EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Armando Rodriguez, a member of the Canutillo Independent School District’s (CISD) Board of Trustees was served with a lawsuit last Friday, March 14, on his removal from the board, according to the citation.
The citation says Rodriguez has 20 days from when the lawsuit was filed to respond with a written answer.
As we previously reported, a group of local citizens filed a petition to have Ramirez removed from the board in May 2024, due to his previous arrest records of driving while intoxicated since his election into the board in 2005.
The petition also stated that Rodriguez allegedly had his attorney try to expunge and clear his record so that the court records would be hard to find, according to court records.
The petition also gave a timeline of Rodriguez’s arrest, stating that his first arrest was in September 2013, his second arrest was in January 2015, and his third arrest was in December 2021.
The petition also stated that after Rodrguez’s third arrest, he was required to have DWI supervision and a camera ignition interlock device installed in any vehicle that he was currently driving, according to court records.
Rodriguez shared a statement to KTSM after the petition was filed in 2024, which reads the following:
“The petition is a frivolous and meritless attempt by a sitting board member to attack my pro-public education stances. Ms. Breanne Barnes has asked her colleagues to file this ridiculous attempt at circumventing the people’s vote so that she can continue to push school vouchers, faith-based education and other anti-public education initiatives.
The group that filed the petition failed in their attempt to defeat the bond election and they are now resorting to theatrics to intimidate the district and reverse the will of the voters. It’s my hope that an impartial judge will respect the electors that selected me to serve.
I have been upfront about my legal issues and have worked to address them. I have not been convicted of any crime that merits my removal and I intend to continue to serve the children and taxpayers of Canutillo.”
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