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| Homeless Couple's Dog Milo Protecting their Possessions under La Casa del Nylon Awning |
La Casa del Nylon at 1305 E. Adams St., purchased by the city at an inflated price of $2,300,000, but still unused, has been the object of vandalism.
The city has already covered on of the old retail store's shop windows with plywood.
Now, another window has been broken by vandals. Not only do all of these unnecessarily purchased buildings need maintenance, they must be insured to protect taxpayer assets. City workers may want to check a side door on Adams Street that appears to have been left open.
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The vandalism is actually very bullish for the Brownsville job market. For every broken window and forced door there is a need for more workers to repair the damage to this "elegant" and costly dump. With a little creativity on the part of the vandals, we can get painters to work on their graffiti. You cynics say downtown has no potential?
ReplyDeleteSeems to indicate that the city....Mayor Martinez.....had no plan for that building when it was purchased. Seems to be a theme of the Martinez tenure as Mayor....."No Plan" or "Fly by the Seat of Our Pants". We have had no progress under Tony's administration, lots of money has been spent without return and his administration has lacked transparency and seems disinterested in public input. So, the "Casa de Nylon" building is now just another rotting downtown structure; which will cost the taxpayers more than the city paid just to make in habitable again. So, like the owners of other structures downtown, it will rot away until a storm destroys it or the city hits the lottery......the former is more likely. Tony Martinez, if he resigns, will leave the city financially strapped.....just because he wanted to kiss Julieta Garcia's ass at UTB....but she was a loser there and with the UT System.....but she won't stop meddling in city affairs and will likely seek the cities support for her new "venture".....we just can't believe a "think tank" in Brownsville....sort of an oxymoron.
ReplyDeleteCasa de Nylon is now part of Julieta Garcia's legacy to Brownsville. She failed in her "partnership" which she seems now willing to disown and disavow TSC...even though she "stole" the money from TSC to gift to UT System to serve her own personal ambitions. Juliet has forgotten TSC and long ago she forgot the city. All the property that Mayor Martinez bought to help her bail out UTB and her own ass.....now is meaningless and Juliet will throw Tony under the same bus that she threw this community. And, the remarkable thing is; after all this bullshit Tony probably thinks he's Juliet's friend. Tony Martinez is a loser!
ReplyDeleteAll of these deteriorating properties will be the legacy of 'Da Mayor, Tony Martinez. He likes to see himself as the suave attorney who convinced the voters that he was 'Da Man to lead the city. Unfortunately he forgot to tell those voters that he was leading them down the toilet. Tony loves to glad hand other politicos and businessmen (and Juliet Garcia and United Brownsville), but that is the total of him....just a bushy head of hair and a hand shake. No leadership or managerial skills at all. Juliet led him down a dirty pipe and the tax payers get the bill. Tony Martinez is a DICK!!!
ReplyDeleteI voted for Mayor Pat Ahumada! Fools!
ReplyDeleteThanks! What puzzles me is, 1) the appraisal was two years old and no update was ordered before any offer was made on behalf of the city on the property, 2) no inspection to determine the condition and cost to bring it up to acceptable standards or discount the offer based on the condition, 3) nobody negotiated on behalf of the city, 4) the mayor's partner represented the seller, which creates a unethical or compadre perception, 5) almost the entire commission went along with the purchase with out making sure we had a need or use for the property, 6) this purchase, compared to the many purchases to build the multi-modal transport facility was handled completely different and to the detriment to the taxpayers, 7) there is a fiduciary due diligence process and responsibility that was set aside that opens this purchase to question, why? Why and who is going to accept responsibility for defrauding taxpayers with a purchase the city did not need? We never had the money to expand the animal shelter to save pets lives, but we can be extravagant to purchase buildings we have no use for. Where are our priorities? The continued indifference to the shelter needs kills animals daily that need not be killed. How sad, that Brownsville prefers to waste money purchasing buildings we have no use for and cost us to have, with no hope of recouping the investment.
ReplyDeleteWhat has always surprised me and I have said it on this blog many times is the fact that no legal representative has stepped up to the plate and made a case to file charges to protect the citizenry from this obvious fraudulent transaction. The mayor and the commissioners should all be held accountable for this fiasco. The silence on this speaks volumes of our inept local attorneys. May God bless our community that keeps being raped by self serving elected officials while everyone remains silent. While the abuse continues, the high rate of complacency and lack of gonads to take the city to court and protect the public is beyond comprehension. We have met the enemy and he is us!
ReplyDeleteNot a whimper from the elite! They were in a frenzy to blast me for $500 in travel expenses and on anything I did that they felt was not in their interest. Amazing, the double standard! The DWI, while I certainly do not wish Allison or Bean Ayala ill, this too clearly goes to show how this city discriminates against grass roots. My arrests were immediately released to the media with video, mug shots, and the former police chief Carlos Garica went on interviews promoting my guilt. The elite with their nose up in the air were quick to fuel my guilt, even when found innocent. I recall the former Chief Carlos Garcia sending his goons to all the bars with my picture trying to figure where I had been that night before my arrest, with no results. This is why they reduced the charge to reckless driving. I had a couple of drinks, ate dinner and spent the night at a friends house. I got up at 4 am to get my luggage to catch a flight to Washington for the city, but Rick Longoria's brother and the police chief could not resist the opportunity to arrest and release the videos of the arrest immediately to ruin me politically. They thrived on it and the elite, with their nose up in the air. Now, not a whimper when its their own.
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