HISTORY MADE AT 1/16/18 CITY COMMISSION MEETING

A. Galonsky

I admit it.  I've not been keeping up with developments in the city.


Catching the 1/16/18 City Commission meeting on Channel 12/Brownsville TV, however, I believe I witnessed history: possibly the quickest appointment to a board in city history.

Businessman/landholder Abraham Galonsky was nominated and assigned to the Planning and Zoning Commission in no more than ten seconds.

Commissioner Neece, quick on the draw

Commissioner Cesar de Leon nominated Galonsky with an immediate second by Commissioner Ben Neece.

Commissioner Rose Gowen added a second nominee, Mayor Tony called for a vote and blitzkrieg, both nominees were approved seconds flat.

Commissioner Rose Gowen

The affluent Galonsky sold the City of Brownsville La Casa del Nylon on Adams Street for triple its value, $2,300,000 in 2012.  That took the building off the city's tax rolls.  The building sits in deterioration as the city has no economical use for it.

Galonsky has other properties and land tracts he would love to unload on the gullible city commission.  His positioning on the Planning and Zoning Commission will only enhance those opportunities.

Commissioner Neece, who so quickly seconded Abraham's nomination to the board, has a clear conflict of interest as Abraham is Ben's landlord for his upstairs apartment and club for which he has assumed a 1203 E. Washington Street address, an address not recognized by the city.  

Commissioner Neece, we've been told, is renovating the Galonsky property in lieu of rent, although a Public Information Request with the city produced no permits for that address.