SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF DEBT. IT’S NEXT ON THE NIGHT. IT IS THE MOST CONTENTIOUS RACE
FOR A DISTRICT JUDGE POSITION
IN BEXAR COUNTY IN RECENT
MEMORY. THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF
CAMPAIGNING BY DEMOCRATS NE
AND LISA, YOU’RE ST DASHER
MARKED BY DISPARAGING COMMENTS
CLAIMS OF DEFAMATION AND A
FAILED ATTEMPT TO HAVE ONE OF
THESE CANDIDATES THROWN OFF THE
MARCH BALLOT. AND TONIGHT
THERE’S A NEW LAYER OF
INTRIGUE, A MASSIVE STUDENT
LOAN DEBT THAT HOME OVER YET,
THOUGH.
>> UNTIL THE EARLY DAYS OF HER
CAMPAIGN, THE 9 TEAM’S
DILLON COLLIER SAT DOWN WITH
BOTH CANDIDATES IN TONIGHT’S
DEFENDERS REPORT.
>> 200 85TH DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE CANDIDATE AND THE NIETO
HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF LIENS
TAX LAWSUITS IN COURT JUDGMENTS
DATING BACK TO 1997. NONE
BIGGER FINANCIALLY SPEAKING IN
THIS 2000, 10 SUIT FILED BY THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE. IT ACCUSED HER OF
DEFAULTING ON MORE THAN
$101,000 IN STUDENT LOANS AND
INTEREST COVERING HER UNDERGRAD
YEARS IN LAW SCHOOL. WHO HAS
WELL OVER 2 DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE AS A SAN ANTONIO
ATTORNEY BLAMES THE ISSUES ON
BEING A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
TRYING TO GET HER FOOTING IN
THE REAL WORLD. AT THE START.
>> THINGS AREN’T THAT GREAT.
AND YOU’RE NOT PROBABLY PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS WITH
THE SHIPPING. IN FACT, DURING
THE 2011 DEPOSITION FOR THE
CASE, NIETO ACKNOWLEDGED NOT
EVEN HAVE ANY BALLPARK FIGURE
FOR HOW MUCH HE HAD TAKEN OUT
LOANS. WHEN ASKED YOU DIDN’T
KEEP RECORDS. SHE REPLIED, NO,
I DID NOT. WHY NOT TRACKED?
HOW MUCH YOU ARE TAKING OUT
STUDENT LOANS WHEN YOU’RE AT UT
IN THE
THURGOOD MARSHALL?
>> WELL, I DO BELIEVE THAT I
HAD A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW MUCH
WAS OWED AND THE AMOUNT THAT
THE GOVERNMENT WAS ASKING FOR
WAS MUCH HIGHER CONTESTED THE
FIGURE AND WHETHER IT WAS EVEN
HER HANDWRITING OR SIGNATURE
THAT APPEARED ON SOME OF THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS AFTER BEING HIT
WITH A SIX-FIGURE JUDGMENT IN
2000, 12 YET TO APPEALED AND
LATER SETTLED WITH THE FEDS
AGREED TO PAY BACK $78,000.
>> MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON WHAT
SHE OWED CONTINUED UNTIL LAST
FALL WHEN SHE WAS RELEASED FROM
THE LEAN THE SAME DAY SHE
INSTALLED THE TREASURER FOR
HER CAMPAIGN FOR JUDGE. I DO
KNOW THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH ME RUNNING FOR IF
THAT’S
THE IMPLICATION.
>> AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT’S
A COINCIDENCE FOR SHORT.
>> HER OPPONENT IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ATTORNEY
LISA URESTI-DASHER DISAGREES.
IT’S CONCERNING AND IT’S
CONCERNING THAT MEETING AT THE
WOULD RUN FOR THIS POSITION AND
DESPITE HER BACK ON AND DESPITE
MITCHELL DISREGARD OF THE LAW
AND SHE’S IT APPEARS THAT SHE
IS UNFIT TO BE JUDGE
URESTI-DASHER THIS MONTH BEAT A
LAWSUIT FILED BY NIETO THAT
ATTEMPTED TO HAVE HER REMOVED
FROM THE BALLOT OVER AIRS IN
YOUR ST DASHERS OFFICIAL
APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION.
>> SHE SAYS HER INACCURACIES
PALE IN COMPARISON. 2 NIETO’S
PAST LEGAL ISSUES. THEN JUDGE
MADE IT CLEAR DECISION THAT
HER CLAIMS LACKED ALL MARANT.
>> AND NOW I’M ON THE BALLOT
AND NOW THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE
IF THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR
SOMEONE WHO DOES PAY THEIR
TAXES. THE HAY MAKERS DID NOT
END WITH A LAWSUIT BEING TOSSED
OUT.
>> IN A FORMAL FAR GRIEVANCE
FILED IN LATE NOVEMBER. YOUR
ST DASH ARE ACCUSING THE
CALLING HER A HOUSEWIFE WHO
DOESN’T PRACTICE LAW MOST
FORMALLY RESPOND TO THE
COMPLAINT BY THE END OF THIS
MONTH.
>> IN 2000, 18 IN A FEDERAL
SENTENCING MEMORANDUM FOR HER
UNCLE CARLOS URESTI. YOU
RESCUED. ASHER WAS QUOTED AS
SAYING WHILE WORKING IN HIS
OFFICE, I WITNESS FIRSTHAND
THE CLIENTS HE HELPED. BUT IN
AN INTERVIEW WITH US, SHE
CLAIMS SHE SIMPLY HAD OFFICE
SPACE IN HIS BUILDING AND NEVER
WORKED ALONGSIDE HER UNCLE
WHO’S CURRENTLY SERVING 12
YEARS IN PRISON. I BELIEVE THAT
THE PERSON THAT FULFILLS HIS
POSITION WHO IS ELECTED AS
JUDGE
>> HAS TO BE HONEST,
TRUSTWORTHY AND COMPETENT,
CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO FILL OUT A
SIMPLE APPLICATION. YOU KNOW,
I’VE BEEN WORKING HARD.
>> RESONATING WITH VOTERS AND