News was received that former City of Brownsville Mayor Henry Gonzalez passed away early today following complications from a heart bypass performed on Thursday. He was 87. Henry served as mayor, and was succeeded in office by Blanca Vela in May 1999.
In the photo above, Gonzalez speaks from a podium for the grand opening of the Veterans Bridge at Los Tomates (Inacio Zaragoza) with the former U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Texas Gov. George Bush who is flanked on his left by the former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo and Matamoros mayor and Tamaulipas governor Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba.
In the photo above he presents a resolution at Brownsville City Hall to former Matamoros mayor Ramon Antonio Sampayo, who succeeded Yarrington as mayor of Matamoros and was with the Partido Accion Nacional. Coverd by Gonzalez's left hand is former city commissioner John Wood, who later was elected to Cameron County Pct. 2 commissioner and now serves a a commissioner with the Brownsville. Navigation District. City manager Andy Vega can be seen over Sampayo's left shoulder.
He and wife Mary L. Gonzalez (nee Barrientes) operated the Oyster Bar Restaurant on Paredes Lime Road for many years. Our condolences to her and their family.
R.I.P.
19 comments:
No se llevo el insultativo que aparece aqui?
OPEN YOUR OWN BLOG PENDEJO AND STOP INSULTING PEOPLE HERE MARICON...
YOUR HEADLINE: Reads like he's scheduled for hanging.
replace "dies: with "died"....
You are born to die.
That's our biology. No need to cry or feel pain. Life is short.
what did he do? start the pothole project? Oh no, a gringo started that one. ssssooooooooo sorrrrrryyyyy
RIP mayor.
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Those were the good old days. God Bless you Henry. See you up there in heaven in God's golf course some day.
El tiempo cuando adultos gobernaban como adultos y no como lavaplatos. Los politicos de hoy son Ratones Paranoicos, empezando con ese in inutil Erasmo Castro y continuando con la Caty Presas-Garcia, que se cree ser la Maria Felix de Bronsbil.
Caty Presas-Garcia ran for this same district (along with El Perro Ahumada) against incumbent Jessica Tetreau and was routed. The district is not a "Vato y Ruca" district all-in automatically on the Mexican candidate.
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I ran against Mr Gonzalez for mayor and he was always very kind, respectful to me. When he was mayor and the meeting were held at second floor of the market square. As mayor, Mr. Gonzalez had an open public forum. If there were 14 people who sign up to speak, Mr. Gonzalez would let them all speak, good news or bad news, Mr Gonzalez didn't denied the public from speaking. After Mr Gonzalez left office, the end of public forum change to keep the public, especially me from bringing issues about the COB to light. Thank you Mr Gonzalez for severing as mayor of Brownsville. Condolences to his family.
God Bless you sir. Going to miss you. Prayers for your family.
He was a grouchy old cus but he would tell you to your face and not go behind your back. He spoke his mind and wanted the best for this city. Rest in Peace Henry.
Why can't brownsville retain and grow leaders like Alejandro Meade Homer Hanna class of 1994?
Do people likedifference? Want to come back to try to make a diffrence?
March 24, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Idiota this is a blog nothing formal in any blog don't like leave and open your own blog pendejo joto
don't like to see mistakes BUY THE HERALD MARICON
The galonskys are asking where's their $$$$$
March 24, 2023 at 11:11 AM
are you serious? no wonder this city sucks...
Mayor Gonzalez May you rest in peace and my condolences to his family.
This mayor let the airport business community die during his reign in the nineties. Bax global, panasonic, delco,emery worldwide and many others left for destinations they deemed better such as harlingen and los indios.
When this mayor was told of the relocations, I’m told he was “surprised” and had no idea. Imagine that as a mayor.
Much of the loss of big business in brownsville was in part thanks to this guy’s ineptness.
Well maybe now they will serve us 12 shrimp at the Oyster Bar and fix up the outdated place a little. OMG the restrooms! Why are the employees there always scared? what are they scared of? They still have the 3 plates to offer to our city. At least Vermillion won't have him running out there with his towel telling them to move the cars out of his parking lot if they're not eating there. He was a character. He was ok.
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