Sex Offender Mayor Does It Again !

Last November, I wrote about the mayor of the Texas city of Poteet, a small town of 3600 people about 30 miles south of San Antonio. The mayor, Lino Donato, had just pled guilty to two counts of Indecency By Exposure (Child) and one count of Indecency By Contact (Child). He was given deferred adjudication, placed on probation and required to register as a sex offender.

Although Donato had pled guilty and was now a registered sex offender, the county attorney ruled that he didn't have to resign because he was given deferred adjudication instead of a final verdict. Doanto refused to resign. At that time, I called upon the people of Poteet to remove this pedophile with a recall election.

I don't know why, but the mayor was not recalled. Maybe the people felt sorry for him, or maybe they felt he was innocent (even though he had pled guilty). In any event, they allowed him to remain mayor of their city. Now, it looks like that was a mistake.

The mayor has done it again. On Monday, a grand jury in Atascosa County indicted Mayor Donato on three new child sex offenses -- all of them felonies. He is now charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault, Indecency By Contact (Child) and Attempted Indecency By Contact (Child).

The mayor's term does not expire until 2009, but I again call on the citizens of Poteet to petition for a recall election. Do you really want a pedophile as your mayor? Do you enjoy being the laughingstock of the Lone Star State?

Registered Sex Offender Won't Resign As Mayor

It looks like the city of Poteet has a problem. Poteet is a city of about 3600 people located about 30 miles south of San Antonio. Although it's not a large city, it does have a rather large problem. Its mayor is a registered sex offender.

Last week, Mayor Lino Donato pled guilty to two charges of Indecency by Exposure and one count of Indecency by Contact. The victims of his crimes were children. The mayor was given deferred adjudication and placed on probation. He is required to register as a sex offender.

It originally looked like he was going to do the right thing. He called a meeting for Wednesday to announce his resignation. But then he changed his mind and cancelled the meeting. Now he says he is not going to resign. Unbelievably, the City Attorney said he doesn't have to resign since he got "deferred adjudication", and technically that doesn't count as a conviction.

This whole thing is just sick. He stopped the trial and pled guilty to prevent the details of his sex abuse of two young girls from becoming public. Now he wants to sweep it under the rug, and go on like nothing happened. But deferred adjudication or not, the man is a REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER!

I can't believe the citizens of Poteet want to have a registered sex offender (and pedophile) as their mayor. If he will not do the decent thing and resign, then he should be removed. It's not like he was innocent -- he pled guilty!

Looks like it's time for a recall election in Poteet.