Office sought: District Judge, 243rd Court
Party affiliation: Democrat
Candidate website: None
Other online links: None
Education:
University of Michigan, May 1984; Doctor of Juridicial Science
Licenses and certifications held:
Texas State Bar: 00936400; November 8, 1985
Previous Office:
120th District Court.
Candidate notes:
- On March 23, 2003 Luis Aguilar berated Assistant District Attorney Laura Franco Gregory in court.
- On December 17, 2003 Luis Aguilar issues a controversial Stay of Grand Jury ordering District Attorney Jaime Esparza not present the case against El Paso Police Department Officers Jose Garcia and Alberto Machorro. The two officers were involved in the 2004 Nancy Hollebeke Court of Inquiry.
- On January 7, 2004 at about 1:30 in the afternoon El Paso Police Municipal Police Association President Chris McGill met with Luis Aguilar behind closed doors. Shortly after this meeting Aguilar cancelled the hearing previously scheduled to address the Stay he issued on December 17, 2003. The two officers were no-billed by the Grand Jury investigating them shortly after this.
- On December 10, 2004 the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Reprimand against Luis Aguilar for using terms such as “hot tamale”, “fat pig” and other derogatory terms and gestures of a sexual nature against women including Jo Ann Levison and Laura Franco Gregory.
- On October 19, 2012, the El Paso Times endorsed Luis Aguilar for the 243rd District Court. “In his previous stint on the bench, Luis Aguilar was loud and sometimes crass”, wrote the newspaper editorial board.
The Issues
The Ballpark:
I am not aware of any public position taken by this candidate in regards to the ballpark.
Public Corruption:
There is currently no known direct nexus to identified public corruption subjects. As an attorney, Luis Aguilar represented Arturo “Tury” Duran in 2007 when Duran was implicated in the public corruption scandal. Aguilar also represented former representative Gilbert Serna (D) in a public corruption probe by the FBI in 1998.
On taxes:
The office this candidate is running for does not impact the tax base directly. I am not aware of a position taken by this candidate in regards to taxes.
Opponents:
Alyssa G. Perez (D)
Published: January 14, 2013
Last update: January 13, 2014
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