By Juan Montoya
Listening to the talk around the local water holes and the gossip around City Hall and social media, you'd think everyone and their brother were running for the mayor's and three city seats that are up for the City of Brownsville Commission.
But with just about a month to go before the January 16 filing deadline, there are only four appointments of campaign treasurer on file over at the City Secretary's office.
Two are for the position held by District 1 incumbent Ricardo Longoria. So far, only one challenger, Brownsville Public Utility Board member Nurith Galonsky, listed her treasurer. Longoria is acting as his own and Galonsky has listed Jacklyn Verdin.
Longoria has vacillated between running and not running, a singular characteristic he has shown throughout his political career. Now he will, then he won't. Today he is. Check with us tomorrow.
John Cowen has filed for the At-Large A position now being held by incumbent Cesar de Leon who says he will not run. Cowen has Javier Vera, one of his employees at his brokerage firm at the Port of Brownsville, as his treasurer. If you recall, Vera ran unsuccessfully for the post commission last time around. De Leon has told his friends he won't seek reelection.
And while many names are being bandied about for mayor, only one, former city manager Charlie Cabler, is on file with a treasurer. His treasurer is Pankaj (PK) Patel. In interviews and social media, incumbent Tony Martinez has said he will run, as has Texas Southmost College trustee Juan "Trey" Mendez. We'll see.
Both Martinez and Mendez already have treasurers from their run at their respective positions, so they might not need to file with the city. Do others fall into that category?
District 2 incumbent Jessica Tetreau is also up for reelection, but has been coy about announcing whether she will seek reelection or throw her bonnet in the mayor's race. She might alse have a treasurer on file already as could former mayor Pat Ahumada, William Garza, and (No, please, God, no!) former city and county commissioner Ernie Hernandez.
But until the other aspirants to the City Commission Hot Seats file their treasurer appointment documents, the talk about this or the other candidacy remains that, just talk.
13 comments:
hopefully we will get some new fresh candidates, really time for a major change in Brownsville if the City wants to get ahead. Enough of these re-run candidates, the current mayor, current commissioners, former city manager etc kind of the same old, same old, out with the old and in with the new. i am voting next time and get my family out to vote too.
Callate el osico, vato naco!
We need people in city government that have a good grip on how to work the ups and downs of city government. Clearly, that man is Charlie Cabler. Unlike General Patton above, I wouldn't mix him in the same basket as our corrupt mayor who has allowed his cronies to profit millions of dollars through the sale of Casa de Nylon and other corrupt dealings. We need people with a vision and and with the institutional knowledge to make sure change actually happens.
We should not need any CPA's or anything like that, right Charlie? Ask Pete who was there 40 years in charge and not a CPA and nobody else was a CPA in charge of millions of dollars. Is UumpaLoompa Lupe a CPA? No. Is there a urban planner in the planning department? no. Why? Therer is one meaning ONE engineer on staff at the city. This is why we are yet still the anus of Texas.
Cabler PLV
Galonski PLV
Ahumada PLV
Tony Martinez PLV
Tetreau PLV
PEE WEE NO VALE WEE WEE
Trey Mendez 2019
for 12.47 pm, so the mayor martinez did his things all this time and who was in charge at the City? Wasnt it Charlie Cabler the city manager or am i wrong? Charlie should had put a stop to it thats all.
Maybe the charro days association (all together) should run for elected city offices. What can the citizens loose.
Let's vote Cabler in, Mayor out. Enough of mismanagement of public funds, let's never forget La Casa Del Fraude I mean Nylon. If this isn't enough, I don't know what else will convince voters that we need to boot out all sitting commissioners out, including the Mayor. We need stop wasteful spending of tax dollars, including getting rid of Cylovias that all they do is drain city budgets and waste of personnel resources.
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, come one , come all, to the Greatest show on earth aka Brownsville City commission, same circus, different clowns. Some things just never change. lol
He should have gotten fired when he released that 20k check but NOOOOOOOOO he got promoted to deputy dog making 100k with no CPA why? couldn't pass the test not once but a bunch of times and the kicker HE'S STILL THERE!!!!!
No one will be re-elected just like BISD "NO-ONE"
Elected officials NEED NOT APPLY you will not be re-elected.
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