Juan Montoya of "El Rrun Rrun" Organizes Search Party for Democratic Vice-Chairman Carlos Masso

Carlos Masso,
A Victim of Foul Play?

The first 24 hours can be critical in missing person cases.  Leads can grow cold fast.  If the missing individual has necessary, prescribed medications or psychological issues, that adds a certain urgency to the search.  In the case of Carlos Masso, police operatives would likely view him as an adult who simply may not want to be found. In any event, according to blogger Montoya, Masso was last seen with former Cameron County Democratic Chairperson Sylvia Perez-Garza.

If Masso is still with Sylvia, he could be in La Feria or the far reaches of Cameron County working for the Democratic Party.  A commenter to this blog provided this clue when the question of why Sylvia Garza-Perez was missing from party meetings came up:

"What part of very busy do you not understand ? There are a lot democrats all over Cameron County not just in the City of Brownsville . Sylvia makes herself available to all the citizens of the county from La Feria all the way down to her hometown Brownsville and every city and town in between . New Chairwomen Medina and Sylvia get along just fine it's time for all Cameron County Democrats to unite and stand together . ** SGP 4 CC Clerk 2014 **"

So, perhaps we do not understand that being "busy" means Democrat politicos like Masso and Garza-Perez can simply not make the time to attend the monthly party meeting.  That explanation would probably satisfy a pre-schooler or someone who didn't understand the recent history of county party operatives.  Here is a brief excerpt from a previous MMB story:

"Please remember that in a sneaky, unpublicized meeting of the local party September 7, 2013, the installation of Carlos Masso as County Chair was orchestrated. The sequence of events included then Vice-Chair, Doroteo Garcia, husband of Erin H. Garcia, resigning and replaced by Masso, then Chairperson Sylvia-Garza-Perez announcing automatic resignation due to declaring for public office. That series of events opened the door for Masso to be declared County Chair at that meeting."

Sylvia Garza-Perez

But, after Sylvia Garza-Perez was seemingly successful in passing the baton of chairmanship to Masso, Democratic Party rules raised their ugly head, providing for this transition of power to be declared null and void.  The September 7th meeting was declared illegal and in a make-up meeting held October 11th elected Amber Medina Chairman and Masso Vice-Chairman.

Quickly following the election of a new County Chairperson came the Meet and Greet for gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis at the Cameron County Texas Democratic Women headquarters on Boca Chica.  Contrary to Montoya's report, Masso did make the event.  He just did not make it inside the building formerly occupied by Betty's Tortas.  While Amber Medina, William Skaggs and Teresa Saldivar arrived early to arrange and rearrange the 50 folding chairs and do the event's heavy lifting, Masso, still butthurt from not being the county chair, arrived on time, but too late to get into the building as more people showed up for the event than visited Betty's Tortas in a month.

As we exited the event after Ms. Davis speech, we visited with members of B.U.C. and others out front who simply could not get in.  Carlos Masso, dapper in a black sport coat, stood just outside our conversation.  He picked up on our puzzled facial expression upon noticing that he was not part of the action inside and looked down sheepishly.  So, while he may not be a willing participant in the party's resurgence under Medina, at least he's been found and the Amber Alert can be cancelled.