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| Debbie Portillo |
Tony Martinez has been searching Brownsville desperately for another plant on the City Commission to enable him to run roughshod over Brownsville on behalf of his friend and partner in crime UTB President Juliet Garcia.
Originally Debbie Portillo, a daughter of a local jeweler, was selected. She was being groomed and positioned by Martinez to run for commissioner. She was actually given an office in the house the city leases next on the Andres Cueto grounds. Her official position was the ultimate do-nothing job, Special Assistant to the Executive Director of United Brownsville. Since the Executive Director of United Brownsville, Mike Gonzalez does nothing all day that anyone knows about to earn his salary, his "special assistant" would likely have even fewer actual duties, if possible. We were later told that Portillo left United Brownsville, but that was never confirmed.
In any event, Debbie Portillo initially got cold feet and changed her mind about running for City Commissioner. This caused Tony Martinez to turn to a new plant, Sandra Langley, the CEO of the Greater Brownsville Incentive Corporation. Now, with Langley losing interest in running for commissioner, Tony and his henchman Carlos Marin have been scrambling to find a plant to run for the position.
Just today, it was reported, Debbie Portillo was seen in the company of Matamoros native Carlos Marin and Oscar Garcia,, the son of UTB President Juliet Garcia. It appears they have convinced Portillo to again run for City Commissioner, Place 3. Portillo, we have been told, picked up the necessary packet to run for the commission from City Secretary Estela Von Hatten.
Tony Martinez currently has two "locks" on the City Commission, Rose Gowen and Estela Chavez-Vasquez. Martinez heavily financed both campaigns as he will likely do with Debbie Portillo. We may soon see a veritable sea of Portillo signs throughout Brownsville, much as Martinez flooded the city with his blue "Believe in Brownsville" signs in 2011. Another plant as city commissioner will give Martinez a majority on the commission to continue to run roughshod over Brownsville taxpayers, purchasing speculative real estate and cutting deals to appease Juliet Garcia, Carlos Marin and International Bank of Commerce President Fred Rusteburg, the behind-the-scenes players in our city.
Local businessman Martin Sarkis has also declared himself a candidate for City Commission, Position 3.
I commend Martin for even trying to run.
ReplyDeleteJust remember how Ernie, Erin, Norma, Jose Garza and all the political votes get shifted to Tony and Ernie and Erin's favor?
Ms. Portillo doesn't seem to understand the pressure that will be placed on her by, not only the bloggers, but others if she is running to serve Tony and Juliet to serve their arrogance and power-mongering. Ms. Portillo is being pimped by Tony Martinez (and perhaps Juliet or her friends) to serve as their "whore" on the city commission. If she is running because they want her to run and they will pay for her campaign, then that is her future. If she is running because she wants to be in the public eye and she wants to bring some independent thinking to the commission, she needs to state that and offer to the public a platform that says this in some form. Otherwise, she is being pimped out by Tony Martinez and Juliet Garcia and their "pawns". Tony has brought autocracy to the city, which matches with the autocracy that Juliet demonstrates in her dictatorship at UTB. Most of this is to save Juliet's ass. UT System is clearly pulling the rug from under Juliet and moving to friendlier and financially more supportable grounds up the valley. Juliet and Tony are too arrogant to understand that they brought this failure upon themselves.
ReplyDeleteTony Martinez and Carlos Marin feel they can buy power with their money. The people of Brownsville, at least the one's who vote, are not that dumb. Martin Sarkis will put an end to the sweet deals Tony and Carlos have been dishing out to their buddies. Your days as King of the Hill are counted Tony.
ReplyDeleteMr. Sarkis be carful with Ernie,Erin,and Sylvia they will sell themselves to Tony Martinez. Just like they used Carlos Masso money to finance Erins election and kicked Masso to the curb.
ReplyDeleteGreat..tony already OWNS Estela Vasquez and Rose Gowen, to educated women who don't have a scintilla of common sense. Now he will own Portillo. Spiraling downward.
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