MARTINEZ RUNNING AGAIN: SYLVIA G-P ON THE HUSTINGS

By Juan Montoya.
Paleontologists have indirect and deductive ways to learn the lifestyles of dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago.
Whether it's fossilized bone remains, so-called trace fossils or dinosaur tracks, they are able to glean information not readily discernible to the untrained eye.
Astrologers do the same. They don't have to actually see a star, a planet or other heavenly bodies to know that something is there. Black holes, for example, are detected by their effect on the orbits and movements of nearby visible stars and light and matter.
Political pundits are similar.
For months, there has been an ongoing question on whether City of Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez is going to run for reelection. The candidate has been holding that decision close to his vest. One day you hear that his personal worries over family and profession are forcing him to withdraw from the public arena. The next indication is that he is, indeed, running for reelection in 2015.
Now word has reached us that some members of the local Indian community have been approached by none other than Cameron County Clerk-elect Sylvia Garza-Perez soliciting their political (and considerable financial clout) for Martinez in a reelection bid in 2015
The Hindu community differs in a very real sense from other ethnic communities in Brownsville. Unlike the Korean community which prefers to keep to itself and mind their retail businesses, this community has taken to democracy with a vengeance. They have fielded candidates for city office and some have talked of seeking positions on the board of the Brownsville Independent School District.
And no serious candidate for city office ignores them.
That's why when we heard that Garza-Perez had been approaching them to solicit their support for Martinez, the rumors that he is running for re-election took on more credibility. Martinez helped her in her run for county clerk, and she is not one to forget.

Yet, Martinez has not been very receptive to the Hindu community needs, opting instead to keep the benefits of public office close to his United Brownsville buddies and their cronies. His public-funded real-estate speculation in downtown properties have benefited no one but his close associates and a university in Austin, Texas.
In other words, prominent Hindus leaders in this city are not sold on the idea of a second Martinez administration. And now that William Garza, whom they have supported in the past and who is their employee, is letting people know that he is considering running for mayor himself, their support for Martinez ma be even more difficult to attain. 
With Garza-Perez making political probes  on behalf of Martinez, the notion of his running for reelection becomes more real. But has his performance in office made him an endangered political species, much like a dinosaur?