This action was in response to a ruling last year by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that the bag fee constituted an illegal tax on the citizenry.
Former Mayor Pat Ahumada disagrees with this decision and presents an alternative viewpoint in the letter published below:
The mayor and city commission voted unanimously to repeal the bag fee, but will keep the bag ordinance.
If this makes sense to you, then you are just as stupid as they are. By repealing the bag fee, you in essence repeal the bag ordinance. Welcome back to the third world.
We should have fought the Attorney General by inviting all other cities with similar interest in a bag ordinance to petition the state legislators to pass legislation that would satisfy the Attorney General to keep the bag ordinance. We should have sought other alternatives before giving up.
We could have proposed the fees collected go towards what the city pays Waste Management for picking up our trash. On the alternative, we could have amended the ordinance for Waste Management to collect the fee to fund a curb service recycling program with free containers to households.
I believe both of these scenarios could put Brownsville in compliance with the Attorney Generals interpretation of the law he is applying.
The fee is the incentive for people to take their own bags when shopping. We can always use the money to improve our environment by reducing waste at our landfill and reduce our cost with Waste Management.
The solutions are there, but with two lawyers, one doctor, one teacher, one tortillero, one jewler, and one beauty queen on the commission, along with a city attorney and city manager who collectively cannot come up with a solution to this matter, is PATHETIC.
Even Forest Gump can do better than them.
Ken Paxton agenda is not the State of Texas or the best interest of the citizens.
I can relate to him, it is like when a friend of mine and I went to meet with Police Chief Rolando Hernandez two weeks prior to the DA and BPD raiding my sweepstakes store. At said meeting two weeks prior, I asked our chief of police, if sweepstakes was illegal? I also asked him, if I needed to close down voluntarily? Chief Rolando Hernandez response was, “I don’t know”. He went further to state that he would meet with the DA Luis Saenz and get back with me, which with 30 police officers, cameras filming the raid and parading my arrest. All for political gain, when all I offered to shut down voluntarily.
The DA Luis Saenz had a different interpretation to the same law his predecessors for 15 years said sweepstakes was legal and our local police allowed sweepstakes stores for years to operate with never shutting down any sweepstakes, but politically some people enjoy targeting others when it meets their political agenda as Ken Paxton is doing with the plastic bag law suit.
The Attorney General’s agenda is the same and does not care about Texas. We should have exposed him by going to trial on this matter. We had everything to gain and Paxton had everything to lose if we prevailed.
Sincerely
Pat Ahumada"
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Meant to say Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez. Had other things on my mind while writing.
ReplyDeleteJessica is not a beauty queen, Pat.
ReplyDeleteShe's way to ugly!! Phsysically and as a person.
DeleteThere is something more here. Why are they willing to sue the State without fear over the extraterrirotial law which was aimed at Brownsville, but turn and run over this. It is the same AG they are fighting. No there is something more here which we are not being told.
ReplyDeleteHa! We kicked your ass Pat. It was an illegal tax on one of the poorest (and stupidest) communities in the US.
ReplyDeleteI hope this action de funds special interest groups like Brownsville Healty Communities.
Jessica is the "before" picture, at best.
ReplyDeleteThey banned the fee, so can we get bags for free now?
ReplyDeleteOk Pat Villarreal is a tortillero but you are a THIEF
ReplyDeleteWho is Pat Villarreal?
DeleteYes! As soon as the fee is repealed.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the bag ban has turned Brownsville into a pristine wonderland .... NOT: BRING BACK THE BAGS!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the big fight you and your healthy community cronies were preparing for Pat? Thank god for the great state of Texas that does not put up with your special interest bullshit. You liberals are so good at spending other people's money. Keep up the good work on PUB though. Thank you for that.
ReplyDeletePat the shrimper....get a life
ReplyDeleteCall me whatever you want and blast me all you want, but I at least stood up for Brownsville. My agenda was always and is the city. What is yours?
ReplyDeleteThey sit behind computers and talk smack behind a keyboard like Donald Trump said!! Villarreal cant stand the fact that all he is just a tortillero who married in Portugal!!!! Shrimper is more respected than elotero!!! Con Mรกs Ganas Ben Neece!!!!
DeleteThe only pathetic one is you Pat
DeleteHey Pat, looks like my numerous letters to the State paid off!!! Justice prevails. Get your own blog and stop stalking this one. What happened to your big internet radio show? You have no audience so you have to come here. Remind me again, what is your level of education and expertise?
ReplyDeleteEverything you said Pat was on point with the exception of "Beauty Queen"? Damn you are extremely generous.
ReplyDeleteStill to this day, no one in the COB can account for the tax money collected. The only winners in this mess were the stores who made thousands selling their "reusable" bags made of......PLASTIC! Way to go, brownsville arm chair environmentalists ! You are clueless. You all talked tough but in the end fluttered like the bag that hit pat in the face!
ReplyDeleteAyeeeeeeeeee no manches!!! As crazy as this vato is, just remember he has more votes than Erasmos Castro. There is a real chance Pat could be elected at large. You need to run Pat!!!! Save us from that fat bastard Erasmos!!! He wants to eat us!!!
ReplyDeleteWe need you as a mayor not as a commissioner, don't worry E is not gonna win, there is a person who will take him down.
DeleteI have to wonder where Castro finds the money and time for gastric bypass.
DeleteFirst let me say, I am proud of who I am and where I come from. I did not have it easy as an emancipated minor who was forced into adulthood before any child should be. I am proud of being a shrimper because that was the only frontier a child forced into adulthood could get a job with no questions asked. I worked with some of the toughest people you could find, but I made a good living. I find nothing disparaging about the industry that gave me life and allowed me to raise my family. Even though I did not have the many opportunities like going to college, I am proud to be a self taught individual who read a lot while at sea and was always interested in doing better for myself and my family. For those who want to belittle me for not having a formal education, that is your problem because I have proven that I can compete with many educated people on many levels, as compared to some with an education who prove to be idiots. As a former shrimper, I can give those who blast me a lesson on how to make our city better, which my record of accomplishments can attest is far better than what we now have.
ReplyDeleteIf John Villarreal gets offended for being a Tortillero, that is his problem. The point I was making is that you have all these people from different walks of life who are not able to find a solution to a problem that can be solved, but instead prefer to repeal the bag donation fee without putting up a fight. They preferred the easiest route instead of presenting solutions to keep the bag ordinance is PATHETIC. I cannot understand cowering, because I do not know how to cower in the face of adversity as our commission has done.
The bag ordinance was never meant to be a ban, but a choice for people to have when shopping. The bag ordinance intent was to use the fees generated to improve our environment and our culture to a higher standard and repealing the fee undermines the goals to build a greener city.
John Villarreal is a tortillero who thinks he is better than us. He belittles women and doesn't care about us downtown merchants. Mr. Villarreal has always wanted to be something he is not and intermingled with the Hernandez clan to get where he got. After Ernie the eel indictmet he ditched them and moved into Pedro Benavides family and married? Just like all politicians promises hope, this man did and has nothing to show us downtown merchants. Villarreal only cares about his vanity and expensive wedding away from our downtown disgrace.
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ReplyDeleteFirst they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
By Pastor Martin Niemรถller:
Pobrecito Patricio he needs attention
ReplyDeleteIn Austin, the customer that does not have a bag, can be sold a large plastic bag for 25 cents. The store keeps the fee. The issue in Brownsville was not so much the charge, but it was the fact that it was being remitted to the City. There is nothing inappropriate with keeping the bag ban and allowing the stores to charge for the selling of a bag. Some stores provide paper bags free of charge as well, just like was done before the introduction of plastic bags.
ReplyDeleteyea, pat would have fought and fought costing thousands upon thousands in legal fees and in the end still lost. so yes pat, you would have fought simply because it wouldn't have cost you a dime, if you're that committed, why don't you just file a lawsuit or a TRO as a taxpayer? You can do that you know!
ReplyDeletePat has never understood his exit cue. His last two races are a great indicator of that! Our commission isn't worth shit but they did right by not wasting tax dollars to defend Pat Ahumadas idiotic tax. Yes two lawyers, DJ, Doctor of medicine, and two small business owners knew better. And yes Pat A, the reason think so poorly of you is because you have to resort to degrading people who don't agree with you. You of all people should know how shitty it feels when people insult your profession.
ReplyDeleteLet’s see:
ReplyDeleteEddie Trevino legal fees $489,000 x 4 years= $1,956,000
Mayor Martinez wanted to give away Lincoln Park valued $21,000,000 million
Mayor Mtz pushed the Casa Nylon property purchase at $2,300,000 and we have no use for it and it has been taken off the tax rolls.
Mayor Martinez pushed for the Tenaska power plant joint venture very aggressively when he was advised not to by Fitch Bond rating company and financial advisors. This has already cost Brownsville citizens 36% in higher utility rates, thanks to Mayor Mtz. This Tenaska scam is estimated to have already cost Brownsville citizens $40,000,000 million and we have nothing to show for the investment.
Mark Sossi sexual harassment lawsuit cost taxpayers a lot of money to defend.
Enormous amounts were spent on the lawsuit against the firemen
Real estate purchases not needed and purchased at inflated prices costing taxpayers millions is nothing in comparison to what it would cost to fight the AG on this matter.
Add, the trip to Bogota Columbia that was a vacation for the mayor and company
Should I go on? Millions squandered by this administration and you are trying to justify not fighting the Attorney General for singling Brownsville out with his self serving agenda. Goes to show how you and those like you can justify doing nothing.
The bag ordinance, like the area maintenance ordinance I introduced in the 1990’s generates millions to improve the quality of life for Brownsville citizens. Repealing the bag fee will be a negative cash flow to do projects to improve the environment and our community. The ordinance could easily been amended specifically tailoring the ordinance for waste management to collect the fee that could result in lowering garbage rates for Brownsville citizens or to introduce a city wide curb service recycling program free to citizens of Brownsville, saving us millions in landfill and improving our environment.
The last thing, why not unite with other likeminded cities and collectively pool all legislators to introduce a bill in Austin to cut Paxton’s wings in the interest of the environment and Texas taxpayers who shell out to pick up the bags littering our highways and communities? No, that is too much work for this mayor and commission to even try to do.
The problem is that this administration is very PATHETIC, full of excuses not to do anything, because it is easier for them to do. They prefer to work hard at scamming us with real estate purchases at inflated prices or squandering our money with projects like United Brownsville.
The problem is the administration reacts instead of being proactive, which they should have done by hosting public hearings on this matter before taking the action, because they are too stupid to come up with any ideas on their own.
The bag ordinance was never meant to be a ban, but an option, particularly for our visitors who may not know of the ban until they get to check out. The ordinance fee was to generate income to improve our community.
ReplyDeletePat, I was recycling before you even learned how to spell the word. I do not need you and your amateur group of environmentalist telling me how to do it . You fucking group of government tit suckers just got your cash cow slaughtered. Time to dust off your resumes Healthy Communities! Everything you all tried to do was a failure. What happened to the curb side recycling program ? Failure. Brownsville Recycling center ? Failure. Charging for cigarette but cans? Failure. Bag tax? Failure.
ReplyDeleteThere is no exit cue when you care about your community, but I got to the point not to care about what others think. Being degraded viciously began with the Herald editor Robert Kahn, the elite and special interest and to this day they have tried to criminalize and discredit me.
ReplyDeleteI can get along with anyone who wants to work on behalf of our city, but not with the Carlos Marin’s, Atkinson’s and others whose agenda was not the city. My patience has worn out and has lead to contempt for those who seek to rape our city. Being mayor is not a hobby or a part time job, but a full time job. Being a commissioner is not about having a title to promote oneself, but about going to work to make Brownsville better. These elected leaders are not engaged and are a total failure as leaders.
It is okay not to know about something, but at least seek competent advice before acting and doing tremendous damage as done with the Tenaska and Casa Nylon scams, along with the many other failures and then they shirk it off as nothing.
Let’s look at the animal chip ordinance, which we pushed very hard to get done, but was blocked by the city manager and Art Rodriguez for years. Now that they passed the ordinance without input from us, which is a good thing, but it is reported to have a $250 fine for not having the chip and a $250 fine per day when the animal is at the shelter. If this true, it is beyond ridiculous to assess these penalties on citizens with the lowest per capita income in the nation. This administration did evict our nonprofit animal clinic at the city shelter and is chipping animals for $5.00 with no vet supervision, which is a risk for the animal. The nonprofit clinic provided no cost care and meds to the city shelter worth thousands of dollars, now they send the animals to the vet in Harlingen because they had not back up plan when they evicted the clinic from the shelter, which proves how smart these people are.
This administration also undermined the progress we had made on recycling, which I introduced in the 1990’s and this too turned too crap, as you rightfully pointed out. They do not know what they are doing and fail to get guidance to make it better, but they are good at destroying and undermining.
But, let’s go back to the mayor and commission and degrading, I have been degraded enough by this mayor and members on the commission to last a life time, but I took it. This city manager with the former police chief and Pete Gonzalez tried to frame me and the evidence was shredded that would have proven who took the check, but took it and paid a very high price. So, don’t tell me about being degraded. If they can dish it out, they can take it.
You want to give them credit, let’s talk about United Brownsville, Tenaska, Casa Nylon, the Lincoln Park give-away proposal, higher utility rate increases, squandering taxpayers monies speculating in real estate and pet projects, evicting the animal clinic from the shelter, undermining the recycling program, secret contracts, and voting to repeal the bag fee without holding public hearings and failure to stand up and fight for Brownsville against an overzealous Attorney General.
I had nothing to do with the current recycling failure, nor the cigarette butt cans. I was an environmentalist by taking action to protect our environment dating back to the 1990's. I stood with others to block efforts to develop Boca Chica beach, supported to establishing wild life corridors, introduced and funded initiatives to reforest our city and going green plans, advocated for wind energy over fossil, plus being a big advocate for the humane treatment of animals to make Brownsville no kill, which was also undermined by city management and others who would say they cared about animals, but their actions or lack thereof proved otherwise. Forest, I will let you have the last word on this.
Well, I guess Pat told you, didn't he?
DeletePat pat pat. Why doesn't anyone listen to you? Why? No one in brownsville, cameron county nor in austin. Why? You have no credibility. You have no worth. You offend without cause. You have an inability to build. I don't understand why if you have all this evidence of malfeasance and theft you don't go to FBI. Talking about all talk and no action.
ReplyDeleteAgree, Pat you are NOBODY ,
ReplyDeleteIf you want to work to build a better city and be a professional by agreeing to disagree, I am here to work with you or anyone who wants to make the city the agenda. If you want to work to build a consensus to make Brownsville a one issue city at the expense of everything else, or if you want to build a consensus to give away Lincoln Park, buy more real estate like the Casa Nylon, undermine the animal shelter, undermine the recycling program, allow management to go unchecked, or if you want to hire incompetent people like Mark Sossi, fund projects and do unchecked cost over runs in the millions like the sports park, or target citizens to subsidize squandering their money with scams like Tenaska, United Brownsville, and other deals that does not benefit the city, then the people you elected are your consensus builders and a great example of your values.
ReplyDeleteI am not your kind of consensus builder that is for sure, because I am a fighter for the citizens of Brownsville and made the city the agenda with no hidden interest. This administration has hurt our city more than any other administration I know of. They are not engaged or really care about our city.
I did build a consensus to cure a $2.0 million deficit, do capital improvements, cut waste, lowered utility rates, held developers accountable, and introduced many initiatives to improve the quality of life for Brownsville that is on record.
You prefer to harp on what ails you, which is that I am not corrupt like your buddies. You obviously prefer and thrive on corruption, which is why you criticize and try to bring me down to make yourself look and feel better, but I am beyond reproach. Not one friend or family got a job through me. I never went into making deal with others like this mayor did with the Casa Nylon swindle and what I suspect with the Tenaska deal and hiring Eddie Trevino as BPUB Board council which has cost us millions.
In comparison to these part time elected leaders who are not engaged, I was a full time mayor, with an open door policy 24/7 and was engaged. It was a job and I did my job... to make things better for Brownsville. The results are in the proposals and actions taken whether it was to restore passenger airline service to our airport when we had none or to reduce the penalty fee at PUB for those who do not pay on time, which is how you make things happen by introducing these type of initiatives that changes Brownsville for the better.
So, if you are a professional and want to make Brownsville the agenda, I am here to work with you and I will defend tooth and nail anything you propose that is good for Brownsville.
Yours truly,
Pat Ahumada
And keep electing these kind of people, then what your kids will believe that it is normal to elect corrupt individuals to public office and the quality of life will be similar to what you see south of the border. It is sad, but based on the Herald's bias reporting, the bloggers like McHale and Montoya who are not responsible bloggers and thrive on fake news or creating false perceptions, you will soon elect people like Erasmo Castro, William Garza, and others who have nothing to offer, because this is the best Brownsville can produce as leaders. I am not perfect, but my biggest sin was standing up for Brownsville and thrive destroying those who will stand up for Brownsville. Are you against the things I did to make Brownsville better. cleaner, safer and reducing your tax rate and utility rates with initiatives that made it possible? It is a rhetorical questions, because obviously you prefer this administration who has all but destroyed Brownsville with their scams, which is going to lead to higher taxes and more utility rate hikes.
ReplyDeleteMeant to insert "you" before the words "thrive destroying those who will stand up for Brownsville". Thanks
ReplyDeleteBut you didn't answer the question. Why aren't you listened to by anyone. Don't pontificate about all thats wrong and all the great things you did. Why doesn't anyone in brownsville, cameron county or the state of texas listen to you? A simple question, no?
ReplyDeleteYou listen to me and respond don't you? You are someone.... LOL LOL...
ReplyDeletePeople do read what I post and in spite of what you say, I get positive feedback and some even thank. As far as bad leadership, it is not a crime to elect someone like Tony Martinez who pushes to buy real estate at inflated prices. You are the one responsible for electing these people, so if you want to complain, then complain all you want. I am pointing out their failure to defend Brownsville against Paxton, or to at least host public meetings before voting to repeal the bag fee.
You do not have to agree, but there are plenty of people who do. And, others wonder how they make decisions without an thought process, after all they voted to repeal without introducing a plan to make it better. I guess that is your kind of reasoning logic is satisfactory, but for us who want a cleaner and better environment, we expect more from our mayor and commission.
I am not law enforcement, nor the one responsible to investigate what they do or do not do, but I am a citizen who has the right to question, support, or oppose when our elected leaders fail to stand up for Brownsville.
Thank you for participating in the discussion and providing us with your point of view of people that support corruption, laziness, and lack of engagement by our elected leaders, because it is important to hear from everyone, including those who have low standards for our city.
As always Pat you have to have the last word
ReplyDeletereading what you post is not listening to you pat. thats your problem. you simply believe that if people read what you have to say and comment or ask questions, or hear you, they are listening. unfortunately, again, you are misinformed. its not about supporting corruption, its the fact that you are not supported. your attitudes, your history, your self serving initiatives under the disguise of serving our city is bogus. do people actually believe what you say? yes. They listened to OJ & Adolf.....and?
ReplyDeleteAt least Pat signs his name to his posts, unlike cowards like you and me.
DeletePat is a man, are you?
Pat Ahumada has a following and everyone who posted on this thread is his audience, even his haters. Hahaha!
ReplyDeletePAT HAS BALLS!
Stop sucking on Pat's balls Rey. Grow up kid.
DeleteRobert the only one good at sucking balls is your vieja, let her suck these big balls old man
DeleteRey el lamehuevos again....and Pat the rat pair of idiots
DeleteThe majority of the negative comments towards Pat are posted by Cris Valadez . That Walgreens -jeans -wearing idiot is always attacking Pat. Grow up, Valadez!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 01/16/17; 8:06 AM-Your problem is the hate that consumes you towards me, I still recall how you said you were going to do everything you could to ruin me and run me out of town. So you made alliances with Montoya, McHale and anyone you could in your mission to destroy me. You have failed, because I am still here and will continue to be here speaking out against the injustice, corruption, and special interest against our city.
ReplyDeleteThe other problem you have is that you fail to understand what KARMA is all about, which you have coming your way. You have proven not only to use your demented state of mind to promote hate, but you have hurt our community in the process. Some know who you are, as I do and know you are a loser who constantly beats the same drum without contributing anything.
Your problem is that you cannot stand that I was elected twice as mayor, made things happen by being fully engaged trying to do what was always best for our city. What you proclaim as myself serving initiatives under the guise of serving our city demonstrates your jealousy, which you use to promote your hate. You resent a citizen who can actually commit to a higher standard in public service and do the job as mayor as I did by being fully engaged. It is not a secret and anyone who cares can do it by being fully engaged, which is what led me to understand the needs of our city, understand the issues, and propose real solutions, because I actually cared and that you cannot stand.
To you, my commitment of time and energy seems foreign because you are selfish, cowardly, and are an opportunistic person who turns everything to shit. You would prefer I be corrupt like those on your team with personal agendas to pursue for the self serving reasons you accuse me of. You are part of the team that prefers to wait for things to happen, then take the picture and credit for what was going to happen anyway, while I made things happen in spite of the challenges posed and opposition by those who wanted me to fail.
You and your alliances can say whatever you wish, but you cannot pinpoint to anything that I benefitted from and prove it as you try to promote. You harp on the check and all the other stuff, which none resulted in a conviction. You have nothing but the opinion you are entitled to, but I have the right to defend myself. I publicly state facts like Pete Gonzalez, Chief of Police Carlos Garcia and this City Manager conspired to get rid of me by filing a bogus complaint alleging theft knowing the evidence proving who took the check was shredded under their care. This is a fact that is irrefutable, while you make allegations hoping they will stick. How coincidental that the first plea offered was for me to resign and not run for office for five years? If this does not indicate the political motivated behind the persecution, than you are stupid.
And yes, Anonymous 01/16/17; 4:48 PM, is right. I do have a following who believes in me and I am blessed with good true friends.
I know that people like you is what hurts our city. You have should have learned from your close friend Armando Villalobos what KARMA is all about, because you will get yours. If you are angered because I was a full time mayor working for the people Brownsville to find solutions while others used their title to promote themselves and do nothing, that is your problem. I cannot apologize for this and suggest you tell those elected to get involved and do something with your help.
Finally, I sign my name and look you in the fact. I am willing to meet with you any time or anywhere, while you cower and hide under Anonymous, because you are a maggot with no credibility. So, the one that has no credibility is you and people are getting tired of the hate you promote trying to make it seem like it is many, when it is you posting constantly under Anonymous, but I know who you are.
Oooo...i tremble at your site..payaso.
ReplyDeleteLike I said Chris you are nothing but a coward and someone that likes to boast, but mierda siempre seras.
ReplyDeleteLook who's talking Pat
ReplyDeleteThat person, CV, is vulgar and has no respect for women. He is simply disgusting in every sense of the word. I do not understand how our former SOS could employ him. Makes you wonder.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous at 10:55. How could Carlos Cascos employ Valadez ? Easily ! They are both similar in lots of ways , none of them good . Cascos and Valadez are conniving scum, not much different than Eddie Trevino .
ReplyDeleteThis post started with the bag ban but quickly deteriorated into oersonal attacks about people that have nothing to do with the ban. What this demonstrates to me is that anything Mr Ahumada posts becomes a polarizing issue. That in itself demonstrates the mentality of people reading and posting commentary. Its clear that Mr Ahumada speculating as to who is commenting without clear proof is suspect and shear paranoia.
ReplyDeleteProbably you.
DeleteMierda siempre seras! Ha! GOOD ONE! Any post in our local blogosphere with the name Pat Ahumada is a guaranteed hit with plenty of comments from Pat's friends as well as his foes. Regardless of what side of the Pat Ahumada fence you sit on, Pat Ahumada was popular yesterday, is popular today, and will be popular tomorrow. HAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteIf pat is so popular, why does he not get his own blog instead of feeding off of this one? What happened to his Internet radio show? Why does he not run again ? It seems that criminal records do not effect elections in brownsville. Pat is nothing but an entertaining bloviating ass hat clown.
DeleteWhy don't you ask Pat yourself? He has made many comments on this thread. Maybe he should run for congress, eh? I would vote for him.
DeleteAnytime over Vela.
You say it is paranoia, but I do know who is doing the posting, because he gave himself away and a history of texts and statements he has made to me and others. To say paranoia without you knowing how I know is just an assumption of yours, which you are definitely entitled to. Truth has a way of coming out..
ReplyDeleteJim, can you please find out why the city of brownsville is still collecting the bag tax? The managers at heb and Walmart have told me that they are waiting on direction from the city as to end. My calls to city hall have remained un returned. Is the attorney generals office aware of this.? Thank you Jim for staying on this.
ReplyDeleteTake your own bags.
ReplyDeleteHa! , I am going to get a bag for each item snowflake!
DeleteThe plea agreement approving to repeal the bag donation fee approved by the city commission does not take effect until the AG agrees and both parties sign the agreement. Then once both parties agree, the suit against Brownsville is dropped and the bag fee donation is repealed, but until then the fee continues to be collected. Then you can save what you use to donate for bags to pay for cleaning up the litter when you pay taxes, which will not be enough and those who were against the bag ordinance will be complaining how dirty our city is and the environment is hurt by the bag litter.
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