Perhaps
now is the time to reply to a few of the remarks being made
about Mr. Casimiro on certain message boards, blogs, and open
edit web site communities.
These comments
are nothing more than another volley in a years-long dispute
between various parties, including Mr. Casimiro, that have been
dragged through courts and mediated arbitrations and continue
to this day. Many of these entries are made in bad faith and
are written or posted by people who merely wish to join a band
wagon to bad mouth someone. They are usually clueless to the
facts, but accept one person’s version of history of the
events. They are never given all the facts nor do they bother
to research them.
It is much
easier to join a crowd and shout “Discredit!” than
it is to unearth the true story.
Here we
have laid out the “claims” made on these sites and
blogs and then detailed as to why they should be ignored, the
truth given, not the lies.
In August
2005, Mother Jones exposed Casimiro's business dealings in a
12 page article "Home Sour Home."
This claim
says that the Mother Jones article exposed his business dealings
in a 12 page article. However, if you actually read the article,
it has more to do about one person’s complaints against
the “construction-industrial complex” and Texas
law requiring arbitration and uses a company my father used
to direct as an example. In fact, he is not even quoted in the
article. To say that the article “exposed Casimiro’s
business dealings in a 12 page article” is quite misleading.
Casimiro
was the topic June 12, 2007 in Washington D.C. at the Subcommittee
on Commercial and Administrative Law “Mandatory Binding
Arbitration Agreements: Are They Fair For Consumers?”
where Jordan Fogal, "The Lemon Lady" testified against
Mr. Casimiro.
An outright
exaggeration. Jorge Casimiro was not the topic of this Subcommittee
meeting, the concept of arbitration was the topic. Moreover,
in the entire testimony totaling almost 6,700 words, Jorge Casimiro
is mentioned only once. Further, to say she testified “against
Mr. Casimiro” is misleading, she testified against the
use of binding arbitration agreements.
In July
of 2004, Harris County Judge Robert Eckels appointed Houston-based
University Development Inc. CEO Jorge Luis Casimiro to serve
on the Harris County Housing Authority which he served on through
2007.
This claim
is true.
“The
reason for his departure from this board is unknown.”
Cited several times yet this claim have validation. Further,
it connotes that there was something afoul with his exit from
the Harris County Housing Authority. In fact, he
left the Board when his three-year term expired.
Certain
persons, repeatedly, copy/paste the same viciousness on open
edit sites and communities, message boards, and blogs. No changes,
no thoughts, no additional information. Perhaps it is a new
type spam bot, sent out, not to create links for Viagra and
Cialis, but to bolster the delusions of certain individuals
bent on extortion and emotional blackmail. |

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