THE CAMERON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT CAN DO ATTITUDE

Today I had two great experiences with the CCAD.   I learned that Sylvia Garza-Perez failed to forward a Texas Estate Code 205.006, Family Settlement Agreement to CCAD.  While looking at the current tax bill, the property was still in the name of the deceased father.

The law requires the initial document be filed with the County Clerk's office.  It is then to be sent to CCAD for review and to change the name on the tax bill.  Sylvia Garza Perez is not forwarding same to the CCAD resulting in the new owner not having to pay the higher taxes.  There is an heir exception, but it would not apply here.

The people should be allowed to rely on elected officials doing their job.  This is Cameron County, and such a rule does not apply.

But I will tell you at the CCAD, the clerks are not like the clerks who work for Sylvia.  At the CCAD the mindset is, how to I help you?

The wait to see the clerk was nominal.  I was with the new homeowner, and the clerk immediately saw the problem.  The recorded document done at Sylvia Garza-Perez's office never forwarded the document to the CCAD.  

Now to be fair there is no clear law as what happens after it is recorded at the Sylvia's office.  But this is a leadership issue.  Sylvia should know all recorded documents need to be forwarded to the proper authorities.  She accepts a document which verifies a change in ownership, filed with her office as mandated by law and then does not know enough it must be sent to the CCAD for processing and a change in taxes based on the new owner.  At a minimum Sylvia should know to tell the filer they need to take it to the CCAD.

Once we got to the CCAD the can-do attitude of the clerk had us out of there within 10 minutes. The taxes will be adjusted to the name of the new owner.  

THE SECOND BIG POSITIVE

It can be a challenge for some to go to San Benito, so the Cameron County Appraisal District is coming to you.  See the flyer above.  This is how government should work.

A COMPARISON BETWEEN FEDERAL COURT CLERKS AND STATE CLERKS.

The federal court clerk made a very honest mistake in my COB lawsuit which the city removed to federal court.  

I realized the honest mistake and communicated with the clerk how the mistake was made.  The clerk's office did not run to coverup their honest mistake.  Before I even filed the Motion with Judge Olvera to correct the honest mistake, the clerk began the process of correcting the honest mistake.  I would expect Judge Olvera to now dismiss my motion as moot.  It is always such a please to work with the federal clerks.

I have formal complaints against Laura Perez-Reyes, Sylvia Perez-Garza, the clerk of the 13th Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court clerk and soon against the Clerk for the Court of Criminal Appeals. Why?  because to a clerk they will lie and do whatever they must to cover-up their mistakes.  None of them have the content of character to just correct their mistake.