Saturday, January 25, 2014

Daniel Lenz Encourages the City of Brownsville to Embrace Democratic Principles

Daniel Lenz
Brownsville Citizens need to wake up and pay closer attention to what is transpiring within our City Government. Last I knew, our form of Government was a Democracy, but that is not the case with our current City Officials, it appears that we have a Dictatorship that has been festering for some time now by one or more City Officials. 

So here is the definition of what our City Government should be: “Democracy” as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1 a: government by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections I find it not surprising that many decisions made within our City are totally against the wishes of the majority of the Citizens, but equally find it amazing that we accept this as the norm. At some point this needs to change and it needs to change soon. Years ago, I was the Chairman of Rio del Sol Alliance, a homeowners association for a subdivision located near the Port of Brownsville. We formed this association when the City was annexing our subdivision into the City limits. This was a true Democracy, as the majority of the people made the decisions. 

However, if you wanted to have a say, you needed to show up for our town hall meetings. We had as many as 400 people attend our meetings, great participation. As the Chairman, I represented the people of our subdivision at City Commission meetings, and I did what they wanted me to do. 

I may not have agreed with all the positions they wanted, and certainly I had a chance to sell my views, but I always represented them on what the majority wanted. When will our current City Officials understand this form of Government? 

The people have the power here, and the Commission should do what the majority of the populous wants, whether they agree with it or not. If they are true leaders, then they will present their views and try to sell their views on any issue. 

But in the end, it should be the people’s decision! And one last message to our City Officials, STOP trying to pull the wool over our eyes because everything eventually gets exposed, and when it does you all will pay the price. The supreme power is vested in the people! I encourage all of our Citizens to become more involved on issues that affect our City and our well being. If you choose not to get involved, then there is no room to complain later. 

Daniel Lenz

12 comments:

  1. What a crock, Barton. Hey, do you ever look around. Every RGV town has this sort of local governance, where the mayor is Top Dog, perhaps because of the Hispanic culture or maybe even because they try to act like what they see and hear on TV from politicians elsewhere. Democracy, like the word "slut" is tossed around too much these days. Be happy you have some semblance of America, for you do not actually live there. But, then, you knew that.

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    1. Your writing is absolutely atrocious. What point were you trying to make in your convoluted harangue? I'm sorry your education system failed you. Why don't you take some adult education courses in writing? Then we can all understand what you're trying to say.

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    2. Actualy, it reads perfectly fine to me.

      El Profe

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  2. "How To Fool Yourself & Make The Blogs" By Daniel Lenz

    If this is the face of the latest uprising, then the uprising is doomed.

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    1. @ Anonymous January 25, 2014 at 2:36 PM

      You are obviously one of those "City Officials" that Mr. Lenz eluded too, LOL. Go Mr. Lenz! Let the uprising begin!

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  3. Lenz sure has it right. The Kardenas Klan and Julieta Garcia have polluted the city. Tony Martinez is a puppet to United Brownsville and Julieta's form of corrupt management. It seems that Brownsville and Cameron County have a need for corruption and tend to elect those who are most corrupt.

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  4. Who is Daniel Lenz and why should we listen to him?

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    1. I don't know Daniel Lenz, but he is obviously articulate, intelligent and moreover, not afraid to speak the truth. Those are reasons enough for me to listen to him. He should consider running for Mayor, I would vote for him. Our current city commission is a joke.

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    2. Really? You would vote for Daniel Lenz for mayor? He's Jewish, you dumbass!!!

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    3. Anon of January 26, 2014 at 4:26 PM
      And you are a RACIST PIG!!!!!!
      AND A TYPICAL DUMBOCRAT!!!!!

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  5. Yep. When the people in power feel it necessary to blog on these posts.... they know they are in trouble. And yes, they are. Very much. In trouble. Why? Because they have not "bothered" to do the people's business which they were elected to do. Once seated on that grand dais, they felt above all the rest of us. Suddenly, they could do what THEY thought was best. For us. In our best interests. Even if - if might - also - benefit some others along the way.........

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