(Ed.'s Note: Work continues –forever , it seems, on the city's plan to improve Market Square, the once bustling center of commercial life in Brownsville. Proponents of the pan to "gentrify" downtown think that throwing massive amounts of public funds here will fuel an upper-income clientele that will resurrect the dying downtown area.
Millions have been paid to improve drainage and streets around Market Square. If everything works out right, the area should be ready by the time the next round of mayoral elections come around to provide a ticket for the incumbents if they choose to run for reelection.
Others are not so sure. They argue that Brownsville doesn't have the income level of a downtown Austin, Houston or San Antonio to sustain the planned entertainment district envisioned in the plans. Only time, it seems, will tell whether the best-laid plans of Mayor Tony Martinez and his mice will eventually produce the bustling night life they envisioned. For now, workers and craftsmen ply their wares to implement the grand design.)