(Ed.'s Note: Two-term mayor Tony Martinez - facing challenges from TSC trustee and local restaurateur Trey Mendez and former city manager Charlie Cabler - made it official and signed up to be on the ballot for the May 4 election. In his post he cited SpaceX as one of his major achievements even though not one launch has taken place since it started building its facilities at Boca Chica Beach since 2013.
It's funny that Martinez didn't hawk his Tenaska electric plant that was also supposed to be in operation by now. That has been delayed because of a glut of electricity on the grid. Martinez convinced the city commission to raise rates by some 35 percent since 2013 and have remained there since even with no plant built.
So far, some $100 million in high rates has been raised for the plant. Martinez also used public money to speculate in real estate downtown to try to lure the UT System to relocate its campus downtown. Despite those efforts, the UTRGV moved it main campus to Edinburg and maintains a satellite campus on the TSC campus.
In hindsight, nothing has really happened to improve the quality of life for Brownsville residents. Want another four years of this?)