Comment on post about city contract attorney Mark Sossi filing for custody and child support from the mother of his six-month old child.
By Juan Montoya
During the January 17 meeting of the City of Brownsville Commission, commissioners Rick Longoria and Cesar de Leon placed an item in executive session having to do with the employment status of city contract attorney Mark Sossi.
The item read: EXECUTIVE SESSION: 5:45 P.M.
A) Discussion pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.074 to discuss the evaluation and
employment of the City Attorney. (Commissioners Ricardo Longoria, Jr./Cesar De Leon – 15
mins)
After emerging from executive session, De Leon moved to table the item and the commission voted unanimously to table. There has not been another meeting since to discuss the item. And we know that the city commission must vote to hire the city manager and the city attorney. So if this commenter is correct in that Sossi is now a full time employee with the city, under whose authority did Cabler hire him?
Was a new full-time city attorney slot opened since the meeting, applications advertised, applicants interviewed and a recommendation given to the commission to turn his contractual job into a full-time slot with all the benefits he need to provide his love child with medical insurance? Was anyuone else given an opportunity to apply for the new position? Did Sossi?
Sossi filed a lawsuit early January of this year against Yessica Belen Larios, a former strip joint dancer, asking the court to evict her from his home, grant him custody and make her pay him child support in January. She counter-sued and asked the court for custody and child support, and, claiming she was concerned for the welfare of the child, also asked court for a drug test to analyze his hair follicles for the presence of a controlled substance, cocaine.
Sossi was hired on contract as city attorney at $180,000 ($120,000 annual retainer and another $60,000 from the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, GBIC, to sit in one their meetings).
The one-page, five-paragraph contract was inked on July 2009 and specifically states that he "shall work as a contractor and not be entitled to any employment benefits including insurance and cell phones."
We have heard that Sossi's selling point in his quest to be a a full-time city employee with all the benefits (including health insurance for his child) was that he would work for the city exclusively and do no outside work for any other clients.
But the fact that he has been sued for legal malpractice at least twice by private individuals for not representing them adequately and shirking his duty doesn't bode well for the city's legal representation. Additionally, we understand that there several tax liens have been filed against against him.
The City Secretary's office has slowed down noticeably in handling our request for information since we started looking into the to-us questionable actions by Mayor Tony Martinez and now Sossi. We are currently awaiting their response to our requests and now understand that secretary Michael Lopez – unlike his predecessor Estella Von Hatten – will use the full 10 days the city has to provide us with the information.
During the January 17 meeting of the City of Brownsville Commission, commissioners Rick Longoria and Cesar de Leon placed an item in executive session having to do with the employment status of city contract attorney Mark Sossi.
The item read: EXECUTIVE SESSION: 5:45 P.M.
A) Discussion pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.074 to discuss the evaluation and
employment of the City Attorney. (Commissioners Ricardo Longoria, Jr./Cesar De Leon – 15
mins) After emerging from executive session, De Leon moved to table the item and the commission voted unanimously to table. There has not been another meeting since to discuss the item. And we know that the city commission must vote to hire the city manager and the city attorney. So if this commenter is correct in that Sossi is now a full time employee with the city, under whose authority did Cabler hire him?
Was a new full-time city attorney slot opened since the meeting, applications advertised, applicants interviewed and a recommendation given to the commission to turn his contractual job into a full-time slot with all the benefits he need to provide his love child with medical insurance? Was anyuone else given an opportunity to apply for the new position? Did Sossi?
Sossi filed a lawsuit early January of this year against Yessica Belen Larios, a former strip joint dancer, asking the court to evict her from his home, grant him custody and make her pay him child support in January. She counter-sued and asked the court for custody and child support, and, claiming she was concerned for the welfare of the child, also asked court for a drug test to analyze his hair follicles for the presence of a controlled substance, cocaine.Sossi was hired on contract as city attorney at $180,000 ($120,000 annual retainer and another $60,000 from the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, GBIC, to sit in one their meetings).
The one-page, five-paragraph contract was inked on July 2009 and specifically states that he "shall work as a contractor and not be entitled to any employment benefits including insurance and cell phones."
We have heard that Sossi's selling point in his quest to be a a full-time city employee with all the benefits (including health insurance for his child) was that he would work for the city exclusively and do no outside work for any other clients.
But the fact that he has been sued for legal malpractice at least twice by private individuals for not representing them adequately and shirking his duty doesn't bode well for the city's legal representation. Additionally, we understand that there several tax liens have been filed against against him.
The City Secretary's office has slowed down noticeably in handling our request for information since we started looking into the to-us questionable actions by Mayor Tony Martinez and now Sossi. We are currently awaiting their response to our requests and now understand that secretary Michael Lopez – unlike his predecessor Estella Von Hatten – will use the full 10 days the city has to provide us with the information.
15 comments:
I can remember when Carlos Cisneros ran against Robert Sanchez in 2005 for city commissioner, Mark Sossi was hammering political signs for Cisneros and having confrontations with Robert Sanchez during that race. The stupid voters put Cisneros into office and Cisneros and Ernie Hernandez recommended Sossi for COB attorney slot. The administration hired him and we have had so many negative shenanigans with his awful talent as our city attorney. I remember Robert Sanchez had told voters he would recommend a bidding process for the city attorney slot. Crazy world we live in. Stupid voters
No leadership, nor oversight in Brownsville City Government. The absence of a trained city manager contributes to this as well as the absence of leadership from the mayor or city commission. The city continues to swirl down the toilet while other cities in the RGV flourish and grow.
Disgrace to our region. There is a very nice woman who years ago slept with a State Representative and contracted the STD HERPES and was distraught and depressed. Thank God she went on with her life but unfortunately with HERPES. The Texas State Representative continues practicing un safe sex and preys on divorcing financially strapped females who are vulnerable and/or stupid. The State Representative is extremely dangerous. Keep your daughters sisters etc. Away from the HERPES infected predator.
Another legacy of Pat-el perro-Ahumada
Can't wait for Thursday morning!! Como le patean el cu.. city attorney mark clown sossi karma is a big bitch ya era hora que alguien lo sentara en Brownsville ya todos saben lo traschy
What is with the weird obsessed, compulsive reporting on this one man? My God, you're making him a local celebrity with your tabloid reporting his every move. Is he Brownsville's Kim Kardashian or whatTF?? IMO when males fixate on another man it is creepy. You are all Sossobsessed. He's just a dude working at the city, with problems like everyone in this town. Though rumored to have an exceptionally large cock, bigger than the black dudes in the pornos. Is that what all this attention is really about, deep down? Search your feelings.
Every city commission member who has allowed the continued employment of Sossi the Scumbag is guilty of dereliction of duty and complicity to corruption. Fuck you and your next campaign, each one of you!
Because he is the embodiment of all that is wrong and an enabler.
Ese pelon Michael Lopez no vale.
It all starts with the lack of education the City manager has. Cabler has no business running a city.
Is that the bloated froggy your speaking of?
Hell you brought out his peepee whats your obsession must search your true feelings lol
Mark Sossi is a full time asshole and philanderer. Send his ass back to New England.
The city commissioners and the mayor are an embarrassment to the City of Brownsville, you have a husband beater, you have a mayor who us just sponging of the city of Brownsville, you have a crash car dummy, you have an organic no hot dog commissioner, you have a Dj, you have chic jewelry who gives away gifts to narcos daughter, then you have Jesus that thinks he will get elected if he runs for state. What a joke, and the joke is on the idiots that vote for them.
Whaaat?
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