Fronton Street - McNair Family Drive Saga Continues...Is the Conclusion Coming?
By Diego Garcia III | Editor of The Brownsville Beacon
It appears the Fronton Street Civil War came to a crescendo at the Battle of November 5 held in the city commission chambers at City Hall last night.
When the dust settled, the commissioners tabled the vote to make sure they had all their legal ducks in a row, but it appears as if the public works department will be unbolting some street signs in the near future (in order to save a few bucks, I sure hope they saved the old E Fronton St signs).
There are some legal issues that need to be addressed. I won't attempt to plagiarize some of the other local blogs — if you want to know the ins and outs of the legal issues, I'll direct you to Jim Barton's Brownsville Observer. He breaks down the potential legal issues better than I could. They basically boil down to an issue with petitioners, signatures obtained to reach the required percentage of dissenters, and their intent.
If these issues can be addressed, it is apparent the city commission and Mayor Mendez are willing to re-rename McNair Family Drive back to its original, historically significant name — East Fronton Street. It seems Mayor Mendez is already starting his golpes de pecho. Barton writes, "Nevertheless, Mendez, who admits the city has totally botched this name change, wants everything done correctly this time."
It is apparent Harry McNair's Big Bad Wolf routine has finally met with some resistance. Despite all his huffing and puffing, including an incredibly inappropriate and pathetic attempt to justify the naming of the street in Yesterday's online edition of The Brownsville Herald, it appears he won't be able to blow this final house down.
I hope this is a wake-up call to McNair. I hope he realizes he can't simply manipulate city leaders in an attempt to get whatever he wants. I hope he realizes how disrespectfully he treated the other residents of East Fronton Street. As a former city commissioner and businessman you would think he would know just how important the citizens are. His family wouldn't have been able to amass their wealth, and he would have never been elected to office, had the people not been on his side. Any decent politician (past or present) would realize he's done wrong and offer the people who he offended an apology.
I won't hold my breath.
It appears the Fronton Street Civil War came to a crescendo at the Battle of November 5 held in the city commission chambers at City Hall last night.
When the dust settled, the commissioners tabled the vote to make sure they had all their legal ducks in a row, but it appears as if the public works department will be unbolting some street signs in the near future (in order to save a few bucks, I sure hope they saved the old E Fronton St signs).
There are some legal issues that need to be addressed. I won't attempt to plagiarize some of the other local blogs — if you want to know the ins and outs of the legal issues, I'll direct you to Jim Barton's Brownsville Observer. He breaks down the potential legal issues better than I could. They basically boil down to an issue with petitioners, signatures obtained to reach the required percentage of dissenters, and their intent.
If these issues can be addressed, it is apparent the city commission and Mayor Mendez are willing to re-rename McNair Family Drive back to its original, historically significant name — East Fronton Street. It seems Mayor Mendez is already starting his golpes de pecho. Barton writes, "Nevertheless, Mendez, who admits the city has totally botched this name change, wants everything done correctly this time."
It is apparent Harry McNair's Big Bad Wolf routine has finally met with some resistance. Despite all his huffing and puffing, including an incredibly inappropriate and pathetic attempt to justify the naming of the street in Yesterday's online edition of The Brownsville Herald, it appears he won't be able to blow this final house down.
I hope this is a wake-up call to McNair. I hope he realizes he can't simply manipulate city leaders in an attempt to get whatever he wants. I hope he realizes how disrespectfully he treated the other residents of East Fronton Street. As a former city commissioner and businessman you would think he would know just how important the citizens are. His family wouldn't have been able to amass their wealth, and he would have never been elected to office, had the people not been on his side. Any decent politician (past or present) would realize he's done wrong and offer the people who he offended an apology.
I won't hold my breath.
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