On October 17,1995 a unanimous city commission made up of Mayor Henry Gonzalez and commissioners Jackie Lockett, Ernie Hernandez, Pete Benvides and John Wood voted on a resolution to bind Brownsville to Matamoros as sister cities.
Now, there has been no shortage of sister cities declared by the city of Brownsville through resolutions.
These include resolutions for such exotic locales as the one on Matamoros, Lin An, China July 31, 2001, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Jan. 20, 2004, Aguascalientes, MX. April 06, 2004, Santa Catarina, Mexico, Villa Capri, Italy, Nuevo Leon, NL, Mexico, Santiago, NL, Mexico, Huejutla De Reyes, Hidalgo, MX , Sept. 08, 2009, Tampico, MX May 20, 2011, and one on Saltillo, Coahuila, MX April 2011, which the city commission never got around to present.What relationship Brownsville Brownsville has with, say Huejutla De Reyes, Hidalgo, or Lin An, China, is left up to your imagination.
But what makes the second bonding with our sister city directly across the Rio Grande is that like the in-breeding attributed to the hill people on the southern states. We've already done it once and then we went and did it again on Sept. 16, earlier this year.
Now, why on earth would you want to have two sisters with the same name? Next year, that original relationship will have been 20 years old. The new on will be one.
The resolution to "re-establish" our sister city designation with Matamoros is done every year at Charro Days when dignitaries from both cities meet at the Gateway Bridge and go through the ceremonies. Lately, that's been a one-way street because dignitaries like Da Mayor Tony Martinez and the commissioners haven't stepped across the river to return the favor to their Matamoros counterparts.
Seen in this light, the resolution to "re-establish" the sister-city relationship with Matamoros may have been a wake up call by city manager Charlie Cabler not only to ingratiate ourselves with the new mayor of Matamoros Leticia Salazar, but also to remind Martinez that there is a city across the river who, just so you'll know, is also your sister.
3 comments:
Waste time in that shit when they commission should be turning records over to the DA's office.
The anti Matamoros, anti Mexican attitudes are destroying us. Our small army of highly paid employee's of our city, county, state, PUB, BEDC, Imagine Brownsville, port, et al, should be required to visit our sister city frequently. No matter what you think of Matamoros, or Mexico, it isn't going anywhere, and will still be there tomorrow. We can't live well without them. Nor can they without us. Ignoring it, is fatal for our economy. These highly paid executives who live off of our taxes and are afraid to go--should be fired. Frequent visits should be a part of their job description. If these cowards were competent, they would know this, and it wouldn't be an issue.
The pic of Da Mayor entering Forttress Brownsvile triumphantly in the conquest of the Naco stronghold.
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