If there was a way to summarize what happened at Tuesday night's City of Brownsville Commission meeting it would be that nothing really happened.
Commissioner Cesar de Leon didn't resign. A small rain-drenched group of protesters gathered outside City calling for the commissioner's resignation after a secretly-related recording was circulated on social media where he is heard making derogatory remarks and racial slurs against two assistant district attorneys. He later apologized – and he apologized again at the meeting to to strong applause.
At least two speakers – Erasmo Castro and Ricky Cardenas – spoke during public comment urging him to resign. Former Brownsville Independent School District trustee urged him not to. He didn't.
Neither did City Manager Charlie Cabler. Cabler was said to be on the chopping block to lose his $240,000 gig after he had resisted firing or demoting former fire chief Carlos Elizondo for weeks. He finally demoted Elizondo. This followed the firefighters' union filing a criminal complaint against him for taking $8,000 from their political action committee even after the Texas Ethics Commission sanctioned him by removing him as treasurer for not filing required reports.
However, there is hope on the horizon. As of today, he is taking family leave, a possible precursor to his retirement.The commission's Audit and Oversight Committee's audit of the Brownsville Fire Dept. was duly accepted, and commissioner Ricardo Longoria parroting Cabler and asking that an independent audit be initiated was ignored because it as not on the agenda.
Apart from the committee's audit, Cabler said that there was an ongoing city investigation into private ambulance companies working in the city without a license from the city. He said the city would order a third independent audit on the issue.
And the commissioners failed to pick a new member for the board of the Grater Brownsville Incentives Corporation. Esteban Guerra failed to get a majority vote after he was nominated. And Nick Serafy, said to be Mayor Tony Martinez's choice for the spot did not make it. The commission will bring back the item at a future meeting to determine whether De Leon and Jessica Tatreau – being commissioners sitting on the board – can vote on the item.
They did, however, approve to have non-civil service city employees observe Cesar Chavez Day on Monday, April 02, 2018.
And the item to move the Jefferson David monument was tabled until a workshop or Town Hall meeting could be held. The monument was defaced with red spray paint and anti-KKK, anti-Trump, and anti-fascism slogans. A $2,500 reward has been offered for information leading to the culprits by the Sons of the Confederacy. Petitions and counter petitions were gathered to move it and not to move it.
Oh, yeah. Mayor Martinez congratulated Tetreau on her son's birthday after she announced it in the commissioners' reports section.
24 comments:
De Leon is a done deal, He is a bye bye Miss American pie..... the good old boys drinking .........
The perfect song!
Good job at staying strong Cesar! Thank you for you service to this community and don’t let the HATERS bring you down!
Brownsville: where every problem calls for a nigger rigged solution.
Tricks are for kids
Wow, Jessica sounded like a bumbling idiot!
BROWNSVILLE,focus on Carlos Elizondo CORRUPTION WITH EMS and the fire department.
BISD, we do not need Carlos Elizondo on the school board.
Nothing gonna happen.
Cesar de Leon will be voted out next election.
However all this has brought to light all the corruption in City Hall, Fire Department and BISD.
Its obvious Cabler is in over his head and can't handle the City Manager job. We have been set back 15 to 20 years with Cablers incompetence and the commissions failure to act on behalf of the People.
Sad but true.
He never apologized directly to the people he disparaged. Not one mention of the people from the DA's office. It was all about Cesar.
What former BISD board member urged de Leon not to resign?
If a person is not in the "practice" of using derogatory
words, one does not have to worry about being taped with
such vulgar language or even "inappropriate" language. Teach
me a lesson as to when and who determined it was not right to
use the word negro in reference to an African American person.
Is that not the same as a Latin American person being called a
"spec" or what ever else they wish. Refer me to something concrete
that denounces the use of the word negro. Has it been removed from
the dictionary? Just wondering.
If we removed every public official, elected, appointed or hired from their jobs because they used the word nigger in the brush, drinking with their compadres, there would be none left.
One the other hand, go ahead and run them all off and start fresh. It would take a generation or two to reach the level of corruption we have now.
Caty
Always does. Why does she insist on taking selfies and posting them? She looks horrendous!
CESAR DE LEON....DO YOU EVER PLAN TO APOLOGIZE DIRECTLY TO THE TWO ATTORNEYS FROM THE DA's OFFICE, EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE TAPED IN A "PRIVATE CONVERSATION" DURING A 4 1/2 HOUR ANGER RAGE (OR WAS IT A DRUNKEN SPREE?) ? WILL YOU APOLOGIZE TO THE ENTIRE DA's OFFICE ? WHY DO YOU KEEP REPEATING THAT YOU WERE ENGAGED IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION, THAT HAS BECOME VERY PUBLIC NEWS ?
PLEASE RECONSIDER THE DECISION TO RESIGN....SOON. DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE.
Ben Neece
Commissioner District 4:20
Why are you apologizing to me Cesarito?
Im not black and I say the work fucking probably every day. The offense was to 2 ADA's you haven't apologized to. - Pussy.
Anonymous @ 9:14 - I guess your selective hearing didn't catch Cesar feeling offended because he is thought of as a "Taco Eater" or a "Wife Beater"
Teach us a lesson - why CAN Cesar de Leon feel offended because he's THOUGHT to be a Taco Eater and why CAN'T an African American feel offended because they're CALLED a N*?
Your own stupidity got in the way of your argument.
There were no young Hispanic attorneys needing jobs comin out of school so the DA hire these two black attorneys with so many years EXPERIENCE BUT they cannot open their own business? Something is wrong in Denmark?
Get the FUCK over the "N" word!! Cesar apologized and that takes a real man. Unlike that lard ASS Erasmo Castro!! This sorry fat fuck just wants to try and get handed a position!!
It's a shame De Leon didn't apologize. He will go on being a highly successful lawyer with a beautiful girlfriend. Those prosecutors will still be minimum wage niggers working for boss man Luis. I really feel for them, I'd never want to be a nigger.
Juan, why do you allow and approve postings like this? This individual is worthless and disrespectful, and hateful.
Oh, you do report on leave of absences! I wondered if that was off limits since nothing was reported when a certain ass
superintendent asked for a leave of absence to avoid being
placed on suspension. Treat everyone the same, especially with elected officials. See my point?
That girl is a front for De Leon. Everyone knows he is gay, which is okay, but why hide it? That girl lives in San Antonio and has a real boyfriend up there. Pretends to be straight but isn't. Pretends to be a nice guy but is actually a racist prick. Pretends to be fighting corruption but is part of it.
montoya.... (fmla) esto se llama PRECENTACION DE CULERIAS EL SR CABLER corrio por instruciones de todos los abogados corruptos que el se ha prestado hacer arreglos por debajo de la agua Juez Trevino (corrupto cuando fue mayor hizo y desiso chingaderas) Cowen se le otorgo perrmiso para poner su officina en una area residencial LOS LUCIO ni para que comentar RATEROS LOS 2. CABLER LES HA SERVIDO como todos tienen cola que les pisen estan aconsejando al gordo de CABLERque se ausente para que no le pregunten nada ...SENORES AUDITORES HAY MUCHO QUE INVESTIGAR DESDE TREVINO HASTA AHORITA TODOS LOS CONTRATOS QUE SE LES HAN DADO A LOS LOOP DE TIERRA EL GUEY DE "willy" QUE TRABAJA EN PUBLIC HEALTH HIRIO A UNA PERSONA Y QUEDO PARALITICO PERO COMO ES HIJO DE UNA SENORA QUE TRABAJABA EN HUMAN RESOURCES NO LO CORRIERON SIGUE TRABAJANDO EN LA CUIDAD INVESTIGUEN LA COMPRA DE LOS TERRENOS DE LA FAM.LOOP 2,500,000 SIN HACER UN ESTUDIO PARA VER SI LA CUIDAD LE CONVENIA CHECAR TODAS LAS ORDENES DE COMPRA ABAJO DE 35000 QUE EL SR LUNA Y CABLER LAS REPARTEN EN UN QUINTETO DE CONTRATISTAS Y LUEGO VIENEN LOS "CHANGE ORDERS"
No real leadership in this city. Tony Martinez sends those being judged to evacuate the area. Cable and de Leon are being allowed, by Tony Martinez to avoid any public confrontation. Tony has done nothing for this city during his tenure, except to provide "cover" for his friends; as he did for Queen Julieta Garcia.
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