CAUTION: CITY COMMISSIONERS AT PLAY

By Juan Montoya
I can't remember which comic used to say (someone remind me)  that Republicans were prudes but that Democrats were lusty guys and gals.
He might have been speaking about the City of Brownsville commissioners if the photos here are any indication of the jollity and merriment our city reps enjoy on a night out.
Commissioner Rick Longoria, who prides himself in being the paragon of morality and righteousness was having a fine time last weekend downtown at Ben Neece's Half Moon in the company of an adoring constituent (right) while Commissioner Jessica Tetreau-Kalifa (left) was clowning it up with the Cheezemehnation darlings at the upscale Zocalo.
Both had done some yeoman's work on the city commission rubber-stamping Mayor Tony Martinez's plan to transform Market Square into a South Texas version of Austin's Sixth Street and probably needed a respite after all that heavy lifting.
Coming on the heels of a patan in a red sedan making indecorous propositions to fair-haired Jess in squalid downtown Browntown and inviting her inside to see his sketches, a night with the girls was probably much more sublime.
Now that new commissioner Deborah Portillo – no lightweight party-hardy herself – city commission meetings might evolve into serious forays into the night wild life.
We understand that the last time Commissioner Jess spent her birthday with the Cheezmosos, the ambiance deteriorated into a near brawl and she swore she'd never celebrate her birthday with her. Well, a year is a long time and bad memories tend to fade. She looks happy enough.
As far as commissioner Longoria goes, well, a phrase like "Love you pendeja" is certainly vulgarly endearing to women, but might be misinterpreted now that it's an open secret that he might be considering running for the Justice of the Peace spot that just opened and is being contested by Mary Esther Garcia and Pete Avila.
Anyway, the women's vote is becoming ever important in city races and some gals might not take kindly to Rick's pedestrian cariñitos to one of their sisters. Rick, you silver-tongued devil.