Group Headed by Mike Hernandez III Promises to Lift Brownsville from Poverty by October 2033

Mike Hernandez III, a former Brownsville resident has evidently purchased billboards throughout the valley proclaiming the need for change in the city of Brownsville.

Micheal Albert Hernandez III, Owner of D&M Leasing

Hernandez, 55, a resident of Colleyville, a Dallas-Fort Worth bedroom community, owns D&M Leasing, an extremely successful high end auto leasing firm.

We've lifted the mission statement for the group OP 10.33 Time for Change, Brownsville, TX off the group's Facebook page below.

Hernandez seems especially galled at a description of Brownsville in the Houston Chronicle in October 2013 as the "poorest city in America" and vows to reverse that trend within twenty years of that newspaper article by October 2033.

His promises include $1,000,000 to BISD, a generous endowment, but miniscule considering the district's $500,000,000+ annual budget.  BISD could squander that amount in a year's time on legal fees from lawsuits.  Hernandez has also pledged $1,000,000 to Guadelupe Middle School and $2,000,000 to United Brownsville.(Perhaps, Hernandez has not learned that United Brownsville is controlled by elitists hell-bent on steering the region's development to their profit.)

This is the information gleaned from the group's Facebook page:
What is OP 10.33?

Our project is named OP 10.33 and it's short for Brownsville becoming the "land of opportunity by October 2033" -- twenty years after it was last crowned as "the poorest city in America" by the Houston Chronicle.

At OP10.33, we pride ourselves on our strict code of honor. Among them are:

* HONESTY - Freedom from deceit or fraud

* HONOR - Complete fairness and integrity in one's actions

* JUSTICE - Moral principle determining just conduct with others

* CHARITY - Act of giving without the prospect of personal gain

* OPPORTUNITY - Condition favorable for attainment of one's goals

OUR MISSION:
Support only candidates, regardless of party affiliation, who show proven results generating funds from the prospective government agencies in their purview and to support new candidates who show the ability to do so. Also, to STRONGLY oppose any candidate who does not.

OUR MISSION:
To support any organized effort that effectively increases private sector business growth.

MISSION STATEMENT: To support any well-organized effort to educate every child in our community beyond a high school diploma.

To support any organized effort that effectively increases private sector business growth.

To support only candidates, regardless of party affiliation, who show proven results generating funds from the prospective government agencies in their purview and to support new candidates who show the ability to do so. We will also strongly oppose any candidate who does not.

OUR COMMITMENT:

2. $1 Million - Guadalupe Regional Middle School solely for the purpose of capital campaigns and additional scholarships to be awarded.

OUR COMMITMENT:

3. $1 Million - Brownsville ISD for the sole purpose of scholarships to higher learning institutions in the community, such as universities, community colleges and trade schools.

OUR COMMITMENT:

4. $2 Million - To support United Brownsville's (a non-profit business developmental group) efforts on retail and commercial manufacturing development to increase the number of higher paying jobs in Cameron County.