Staff

-Eagle Pass

On Monday, at a special meeting of maverick County Commissioner's Court, Rito Valdez III was approved as the new County Treasurer which was left vacant the moment that Roberto Ruiz became County Commissioner of Precinct 4. Valdez was approved in a 4-0-1 vote with Commissioner Daniela Aleman abstaining. On Tuesday, Valdez was sworn in as the new man in charge of the finances of Maverick County in a ceremony attended by friends and family of the new man in charge of this most important position. The Honorable Judge David R. Saucedo kept the atmosphere light when mentioning that this was yet another press conference much like the many that have been happening in the past days.

Ayer lunes a las 5 de la tarde se llevó a cabo una junta especial donde estuvieron presentes los 4 Comisionados y el Juez . El único tema era nombrar al nuevo Tesorero del Condado posición que dejó vacante el hoy comisionado Roberto Ruiz. Al dar oportunidad a los asistentes a expresar su opinión el primer en hablar fue un residente del Eidson Road Enrique Ramos del precinto 4 quien dijo que era la oportunidad de estar unidos y tratar de lograr cosas positivas para el condado, Felicitaba a Roberto Ruiz por el nombramiento. Después se le dio oportunidad al Señor Guadaupe Cardona quien leyó primero una carta. "He venido para felicitar al Sr. Ruiz por su nombramiento, ya no hay ninguna duda en mi mente de que todo funcione en armonía, porque ahora Todos ustedes piensan igual .

A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

The last special meeting of Maverick County Commissioner's Court was an interesting one yet not one without drama. At the onset of the meeting, during the visitor's comments, Guadalupe Cardona came forward and, after congratulating Roberto Ruiz on his new appointment as commissioner, and seemingly complimentary on the future of this particular group of commissioners as he was sure that they will work together from here forward, it did not seem as though he would go off on a negative tangent as he read the following prepared statement: "I've come to congratulate Mr. Ruiz for his appointment, there is now no doubt in my mind that you will all work in harmony, for now we have a right-wing Democratic Court. You all think alike now." At this point, he put away his prepared message and addressed Commissioner's Court in Spanish: "<I've known Mr. Ruiz for many years, and even ran against him thirty years ago.