The local daily has published an article talking about the way the county is forwarding its legislative agenda to close Boca Chica Beach if and when SpaceX decides it will take our millions in the bidding war it has staged between Texas, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico to build a commercial satellite launch pad.
But tucked into the legislative agenda is another proposal (Bill HB 3126) to allow Cameron County to raise its current $10 surcharge on vehicle registrations to an undetermined amount ($20?) to fund the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority. The bill is being carried by Eddie Lucio III and has not been assigned to a committee.
Call it the David Garcia Welfare Act. If it passes, the doubled registration fees will kick in on Sept. 1, 2013.You know about the Regional Mobility Authorities like the one in Cameron County. They have been in existence since Gov. Rick Perry established them across the state to fund toll roads and benefit large highway construction concerns.
In Cameron County, the CCRMA has built one toll road of dubious profitability (FM 511) and was turned down by neighborhood residents in Brownsville for the West Side Parkway. But those who have profited have been a handful of county employees who have been getting paid by the county and the CCRMA at the same time.
One of the most glaring examples of this double-dipping scheme has been none other than Do Nothing David Garcia, the administrative assistant to county administrator Pete Sepulveda. In previous posts we have documented the double dipping that goes on between the county and the CCRMA. Just as reminder, we'll list it again.
First, Garcia's sweet deal:
Planning and Inspection (Asst.): $56,089
Veterans Bridge (Asst.): $16,222
Los Indios Bridge (Asst.): $16,222
Gateway Bridge (Asst.): $17,121
Total (County) $105,654
C.C. Reg. Mob. Authority: $75,000Total (Salary) $180,654
(This total does not include any benefits or raises given Garcia for the 2012-2013 budget year which raises it to the $186,900 figure.)
Other employees besides Garcia and Sepulveda drawing a pretty penny from the CCRMA in addition to their salaries include court legal counsel Dylbia Jefferies Vega, $1,100 Martha Auditor Galarza who takes home an extra $800 a month, Sylvia DeHoyos, $400, Maria Robles, $450, Jesus Martin Peña, $200, and Hendrick Quelhorst, $125.
Now, it just happens that one of Garcia is duties is to assist with the carrying of the legislative agenda to Austin. If all goes well and car owners in Cameron County are levied twice what they are paying now to register their car, he can claim he raised millions to justify his salary and perks.
One of his greatest supporters on the county commission is none other than Pct. 3 commissioner David Garza, Garcia's Fellow Traveler and constant companion. He has a son who works for an engineering firm that does business with the CCRMA and is struggling mightily to have a worker in that firm be chosen as the county's new Public Works Director.
Will Garcia and Garza get their way and double the cost of your registration fees? And who approved of sending this bill to Austin when Cameron and Hidalgo counties already pay higher registration fees than most other counties in Texas? Did anyone ask you?
22 comments:
That is total bullshit! What are these Bozos thinking? Where is the accountability?
This guy must have something very compromising on all the COMISSION for them to just turn the other way and pay this person a ridiculous amount. I seriously doubt that the wheels of government would stop if he were to be gone. It is amazing how the ones at the top take care of themselves and the ones at the bottom struggle to make ends meet.
Juan i really thionk these RMA are nothing but a waste of tax[ayers monies, so that a few can benefit, engineers, construction companies, concrete companies etc, el david y pistol pete. How can the citizens put A STOP TO THIS BULL SHIT PROGRAM. All they do is raise the rates and spent and spent and spent, and then they tuen out a toll road where you got to pay again to us eit? it makes no sense? WTF, i think the governor was way off on this idea. Monkey ,
He knows where all the skeletons are buried , porneso LE pagan hush money.
David's duties have always been to carry the legislative agenda to Austin, Washington, etc..., not just now. Buy the way he is the only competent one to do so.
Garcia and Garza don't decide if the bill passes. And the County approves sending this bill to Austin. Montoya get all your facts straight and this is old news.
MR.MONTOYA ..A QUIEN SE ESTA COJIENDO ESTE PUTO.O SE LO ESTAN COJIENDO A EL,SUENA NUY CORRIENTE PERO ALGO ESTA PASANDO.
Anonymous said...
Garcia and Garza don't decide if the bill passes
"Buy the way he is the only competent one to do so."
You have a mighty big opinion of yourself don't you David Garcia?
Another example of Brownsville's well known bi-illiteracy, o en el caso de este pendejo, es coGiendo, no coJiendo. Que poca madre tiene este pinche pueblo.
Sounds like Montoya and Cris the snake Valadez are pretty close. No wonder he doesn't write about Cris going to school on county time. Heard la guerra that worked there before also did the same thing.
Valadez runs his radio show, pink ape media, Mardel Souza and RRUN RRUN from his corner office suite. And Cascos doesn't say SHIT. Oh did Cris mention to you Montoya the lucrative county contact he wants for his buddy Alex Pena, might want to look into that.
Bastardos, todos, hijos de su pinche M&*%$e. Bandidos everyone of them.
Valadez is pissed off at Garza because he kicked him out of his San Benito office and embarrassed him in front of everyone. Paque se te quite pendejo. Apparently the idiot can't keep his filthy mouth from spewing shit.
HEY , GARCIA, TAS TODO PENDEJO T-REX!!!! MAMASELA A GARZA IDIOTA!!! YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING HIM LIES IN HOPES THAT HE PROTECTS YOUR KANGAROO ASS!!! AND HE FELL FOR IT!!! TRUTH IS ,...YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHO IS TRYING TO FUCK YOU MENSO!!!! BUT THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM IDIOTA!!! YOU AND GARZA ARE THE SAME PINCHE WAY MAMON!!!! PURAS PINCHES LIES!!!! THAT WILL ALL COME TO AN END MENSO!!! HOW ARE THE INTERVIEWS WITH FIL COMING ALONG PENDEJO???? YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHO IS RUNNING INTFERENCE FOR YOU CULERO!!!! THEY DONT WANT YOU PENDEJO!!!! YOU PICKED A FIGHT WITH THE WRONG GUY T-REX!!! THAT'S OK..... MOVE ON FROM HERE KANGAROO !!!!
The rat Chris Valadez is next. Word is he is pushing Mardel Souza and Alex Pena for lucrative county contract. Why would Cascos have someone like that working for him?
To April 4, 2013 at 2:05 PM
Why generalize mother fucker, i'd like to see you say bandido to one of them on his face and see if you got the huevos to back it up.
Pinche Bastardo!
To April 4, 2013 at 10:57 AM
So what, the guy spelled it wrong, big fuckin deal. if you dont like this town hit the road mother fucker.
Ese pendejo is not even qualified to wipe my ass!
puros mamones toda la bola
juan how come they have not filled the public works directro positon? its only been 5 months since it open? HUMMMMM, thngs that make you go hUMMMMMMM.
Juan so whats up with these 2 putos el pistol pete sepulveda and david garcia, is the county commission court & jesters going to lower their $250k and $189k salaries any time soon?
juan you need to keep digging into these two high paid salaried county employees why they make too much money y pos salamamon ortiz n lencho rendon have been outta of office en wash dc along time so why is this david garcia aka el manitas making cahoots bags of money y pistol pete tambien? ask pistol pete why he was fired from the City of Pharr texas? cia
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