ineffective on the board too. I could like that.

Based on this other link, sounds like he's a predator statutory rapist. He needs to be stopped.

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