TWO OPTIONS IF YOU'RE DISSATISFIED WITH RICK'S REPRESENTATION OF DISTRICT 1, SOUTHMOST

Commissioner Ricardo Longoria, Jr.

If you feel Brownsville's District 1(Southmost) has made sufficient progress the last 16 years, while represented by Ricardo Longoria, Jr., you have an easy ballot choice come May.  Simply ink in the circle next to the name of the incumbent.

The personable Longoria, currently on a medical leave from his BISD duties, has to be considered the prohibitive favorite to extend his run as city commissioner to the 20 year mark, yes, two decades.

Yet, for those dissatisfied with Southmost's progress, infrastructure, business development, etc., there are two serious options to Longoria and one whimsical blast from the past also in the race.

Nurith Galonsky

Voters who feel Southmost would fare better under different leadership might consider Nurith Galonsky, a Southmost resident with a law degree and six years service on the Public Utilities Board as well as a brief stint at the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, where she courageously opposed the hasty hire of a new director at a ridiculous long-term salary.

Michael Rodriguez

Perhaps not as cerebral as Galonsky, but someone who has worked himself up from poverty to own two Brownsville businesses, is another Longoria challenger, the energetic Michael Rodriguez.

As a private citizen, Rodriguez has promoted events in Southmost and backed youth baseball.  Is he the spark needed by District 1?

William Garza

Also on the ballot will be perennial candidate William Garza, whose one-time stint as city commissioner ended 28 years ago and has been running for office ever since.  Garza, admittedly, does not live in the district, but has a relative who does.  He brazenly uses her address as his "home" in Southmost.