Is Tony Martinez Waiting to See What Trey Mendez Does Before Filing to Run for Mayor?

Is Tony Waiting to See What Trey
Does Before Filing? 

Much as NBA players, practicing their routine for the slam-dunk contest, worry about a last-minute entry by Lebron James, Tony and the Pretenders may all be looking over their shoulders, worried about Attorney Trey Mendez deciding to run for mayor.

Pat Ahumada said as much last week at  Cobbleheads:  "I encouraged either Trey Mendez or Edward Trevino to run, but, when that didn't happen, I was approached by Rey Montanaro and others to enter the race."

Captain Bob Sanchez, a Price Road poissonnier, who allowed himself to be portrayed as a viable candidate on Jerry Mchale's risqué blog, Brownsville Blues, before his wife exercised her

Sanchez and Mchale Planning
Victory Party Menu

veto, has now been overheard soliciting signatures to run.  An Ahumada operative approached us:  "I was the one who emailed you about Sanchez running.  He doesn't know me and was talking openly in front of me about gathering signatures to run for mayor."

Brenda Joyas

Brenda Joyas, who shared with us her thoughts about running for mayor last fall, worked as an intern in several city departments, sees the needs, the flaws, but, also the untapped potential of the city and its historical downtown.  Joyas formed the Historic Downtown Coalition in an effort to unite downtown business owners.  She is pro-Brownsville in a way Tony Martinez wouldn't understand.

Erasmo Castro Dragustinovis, the son of a preacher, openly in a committed, same sex relationship for years in Austin, but possessor of a Brownsville apartment address, has entered the mayoral race with a splash.  A loose affiliation of realtors, lawyers, teachers and political advocates came together under the Brownsville Cheezmeh banner in 2010/2011 to defeat the infamous Fly Frontera Airline proposal then before the City Commission.  Pat Ahumada still thinks the flimflam concept was a good deal for the city, despite the company being only 4 days old before the City Commission vote, and the headquarters located in the home of convicted RICO con artist/felon Carlos Quintanilla of Dallas.  The City of Brownsville was on the verge of agreeing to $2,500,000 upfront money for licenses, fuel, jet rental, etc., plus $118.00 for every ticket NOT sold on flights from Brownsville into Mexico, a totally upside-down deal.  

Roughly concurrent with that citizen uprising was a groundswell of interest in running bully City Commissioner Charlie Atkinson out of office.  First Zeke Silva, then Jessica Tetreau served as the candidate used to oust Atkinson, Tetreau, by necessity a write-in.  Almost to the day of that Atkinson defeat, no one actually knew the person behind the website, Brownsville Cheezmeh.  Now, he has surfaced in a run for mayor.

Attorney Trey Mendez

But, what about Trey Mendez, an attorney and TSC Trustee, deeply respected in the community for being among four trustees saving the community college from destruction by Juliet Garcia. There is absolutely no love lost between Tony Martinez, who labors only for Juliet Garcia and her cronies, and Trey Mendez.  

Even the fake Christian, Father Armand Matthew, threatened publicly to "ruin" Trey's "career" when Trey blocked Juliet's attempt to destroy TSC.  

Of course, citizens have not seen enough of Trey.  He spoke out publicly on the downtown parking meter fiasco, wrote thoughtfully on Lincoln Park.  He is not at a point in his life where he can run for mayor, an unpaid position.  We heard this February 1:  

"I hear ya. I wish I could run. . . . I'm just not at a point where I can do it. I'm too busy with work to do it right. TSC needs me right now, too."

Those are words Tony Martinez is likely waiting to hear as, according the the Brownsville Herald, Martinez has not yet filed to run for mayor.  Is he waiting to see what Trey will do?