The former executive director of Blue Cares, the nonprofit arm of the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association, said she was told by association leadership to create meeting records for a charitable bingo application last summer.
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The application requirements, however, included providing meeting minutes for Blue Cares from at least one meeting each of the last three years.Paperwork was created for meetings that supposedly took place on August 9, 2021, February 1, 2022, and January 10, 2023, records obtained by KSAT show. In a phone interview, Gonzalez told KSAT that SAPOA executive staff told her to look for dates SAPOA’s board met and create notes from there.
Texas Lottery records confirm the entity did not receive an application for charitable bingo from Blue Cares. An SAPD spokeswoman confirmed to KSAT via email, “The Department investigated the complaint and found no evidence to the claims. The case was unfounded.”Gonzalez captured 20% of the vote in the six-person March Democratic primary to move on and face Clay-Flores in the May 28 runoff election. Clay-Flores’ 46.1% of the vote was not enough to win the primary outright.
An article posted to SAPOA’s website in early January thanked Gonzalez for her nearly three years of service and noted she was stepping down to pursue a political career. “You tell me who’s going to turn down $30,000 to give back to the community. That’s how I saw it,” said Diaz, who pointed out the funds were distributed to programs run or supported by Blue Cares, not SAPOA.
“It went contrary to all the officers that stood out there at the polls, that fought against Prop B,” said a former SAPOA political action committee member who asked that we conceal their identity. “Our membership deserves proper representation. And these individuals don’t represent the spirit of our officers.”
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