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BY a 5-2 majority, City of Brownsville Attorney Mark Sossi was terminated as a city employee and sent packing.District 2 commissioner Jessica Tetreau-Kalifa made the motion which was seconded by District 4 commissioner Ben Neece. All the commissioners, except for District 1 commissioner Ricardo Longoria and District 3 commissioner Joel Munguia, voted for the termination.
Voting "aye" were Mayor Tony Martinez, Rose Gowen, Neece, Tetreau and Cesar de Leon.
Soon after the vote, Sossi gathered his briefcase and walked out of the building. He was followed out of the building by an officer of the Brownsville Police Dept.
Voting "aye" were Mayor Tony Martinez, Rose Gowen, Neece, Tetreau and Cesar de Leon.
Soon after the vote, Sossi gathered his briefcase and walked out of the building. He was followed out of the building by an officer of the Brownsville Police Dept.
Sossi had been city attorney for the last eight years at a $10,000 a month salary and an additional $5,000 monthly stipend for acting as general counsel for the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation. He was hired as s city employee since January 17, 2017.
Increasingly, he had been the center of embarrassing situations and was seen as an obstruction by some of the newer members of the commission.
Sossi's termination was effective immediately.