Wednesday, March 11, 2015

THE ALL OUT MOVEMENT IN CITY ELECTIONS IS GROWING



















By Juan Montoya
Voters in this May's City of Brownsville election should send a clear message to the incumbents running for reelection – Mayor Tony Martinez and commissioners Ricardo Longoria and Jessica Tetreau – that they want them "All Out."
They should remind them that when they were given a chance to defend them from major utility rate increases way back when on December 2012, all of them, with no exceptions, blindly followed the lead of Martinez and approved them without even taking the wishes of their constituents into consideration.
When they could have spoken up on their constituents' behalf, they accepted the gag imposed upon them by Martinez and his pals.
Instead, they cleared the way for the Big Shots at the Public Utility Board and the private energy company Tenaska to indebt them to the tune of $325 million through higher utility rates well into 2016 that will never go down again. They, in effect, gave the plant proponents a blank check compliments of captive PUB customers.
And when the public and the media wanted to learn the details of what obligations the city commission and the PUB had placed on their shoulders, both these entities fought tooth and nail to argue that the ratepayers had no business asking what other obligations their "leaders" had agreed to place upon their shoulders.
They fought utility analysts from Virginia, a challenge from Hinogas, and even Freedom of Information requests from local media.
In less than half an hour that fateful December, these fine folks agreed to burden the ratepayers with unconsciously high rate increases and to partner with a private company for a $500 million project with arguable benefits. What's more, they were successful in preventing the public – the very people who will ultimately pay for their grandiose plan – from finding out exactly what they had been burdened with.


When the vote took place, no one asked the citizens whether they agreed with the rate hikes. No one asked them whether they agreed to fund an electric generating plant where their $325 million share of the $500 price tag (more than half) will only give them only a quarter of the 800 MW of electricity produced. And Tenaska will not start construction of the plant until they have found customers for the other 600 MWs,a shaky proposition because there will be two other electric generating plants in operation before the local startup.
Who were Martinez, Longoria and Tetreau representing? And why have they gone along with keeping the public in the dark?
Those candidates running against them should come to an agreement to support each other if there is a runoff against these incumbents. If you lose, show your commitment to change and don't just take your ball and run home.
We're all in on the debt voted upon by these three well into 2016 and decades to come to pay for the bonds in this foible. The city literally can't afford them. This election tell the incumbents they are "All Out."

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Give it up Juan. Tetreau is going to win district 2 because she has done a good job for us.

Anonymous said...

You think "Sucio Lucio Zarate" would do differently? Ha!

Anonymous said...

What happens in Brownsville and also in Cameron County is simply appalling. The voter participation is negligible and those who do vote have little to no information on the issues. Coupled with this is the fact that press coverage of what is going on is almost non-existent. The closest thing that we have to a muckraker is Montoya and his blog. However, those who so often sell their birthright for a mess of barbecue are likely totally computer-illiterate. Consequently, we have a continuous parade of self-serving individuals who strike deals with the likes of Tenaska. It is almost comical to observe these folks and their full-time game of musical chairs. A case in point is the young son of the former university president, who hops from VBH to PUB to Tenaska and points in between. No wonder there is such a paucity of voters in local elections. This place is locked up tight by a nefarious oligarchy!

Anonymous said...

1. el Troll. ...Da Mayor .Great Picture. 2. Jail bird molly 3. Bartender Smiley shitty grin.

Anonymous said...

Yes.

Anonymous said...

Juanito it's very difficult to ask LOW INFORMATION PENDEJO DUMBOKRATS to actually THINK WHEN, THESE PARASITES ALL THE WANT TO KNOW WHAT FREEBIES THE CAN GET NEXT!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I don't give a shit about this. Why? Because you would have to be an idiot to invest a dime in browntown. If you must invest in this shit hole part of Texas, the upper valley is much better. Mexicans are so easy to rip off.

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Anonymous said...
Give it up Juan. Tetreau is going to win district 2 because she has done a good job for us.

March 11, 2015 at 11:05 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...
You think "Sucio Lucio Zarate" would do differently? Ha!

March 11, 2015 at 11:07 AM

We know it is you writing these comments Jessica Tetreu. You are an idiot and you are going to lose!

Anonymous said...

Learn to write and spell correctly before you go on your annoying rants.....makes you look small and dim-witted .

Anonymous said...

Clearly it's not loser.. Inche hater

Anonymous said...

It is very disheartening the kind of public officials we have, that is why Brownsville does not progress, and the lack of information and participation reminds me of mexico, the poor people kept the PRI in power because on every election they received a bag of beans and a bag of rice yet they never implemented any programs to help the them, here in Brownsville people choose their candidates because they went school with the candidate or the parents or because they were neighbors or because they promised a job or a favor but never what's best for our community, it is the ignorant people that keep the corrupt and inept politicians in a position wher they can and do hurt us

Anonymous said...

Criminal Minds. Great pictures.

Anonymous said...

But yet you live here...

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Anonymous said...
I don't give a shit about this. Why? Because you would have to be an idiot to invest a dime in browntown. If you must invest in this shit hole part of Texas, the upper valley is much better. Mexicans are so easy to rip off.

March 11, 2015 at 1:15 PM


Yeap. The upper valley is much much better. If Brownsville is #4 in some survey of educated people, the cities of Edinburg, McAllen and Weslaco are also in the top ten of MOST DANGEROUS cities in Texas. Yeap, Brownsville, Browntown, lots of Mexicans. Mcallen, Mission, Donna, Edinburg, lots of illegals crossing, unless you are a big national chain, most stores are owned by Mexicans laundering money, most politicians from Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila that have been caught in illegal activities have properties obtained with "dirty" money. Most poor Mexicans living in the mid and upper valley live in colonias that are twice as bad as Cameron Park was in the 1980's and 1990's; the 17th street entertainment district that was so much "hoopla" a couple of years ago, today is dead with maybe a couple of "cantinas". Those are just a few of the great things in the upper valley. (shoot outs, killings, car jackings.) Yeap, I guess the upper Valley is much, much better than Brownsville.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Give it up Juan. Tetreau is going to win district 2 because she has done a good job for us.

March 11, 2015 at 11:05 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...
You think "Sucio Lucio Zarate" would do differently? Ha!

March 11, 2015 at 11:07 AM

Shut up Jessica, we know it is you mensa!

Anonymous said...

LONGORIA QUE MAL TE VES EN ESE TRAJE DE 'cisco kid'.in esa pinche sonrisa de rata que tienes no te ayuda en nada.

Anonymous said...

The city is run by whiteCollar Càrtels . Just look about all the new banks in town. Bimbos get "elected" to the city council who never voted in a municipal election. By the way, are we not the poorest city in the nation?

Anonymous said...

Reason why Brville is not a progressive city is because the Republicans control the political machine disguised as Democrats. Da mayor is often disguised as a Democrat. He is often spotted as a Nun of the Order of Mercy. Il Papa di Roma is quite concerned.

Anonymous said...

You and your idiot comments contribute to keeping Brownsville down . .....go away please!

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, there seems to not be enough good people in this town. The few good people do not want to get involved.

Anonymous said...

Very true! There is no realistic solution to this exisisting oligarchy!

Anonymous said...

The NIA (Nacos In Action) is keeping an Eye on da Mayor.

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