Opinion
With billions of dollars in private investment flowing into the Brownsville region — and with the world' only trillionaire Elon Musk continuing to expand his footprint across the Valley — it is becoming increasingly clear why he chose to establish his own city rather than be annexed into the City of Brownsville.
Most CEOs seek decisive leadership from governing bodies and executive teams. Yet, until today, the City Commission’s months-long inability to make a critical decision — selecting a City Manager — was on full display. This lack of direction sends a troubling signal, not only to residents but also to investors and partners watching closely.
Remember that Ramirez brought Gard from Ana, Texas, a metropolis of 29,000 people while Brownsville's population is climbing toward 200,000 and is rapidly becoming an industrial trade center along an international border.
What message does this send to graduates of institutions like UTRGV, UTB, or TSC? The implication appears to be that local talent — individuals with deep roots, experience, and commitment to the community — are somehow not qualified to lead at the highest levels.
The irony is striking. The City Commission approved the expenditure of millions of dollars on leadership initiatives such as Total Alignment and One City, promoting the idea that every employee can be a leader. Yet when the opportunity arises to elevate a seasoned local professional to the City Manager role, that philosophy seems to fall short.
Meanwhile, within the organization are individuals with decades of municipal experience — professionals who understand the community, its infrastructure, and its needs. Still, a group of relatively inexperienced elected officials appears confident in overriding that institutional knowledge.
At some point, the question must be asked: if decisive leadership cannot be found within City Hall, where will it come from?
Or perhaps, in a moment of irony, Brownsville should consider asking whether Starbase might be willing to annex a city still searching for direction.
With billions of dollars in private investment flowing into the Brownsville region — and with the world' only trillionaire Elon Musk continuing to expand his footprint across the Valley — it is becoming increasingly clear why he chose to establish his own city rather than be annexed into the City of Brownsville.
Over the past several years, Brownsville has endured leadership marked more by personality than performance — where public relations campaigns, polished slogans, and TED Talk-style presentations took center stage, while the fundamental responsibility of delivering reliable public services to neighborhoods was too often sidelined.
For example, with two candidates from Brownsville – Asst. City Managers Doro Garcia and Felix Sauceda available – and possessing a wealth of knowledge of the city's culture, innerworkings, and its infrastructure, they chose another assistant city manager handpicked by former manager Helen Ramirez, Allan Gard, from upstate.
What message does this send to graduates of institutions like UTRGV, UTB, or TSC? The implication appears to be that local talent — individuals with deep roots, experience, and commitment to the community — are somehow not qualified to lead at the highest levels.
The irony is striking. The City Commission approved the expenditure of millions of dollars on leadership initiatives such as Total Alignment and One City, promoting the idea that every employee can be a leader. Yet when the opportunity arises to elevate a seasoned local professional to the City Manager role, that philosophy seems to fall short.
Meanwhile, within the organization are individuals with decades of municipal experience — professionals who understand the community, its infrastructure, and its needs. Still, a group of relatively inexperienced elected officials appears confident in overriding that institutional knowledge.
At some point, the question must be asked: if decisive leadership cannot be found within City Hall, where will it come from?
Or perhaps, in a moment of irony, Brownsville should consider asking whether Starbase might be willing to annex a city still searching for direction.
14 comments:
No, never. Our little town shitty/ghetto as it may be has a deep significant historical history. The idea of going to Mars is all it is an idea. All that Star ass is doing is ruining the foundations of people's homes.
Or perhaps the local people just weren’t good enough for the job. Plain and simple!
Maybe it is past time for a new perspective. Local people learned from local people and in turn passed their knowledge on, Its all the same point of view and skill level. Maybe bring in someone with new ways of doing things and then really giving them a chance.
Elon always knew who he was dealing with - little minds always playing little games. Musk raked-over Brownsville and that's all there ever was to that shit.
Starbase City in the lowly RGV - who woulda thunk it?
Sue them! But stop crying, it's going to happen but not in your lifetime for sure. Besides we already sold out to ELON just ask the out going County Judge and Commissioner Joey Lopez they will tell you.
Trump lost. The war he waged against Iran promises to conclude in a humbling whimper with the signing of a cease-fire agreement later this week. The United States is left weaker — diminished militarily, strategically, economically, and perhaps morally.
The war, which the United States fought alongside Israel, accomplished none of the goals that Trump named at the outset. Instead, it only empowered the hard-liners in Tehran and arguably emboldened them to someday seek a nuclear weapon. Despite that, the president was so desperate for the war to end that he repeatedly backed off his threats - allowing Iran to call his bluff -and upbraided his close ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for responding to attacks in the region in a manner that jeopardized the negotiations.
Bang the drum slowly. . .
The City of Brownsville dropped the ball by not hiring Doro Garcia as City Manager. He has always had the Brownsville community’s best interest at heart. He is a man of integrity, and a hard worker.
Is it a case of the white mayor wanting a white city manager? Could be.
@ 2:08 Another racist comment that you can't prove.
When Trump said, "Unconditional Surrender", I didn't realize he was talking about the U.S.A.
We lost.
What a fucking disgrace. Lost to Iran.
Yes Doro is great
We just haven't found at what
Bernie has less power now
And Erin pos ke te dire
Said no one …. Doro made it political from the get-go, imagine if he would have gotten the job! Don’t forget he self-contracted his engineering firm as a city employee. Realize he was under qualified!
Prove it?
YOU CAN SEE IT!!!!
Mr. Montoya… this is because Elon Musk is f-ing smart. You don’t became rich by being stupid. He raped all of the local politicians which got their little mordidas… maybe a new truck or some paperwork to clear their mortgages. Last comment, when was the last time you got high with Elon? He is a smart dude.
-Chelss 🙂
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