Monday, March 2, 2015

Rolling Stones: "No, You Can't Always Get What You Want . . . . . But If You Try Sometime, You Just Might Find, You Get What You Need"

As toxic as a Tony Martinez re-election would be for the City of Brownsville, what if the new City Commission has an independent voice or two, folks not easily bulldozed by Martinez' hell-bent drive to curry favor with the University of Texas and placate United Brownsville?

A vote shift seems to already be taking form with Commissioners Tetreau, Villarreal and Longoria joining forces at times to protect taxpayer interests as in the outrageous Lincoln Park giveaway boondoggle.


Pat Ahumada
One new commissioner, who could articulate how a decision will affect the taxpaying public while it's being discussed at the City Commission meeting, might not only build consensus for opposing a decision not in the community's best interest or tweaking that proposal.  Tetreau's abstentions and "no" votes helped, but the counterpoint was not spelled out clearly with poise and logic.

That is why several of us, not just one singular person, as Pat thinks, wanted Ahumada to run for a City Commissioner position, not mayor.  The thinking, then and now, is that Ahumada didn't have a chance in hell to be elected mayor, but his name recognition alone would make him the favorite in a commissioner's race.  After all, it's still just one vote on the City Commission AND a prepared commissioner, not afraid to speak up, can guide the discussion in a productive way.  Of course, running for a so-called "lesser" position is not in Ahumada's DNA and, for that quirk of personality, the city is the loser. 


Roman Perez Speaking Out at Town Hall
Meeting about Lincoln Park
At least one other potential difference maker remains. No one in Brownsville knows the City Code or Robert's Rules of Order better than Roman Perez, running for City Commissioner, District 1.  Perez actually led the fight against the weak-kneed gifting of Lincoln Park to UT. Unlike Commissioners Ricardo Longoria, Jr. and John Villarreal, he did not need to hear the strong public outcry at town forum against the "sale."  He was already on record that it was a bad deal.

Can Brownsville get what it needs?


12 comments:

  1. Brownsville is doomed with the sector of the public that DOES NOT VOTE. There is so much voter apathy that financial powerhouse venom like Tony Martinez can piss all over the taxpayers coffers. Unfortunately, all of the other commissioners have jello spines that will NEVER be capable of standing up to him. We need a clean slate.

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  2. Jessica Tetreau was only useful to remove Charlie Atkinson from the commission. She is inarticulate and is still swimming in shallow end of the pool. A real leader wouldn't simply abstain on the first vote and skip town on the second.

    Melissa Zamora didn't abstain. She stood up for Lincoln Park and the children.

    Commissioner, I know Melissa Zamora. Mellissa Zamora is a friend of mine. Commissioner, you're no Melissa Zamora.

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    1. Written like a real pussywhipped pendejo

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    2. Commissioner Tetreau is not and has never tried to be Melissa Zamora. They are two different people and Commissioner Tetreau can express
      herself just fine.

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    3. No, you can't Jessica. You have trouble with grade school grammar. A comma goes before and. It's a compound sentence, ya dolt!

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    4. Suck my horse!

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    5. Well if you can do the job so much better Mr. German Cat, why didn't you run for public office? Because you're a pussy, that's why! JESSICA HAS MORE BALLS IN HER LITTLE FINGER THAN YOU WILL EVER HAVE IN A THOUSAND LIFETIMES! I AM NOT JESSICA!

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    6. Comma or no comma, Zarate se la come.

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  3. Tony Martinez depends on voter apathy in order to effect his autocratic management style. He makes such outrageous deals (his real estate deals, selling parks and allowing United Brownsville to function as a quasi policy making agent) knowing that the public is ignorant and apathetic, and will take no action to stop him. He understands that the citizens here will never protest against anything unless an action might threaten their welfare, social security or their day care ( BISD ).

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  4. OK, all you jotos who want to be mayor of Brownsville please watch the video below and see how your compadre, Mayor of San Blas, Nayarit, MEXICO, celebrates his birthday!!! This is how you campaign...
    A la Mexicana, Arriba!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n47RDbSJlpA

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  5. Fuck you and the Mayor of San Blas !

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