He also fought to keep the Memorandum Of Understanding between the city PUB and private energy company Tenaska for the construction of a $500 million natural-gas, electric plant and hiked electric costs by 36 percent secret from the ratepayers.
Now, in what is clearly a place where candidates or their supporters are prohibited from campaigning or displaying campaign signs or materials, Emperor Hizzoner Tony Martinez parked his mobile campaign sign (the royal blue Jeep above) well within the prohibited distance from the polling place.
Martinez, who knows better, acts just like Joe Rodriguez did when he was running for reelection to the board of the Brownsville Independent School District.
Rodriguez would stand just outside the doors of the Central Library and greet voters s they arrived telling them"Hay les encargo," a brazen solicitation of votes.
doors of the Central Library.
Alas, it did "Coach Joe" no good and he lost. Will the same thing happen to Tony despite his bending of the rules?)