Such a preference may have contributed to City Commissioner Ricardo Longoria, Jr.'s apparent meltdown, confrontation and verbal clash with Municipal Judge Ben Neece. If Longoria assumed, as
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Another young attorney, Cesar de Leon, also associated with Ben Neece's law office, greeted his supporters at Cobbleheads January 21. Neece was nowhere to be seen.
A close associate of the judge mentioned this may be his last year as a municipal judge in Brownsville:
"When I came on, Ben said he wanted to serve 30 years. He's done that. Of course, what he decides is still up in the air."
Of course, incumbent Longoria already faces formidable opposition in Roman Perez, whom he defeated in 2011 by 140 votes. Since then, Perez has developed close ties with parishioners at Christ the King Catholic Church in Southmost and Valley Interfaith, largely over the issue of conveying the district's precious Lincoln Park to the ultra-rich University of Texas system. Perez has been an outspoken opponent of that transfer.
Commissioner Longoria, while initially voting to convey the park, reversed his position after an outpouring of Southmost emotion at a public hearing at the Tony Gonzalez Gymnasium October 31. The City of Brownsville voted in resolution to authorize negotiations to sell the park to UT for $6.5 million, well below market value. The city wants to relocate the park next to a water treatment(sewage) plant in Southmost.
Micheal Gonzalez, when asked if he would work to save Lincoln Park, stated the thought the deal was "under the hat," and mentioned his experience in having odorous areas cleansed.
Neece's close friend, Abraham Galonsky, spoke at the town hall hearing in favor of the transfer of Lincoln Park. He owns and wishes to sell to the city a 30 acre tract next to the proposed relocation area of the park.
Poor little Ricardo Longoria thinks he is entitled to the position. He has held it and done nothing but go along with the giving away of tax payer assets. He does not analyze agenda items, case in point his flip flopping on the Lincoln Park issue when resistance from the tax payers surfaces. The man is a joke of a leader. Time to get rid of this clown.
ReplyDeleteIf Rick wants to win he should look at PUB And give rate payers a rebate in December I think we deserve it ,citizen's own PUB and were getting shafted. I compared bill to years past and I'm paying a lot more now .
ReplyDeleteCatch up on the news......nothing Rick can do about your p.u.b bill; it's going to continue to go up for several years . .......it's to pay for the new power plant (500 million ) that the mayor and his gang already committed you taxpayers to .The mayor and his gang get their share of kickbacks and brownsville taxpayers enjoy one of the highest rates around . Need to vote the criminals out!
ReplyDeleteFuck the park, dude! bigger issues in town, mamon!
ReplyDeleteRicardo Longoria is overstepping his bounds confronting people about supporting him or not, especially city employees. This is a crime little Ricky. Proceed with caution my friend.
ReplyDeleteRick can't compete with the big boys.....especially the law firms that seek to remove him from office. Ben Neece's law firm vs Tony Martinez's law firm is interesting. Neither Tony nor Ben understand (or care) "conflict of interest". Lawyers are trained to ignore the law, or to manipulate the law to benefit their interests. As Mayor, Tony Martinez, has managed the city as he did his law firm; in an authoritarian manner where its "his way of the highway" for members of the firm.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the conflicts they have?
DeletePUB kwh rates are 50% higher than in The Woodlands, one of the wealthiest cities in the US. Of course, in Brownville it is normal for the poor to pay more, no? But the funny thing is all they do in bend over, just like the PRI in Mexico. I wonder if there is a connection.
ReplyDelete10:04 AM idiota, more than one issue of public concern can be addressed simultaneously.
ReplyDeleteSuck my horse, you hanging cunt!
DeleteJust to be clear, Mr. Perez has stated that he is supports Valley Interfaith and its effort not to sell Lincoln Park. VIF does NOT endorse political candidates or any party, including Mr. Perez. However, VIF does promote its issues agenda and will educate voters on where candidates stand on the issues.
ReplyDeleteYour comments are only liberal babble in support of big government, handouts and more welfare. Your are welcome to join your cohorts in New York particularly their governor and that ΓΌber liberal mayor of NY City (he makes Tony look good).
ReplyDelete4:44p.m. quit trolling and being annoying .
ReplyDeleteRick is a scumbag. I just thought I'd get that off my chest. He is an educator and a father who is promoting his campaign on a blog filled with pornography and mysoginist lunatic rantings. Anybody who would stoop that low is no better than the theives we have right now.
ReplyDelete"City Commissioner Ricardo Longoria, Jr.'s apparent meltdown, confrontation and verbal clash with Municipal Judge Ben Neece."
ReplyDeleteSay no to bullies.
Screw the bullies. We need to say no to Ben Neece's candidates, say no to more lawyers on the commission, and say no to puppets.
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