Runoff likely in six way race for city mayor
The May 15 city election appears to head for a runoff as six candidates seek the mayor’s seat. Randy L. Pohler filed Monday for the ballot joining incumbent Dora Alcala and four others, while council races in District III and at large see mixed competition and early voting begins April 28.
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City Hall
Randy L
Pohler
Dora G. Alcala
Maria A. Castorena
Efrain A. Valdez
Mark Berryhill
Robert Garza
del Rio News-Herald
Mario
Mike
Chavira
Ernestina
Tina” Martinez
Roberta Lou Guzman
Sotero “Sal” Yanez
Rudy Chapa
Joselito
Jose” Yafiez
Sotero Yanez
Yafiez
Sanchez joins school board race in Place IV contest
Retired San Felipe Del Rio CISD fixture Cecelia Sanchez filed to run in Place IV against Leonel Martinez Jr while Place V candidate Stanley Blackstone, a pharmacist, faces Gloria Aquilino. Incumbents Fernandez and Aquilino not seeking re election as May 15 ballot deadline passes and early voting runs through May 11. Ballot order drawing set for Thursday at 2 30 p m at 205 Memorial Drive.
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Walter Block
Cecelia A. Sanchez
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent
Board of Trustees
James Fernandez
Leonel “Leo” Martinez Jr
Stanley P. Blackstone
Val Verde Regional Medical Center
Gloria Aquilino
Fernandez
Aquilino
del Rio Civic Center
San Felipe Middle School
City Hall
Memorial Drive
No accord on school finance reform
In Austin AP report lawmakers forego a specific funding plan in a long awaited school finance report. The Joint Select Committee on Public Finance lists options to cut local property taxes by raising sales and cigarette taxes but fails to reach a consensus. Gov Perry wants agreement before a possible early April special session. Rep Kent Grusendorf notes the panel must decide in coming weeks.
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Kent Grusendorf
R-Arlington
BRAC Dry Run in Del Rio Aims to Reconfigure Local Base
Del Rio hosts a March 23 briefing by the Texas Military Preparedness Commission as part of BRAC planning. US Defense figures and TMPC members view the visit as a critical dry run to align infrastructure with higher warfighting capacity and efficiency while protecting Texas bases from closures.
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ews-Herald
Bill Sontag
del Rio
Laughlin Air Force Base
Daniel P. Woodward
BRAC
Texas Military Preparedness Commission
TMPC
U.S. Air Force
Michael B. Smith
Dora G. Alcala
Alcala
Texas
Sergio Bustos
Washington
el Paso Times
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Berryhill
Castorena
Garza
Valdez
Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld
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Bedell
Ave. del Rio
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