NOT BAD WORK, IF YOU CAN GET IT

By Juan Montoya

Some individuals are just plain lucky.
You know, people like George Gavito, who started out with the sheriff's department, endured reams of newsprint of scandal, and suddenly reappeared as Port of Brownsville's Chief Of Police/Security under the Raul Besteiro administration.
But by far, one of the luckiest guys in the city has to be city contract attorney Mark Sossi.
Sossi, if you remember, was hired by the majority on the commission at $10,000 a month. That's $120,000 smackers a year to advice the commissioners.
Then we understand that he has been hired as lead counsel to the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation at and additional $5,000 a month. Add that to the $120,000 and that makes $180,000 for his services. We understand that he also serves as counsel for the BCIC, although we understand that might be included in the GBIC gig.
Enter Moses and Luis Sorola, stage right.
El Rrun-rrun dice that the Sorolas are contemplating suing the city after the Brownsville City Commission approved the proposed issuance of $11.8 million in COs last week to fund several projects, including the expansion of the Brownsville Sports Park.
They, like Emma Perez-Trevino's reports, contend the city charter specifically calls for voter approval unless it is an emergency.
If you remember, it was Sorola, Captain Bob Sanchez, and William de la O who filed a lawsuit in state court to stop commissioners from continuing to receive benefits not called for in the city charter. In that case, they won, and the benefits such as health and life insurance were withdrawn. It was a partial victory because no one in the city administration moved to get the commissioners to pay back the ill-acquired gains.
We wonder if the city will hire Sossi to represent them if the Sorola reports are true.
His track record defending the city commission in the past is not encouraging. Remember that in the benefits case, the city lost. However, Sossi came out smelling like a new bale of alfalfa. Sorola claims that the lawsuit cost the city $40,000 in attorney fees that they paid to Sossi.
Would that make it a lose-win situation for Sossi?