[Special Commission Meeting on May 12, 2026.]
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THE SPECIAL MEETING WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A FORUM.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS GONNA BE P STATES OF AMERICA AND NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, INDIVISIBLE, OUR FATHER AND HEAVEN.
WE LY BOW OUR HEADS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN GATHER AS A COMMUNITY AND THAT WE CAN TRANSITION POWER PEACEFULLY, AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DECIDE FOR OURSELVES OUR DIRECTION AND THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO AND WANT TO BECOME.
WE PRAY THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT GOODNESS WILL PREVAIL, THAT THE KINDNESS AND LOVE AND GOODNESS OF OTHERS WILL BE SEEN AND MAGNIFIED.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND SICK AND NEED THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WE HUMBLY ASK FOR THAT BLESSINGS.
WE HUMBLY SEEK THEE AND ALL THAT WE DO, WE NEED AND SEEK THE ALWAYS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
THIS GONNA BE, UH, BEFORE WE LEAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE.
WHERE ARE THEY? THERE THEY ARE.
CAN YOU PLEASE COME OVER? COME HERE.
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN THE SPOT.
WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHO YOU'RE, THESE ARE THESE PEOPLE, OKAY.
FROM THE MOMENT I KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE THEM.
AND, UH, SO THEY, THE SALVATION ARMY, NOW, THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE SALVATION ARMY OF CAMERON COUNTY.
THIS BE A
THEY DO SOTO, THEY DO
BUT THEY, UH, THEY GIVE OUT, THEY GIVE ALSO, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE CLOTHING.
UM, I WEAR, UH, TENNIS, AND THAT'S BEEN THROUGH MY TENURE THAT, UH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN FRANCE ALSO DURING THE SUMMER.
AND, UH, SO, UM, THEY, UH, THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A LITTLE SMALL PIPE, UH, LITTLE SMALL, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT.
AND, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAD THE CHALLENGE BETWEEN THE MAYORS.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUNTO AND BRAZO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED.
AND, UH, SO IT TURNED OUT TO BETO.
AND, UH, WELL, UHTO HONOR, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT, UH, IT WAS A CHALLENGE THAT, UH, WE DID, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THEM.
BUT IT WAS FOR THE MONEY TO GO FOR GOOD CAUSE.
I'M FOREVER HUMBLE AND I'LL DO MY BEST, UM, FOR THE RINGING OF THE BILL THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, CHRISTMAS.
UM, NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE, UH, A VERY UNIQUE BUT YET, UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S SOMETHING, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO US TO SAY, UM, FROM YOUR MAMA REST.
UH, THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A RESTAURANT STORE OR, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IS A BUBBLE TEA.
WELL, THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS A BENCHMARK TEST OF 2026 BUSINESS RATE IN CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS.
JUST, THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT AND, UH,
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THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH WITH IT.UH, THEY STARTED DOING SOME FOOD ALSO.
I'M, I'M AMAZED AT, UH, THE KIND OF TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE.
ANOTHER SIDE OF THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, UM, I WANT TO REACH OUT TO, UH, THE PRESENTING
I MEAN, THEY REACHED OUT REAL QUICK AND SAID, HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT, UH, OSA WAS THE, UH, TWIN 60 CITY, TWIN CITY SISTER, CITY OF, UH, SANTO? DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
OKAY, WELL, WE BECAME, UH, GOOD FRIENDS.
I WOULD TRAVEL EVERY, EVERY SO OFTEN OVER THERE, AND HE WOULD TRAVEL BACK THIS WAY ALSO.
SO WE HAD THE GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WITH US.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OUT IN SOME ITEMS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, I GUESS AS THE WE, UH, THEY TOLD ME THAT, UH, THEY'LL BE REACHING OUT BACK TO THE, THE NEW COMMISSION.
AND, UH, THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP AGAIN.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SERVE THE SEVERE THE WAY IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST YEARS.
BUT, UH, THE ONES STILL HAVE THAT HAND SHAPE ALSO OF WORKING TOGETHER.
UH, WE TRY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH 'EM AND, AND TRY TO BRING, AND AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UH, WITH PEOPLE, BUSES.
UM, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS SOME ISSUES GOING ON, AND IT WAS HARD.
BUT, UH, THE, UH, THE FRIENDSHIP THAT, UH, THAT WE GAINED, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE GAINED THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS DR.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S A FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS LASTED, UH, THIS COUPLE YEARS.
UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE OF
THE, UH, THE BIG CHAIR THAT YOU ALL THAT WE HAD, UH, THE, DURING THE CONCERT, UH, DURING SUMMER, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IN, IN, UH, THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WE TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES OF IT AND PEOPLE, IT BECAME FAMOUS WITH A BIG CHAIR ON IT.
BUT, UM, IT, IT HAD A LOT MEANING TO IT.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND THANK THE PEOPLE BY MU FOR, UH, WITH THE TIME OF, UH, THE TIME THAT WE WENT THAT WAY.
UM, IT WAS A, I MEAN, THEY CATERED TO US THAT YOU WEREN'T REALLY, WE WERE TEAM.
SO THERE, BUT, UH, IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP THAT WE HAD.
SO, AGAIN, I WANT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE MUSLIM.
UH, ME, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST EIGHT YEARS.
UM, HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD VACATION IN THOSE TIMES.
EVERY TIME I TOOK OFF, UH, TWO DAYS LATER I HAD TO COME BACK.
BUT, UH, THOSE EIGHT YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, MY WIFE AND I AND TOLD, WE'RE GONNA, THAT'S WHAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, DOES.
BUT ANYWAY, IT HAS BEEN, UH, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND, UH, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
AND, UM, UH, THE NEW COMMISSION COMING IN, I'M SURE THAT THEY DO WORK FOR.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES.
WE ALL WANT TO DO THE SAME THING, BECAUSE I WANT DO THIS.
CAN WE TAKE YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE PICTURES UP HERE? DOWN THERE? HOWEVER YOU WANT IT.
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WILL BE THE COMMISSION.THANK YOU, MAYOR, TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN PANTO.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE PAST THREE YEARS TO BE YOUR COMMISSIONER.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU.
I JUST WANT TO WANT YOU TO KNOW I TOOK EVERYTHING HEART, WHETHER IT WAS YOUR CONCERNS, YOUR CRITICISM, OR JUST YOUR THANK YOU.
IT WAS MORE THAN JUST THE TITLE.
IT WAS BEING ABLE TO HELP MY COMMUNITY AND MAKE AN IMPACT.
MR. LOA AND MR. NOAH RODRIGUEZ AND JOSE RODRIGUEZ KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS TO THE STAFF.
SOME I KNEW MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT EACH PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.
PLEASE KNOW YOUR LOYALTY AND DEDICATION TO SAN BENITO DID NOT GO UNNOTICED.
THANK YOU, ITO AND AL FOR ALWAYS GOING BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.
YOU ARE A, A VALUABLE COMPONENT TO SAN BENITO, STEPHANIE, FOR ALWAYS KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR FINANCES.
EDWARD, FOR ALWAYS ANSWERING MY CALLS, LADA FOR GETTING US OUTTA MURKY SITUATIONS.
LITERALLY, I'LL BE SEEN FOR YOUR DESIRE TO GET MORE KIDS TO READ MORE.
AND RUTH, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THIS COMMISSION GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND SERVING AT ONE TIME.
AS OUR CITY MANAGER INTERN, YOU ARE A MAJOR ASSET TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
MORE THAN YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA MISS SITTING NEXT TO YOU EVERY FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH TO THIS COMMISSION.
WE MAY HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE EACH DID WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR SAN BENITO.
IT HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE.
WE ACHIEVED A LOT AND OPENED UP DOORS THAT ONCE WERE CLOSED ON SAN BENITO.
I HOPE THE NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS PUT THEIR TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT AS MUCH AS I DID.
EVERYONE IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT THAT COUNTS.
THEIR SUCCESS IS SAN BENITO'S SUCCESS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR CITIZENS INVOLVED, INFORMED, AND KEEPING US SAFE.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON SEEKING GRANTS.
LASTLY, OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE CHIEF RE, CAPTAIN CORTEZ AND THE ENTIRE PD, WHO WOULD'VE IMAGINED THAT FIVE MONTHS INTO ME TAKING OFFICE TRAGEDY WITH STRIKE SEVEN NEEDLE ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, WE'D LOST ONE OF OUR OWN CHIEF CAPTAIN.
YOU NOT ONLY HELP A GRIEVING WIDOW, MELISSA EZ AND HER FAMILY, BUT YOU CARRIED A WHOLE COUNT.
YOU DID IT WITH HONOR, INTEGRITY, AND HEART.
TODAY BEING MY LAST DAY AS COMMISSIONER, I SPENT THIS MORNING AT THE, AT THE UNVEILING OF LIEUTENANT MILTON RESENDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, I WATCHED AGAIN, A COMMUNITY UNITED FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL.
THE IMPACT HE LEFT BEHIND WAS ENORMOUS.
LIEUTENANT MILTON RESENDEZ LEGACY WILL LIVE ON BECAUSE YOU AND THE REST OF THE SANTO PD.
I WEAR THIS SHIRT PROUDLY BECAUSE WE ARE SAN BENITO STRONG.
IN CLOSING, I, DEBORAH ROSE COMMISSION REPLACE TWO SIGN OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, MAYOR.
I, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE PLAN DOCUMENT.
I, UM, WHOEVER THOUGHT THAT A, UH, GRINGO COULD BE ELECTED TO THE COMMISSION, I AM, UH, TRULY HONORED.
AND I HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND, AND SERVED THE BEST THAT I COULD.
I, UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT, UH, I HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH MY OPPONENT.
I I'VE MADE THAT PUBLIC AND IT'S, UM, IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT HERE AND SAYING THESE THINGS AS A SWER AT ALL.
MY MY WIFE IS THIRD GENERATION SANTO.
OUR CHILDREN ARE FOURTH GENERATION.
OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE FOURTH GENERATION.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
WE HAVE SIX GENERATIONS IN SANTO.
I HAVE LIVED IN SANTO FOR OVER 35 YEARS, WHICH IS OVER HALF OF MY LIFE.
I'VE WATCHED THIS COMMUNITY, THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
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I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE CONTINUE TO STAY ON THE SIDELINE WHEN I SEE THINGS HAPPEN THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.SO I HAVE ANOTHER MISSION NOW THAT MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPORT AND TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SERVING DO SO IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M WILLING AT ANY TIME AND ANYWHERE, AND THERE'LL BE MORE, THERE'S MUCH MORE COMING HERE.
BUT I CANNOT SIT DOWN AND TAKE THIS QUIET.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT GIRL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE.
THANK YOU TO THE, UH, LEAVE THE HOME FOR THE ITEMS OF AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GET THE MOTIONS OF, UH, ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
ITEM ONE IS GONNA BE CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 2 0 2 6 DASH FIVE 12 DASH ZERO ONE R.
RESOLUTION FOR THE, UH, OFFICIAL CANVASSING OF THE OFFICIAL RESULT OF THE CITY SANTO, UH, GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 2ND, 2022 IN 2026.
EXCUSE ME, FOR MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PLACE ONE, AND COMMISSIONER PLACE TWO.
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS GONNA BE FOR CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH FIVE 12 DASH 0 0 0 2 R.
THE RESOLUTION FOR THE OFFICIAL CONVERSING OF THE, UH, OFFICIAL, UH, RESULT OF THE CITY SUBMITTAL OFFICIAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 2ND, 2026 FOR COMMISSION.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THE NUMBERS.
OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH FIVE 12 DASH 0 0 1 FOR THE OFFICIAL CANVAS.
EMAIL THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE CITY OF SANTO GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY THE SECOND, 2026 FOR THE POSITION OF, UH, MAYOR RICARDO GURA.
1001 53 FOR THE POSITION OF COMMISSIONER PLACE, ONE THOMAS GOODMAN TOTAL 805 FOR TOTAL.
858 FOR THE POSITION OF COMMISSIONER PLACE TWO, DEBRA, THE TOTAL 767 FOR EZ SENIOR, THE TOTAL 906.
OKAY, FOR RESOLUTION, UH, 20 26 0 5 12 DASH 0 0 2 FOR THE OFFICIAL CANVASSING OF THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY THE SECOND, 2026 FOR THE PLACE OF COMMISSIONER.
PLACE THREE ON EXPIRED TERM VICTOR M GONZALEZ.
WELCOME TO TAKE, UH, ITEMS ONE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO TAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON THE CONSIDERATIONS TOGETHER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ITEMS? ONE, TWO, AS PRESENTED BY, UH, OUR SECRETARY RUTH MCGINNIS FOR ITEMS ONE TWO.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MORALES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE ITEM NUMBER THREE, ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY EVICTED OFFICIALS.
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MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COMMISSION, COMMISSION COURT AND ADMINISTRATION LEADER.I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO JOIN WITH ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
UM, I'M GOING TO TRY TO REMINISCENCE 1966.
I WAS A COACH, SO I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU LOUD BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY I NEED TO TALK TO MY KIDS, MY BOYS.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR MANY REASONS.
THE EXIT, EXIT SPEECHES I HEARD WERE EMOTION TO ME TOO.
HAVE TO BE IN PUBLIC SERVICE 48 YEARS, HOW ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS GO FOR FAMILIES AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I, I WAS, UM, I I CAMPAIGNED IT.
I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.
SO MANTO SPECIAL TO ME, AND I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART, AND I HAVE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
IN 1970, WHICH HALF OF THIS ROOM PROBABLY OR MORE, HAD NOT BEEN BORN YET, I RAN MY FIRST RAISED, I WAS 24 YEARS OLD.
I WENT TO MY DAD, WHO WAS A CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 30 YEARS.
I WAS SECOND OLDEST, BUT I ENTERED THE POLITICAL ARENA.
AND I EXPECTED TO MAKE MY ANNOUNCEMENT IN MY HOMETOWN.
BUT NO, UH, MY DAD SAYS, NO, SON.
NOT IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE STEPS.
YOU GO DOWN TO SAN BERNARD AND YOU ANNOUNCED THERE, WELL, DAD, WHY? I MEAN, THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.
WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT WAS THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE.
AND JUAN, I MENTIONED JUAN BECAUSE HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN.
I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF LA
ANYWAY, I I I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL, UH, THIS YOUNG MAN HERE THAT A LOT IS IN STORY.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT I HEARD HERE TODAY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THOSE GOING OUT AT HEART.
THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
BONDING AND COMING TOGETHER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I COULD RECOMMEND TO ANY COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CAN STAY STRONG SO THEY CAN MEET UP WITH THE CHALLENGES IN THE YEARS AHEAD, AND BE A STRONG VOICE FOR OTHER ELECTIONS THAT ARE DOWN THE LINE, UM, ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL BIBLE.
BECAUSE I, I LOVE WHAT IS YOUR PRAYER? AND I LOVE THE WORD GRATEFUL TO GOD AND KINDNESS AND, AND ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU USE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REPRESENT, WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING, UM, ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
AND THEY ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
AND WE HAVE TO BE UNDERSTANDING AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT.
GOD, GOD'S WILL WAS FOR YOU TO BE HERE TODAY.
GOD'S WILL WAS FOR US TO HAVE GREAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN YEARS PAST.
I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO MEET SO MANY OF 'EM, UH, IN MY 40, 44 YEARS THAT I REPRESENTED THIS COMMUNITY.
I GIVE, UM, MR. UH, COMMISSIONER
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE BIBLE COMES FIRST
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IN OUR LIVES.I AYE RICK PEREZ DO SOLEMN AND SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I FAITHFULLY WILL EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF SANTO COMMISSIONER, THE CITY OF SANCO COMMISSION CASE ONE CASE ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
CONGRAT 1987, ERIC CAME HOME AFTER THE FIRST FIRST SESSION THAT'S A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND I WALKED INTO THE OFFICE, INTO MY HOME INSTEAD OF, EXCUSE ME.
INSTEAD OF GOING HOME TO MY LOVELY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, I STOPPED TO SEE MY MOM AND DAD.
I HADN'T SEEN THEM IN TWO, THREE WEEKS.
SO I WALK IN THERE AND MY DAD IS WEEPING.
HE'S ACTUALLY BIG TEARS COMING OUT HIS EYES.
AND MY DAD WAS HARD OF HEARING.
HE LOST HIS, HIS HEARING IN NORTH AFRICA IN WORLD WAR II.
SO I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER.
AND I RAN INTO HER BEDROOM AND SHE WAS IRON, SHE WAS CRYING.
I SAT NEXT TO HIM AND HE SAID, HE SAID HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
HE POINTED, DISTINGUISH TO THE TELEVISION.
AND ON THE TV THERE WAS A DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS BEING SHOWN OF HOW THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY HAVE SO MANY FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE BURNING OF THE AMERICAN BLACK WAS A SIGN OF, OF THEIR, THEIR FREEDOM TO, TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
AND MY DAD TURNED TO ME AND HE SNAPPED AT ME.
HE SAYS, DON'T YOU EVER VOTE TO DE ALLOWING THE DESECRATION OF OUR FLAG.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN FLAG.
GOD KNOWS THAT SAME WEEK, TWO, THREE DAYS BEFORE I SAW HIM, I HAD VOTED IN TEXAS ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AGAINST ANYBODY DEGRADING THE TEXAS GUY.
AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BILL AND I DID IT.
I THINK MY VOTE WAS DEDICATED TO MY DAD.
A MAN, A GREAT HONOR, A BEDROOM PROUDLY OVER THE STATE COUNCIL UNDER GOD.
THANK, REMEMBER GUYS, I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT WHEN I WAS WEARING NO, THIS SEAT IS NOT MY SEAT.
I'M JUST, I'M GONNA BE HERE FOR YOU.
I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN BEEN DOING IT THIS PAST WEEKEND.
I WAS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THEIR, UH, HOMES DESTROYED AND EVERYTHING.
I WAS OUT THERE BEING, I WAS OUT THERE DOING WHATEVER I COULD TO HELP THEM OUT.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
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AND I THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE AND LET'S MOVE SOMEBODY TO FORWARD.OKAY, NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE, UM, PLACE TWO AT THIS.
WE GET THE GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I, IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE WITH THE CITIZENS OF SANTOS.
WELL, THE LEADERS OF SAN BENITO.
I'M JUSTICE LAVA OF THE 13TH COURT OF APPEALS AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TO MINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO COMMISSIONER ELECT DANIEL EZ SENIOR.
READY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF SAN BENITO.
COMMISSIONER, PLACE TWO, CITY OF SANTO, COMMISSIONER, PLACE TWO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHETHER DOING THAT, UH, FOR PLACE THREE, MR. EZ.
SO CAN MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW ME? AND WHEN VICTOR ASKED ME TO COME AND SWEAR HIM IN, I THOUGHT I GET TO COME HOME.
UM, IF YOU COME TO MY COURTROOM DOWN IN BROWNSVILLE, LOW KEY, DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
YOU SEE A LITTLE PLACARD ON THE SIDE OF MY DESK THAT FACES OUT, THAT SAYS, ONCE A GREYHOUND, ALWAYS A GRAY.
COME IN THERE, JUST LOOK AT IT.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE VICTOR.
VICTOR, AS Y'ALL KNOW, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOREVER.
UH, HE CERTAINLY LETS HIS VOICE BE KNOWN.
HE HAS A SON WHO LETS, WHO'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR EVERY REASON TO BE VERY PROUD OF HIM.
SO IT'S A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR ME TO ADMINISTER THIS.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IF I TEACH YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
VICTOR GON, VICTOR GON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR SOLE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE COMMISSION.
REPLACE THREE, COMMISSION THREE, CITY OF SANTO CITY, SAN BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFENSE.
PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFENSE.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND STAY THERE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW ME, UH, I GO WAY BACK.
SO, UM, IT HAD TO BE HIM TO SWEAR ME IN.
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SO I THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO COME OUT HERE.HEY, NIXON, THERE IS, THIS ONE'S GONNA BE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR, UH, MAYOR.
IT'S GONNA BE JUST A PIECE OF DAVID.
DAVID, IT'S A COMPLETE HONOR FOR YOU TO BE HERE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THE PASSAGE, DO SO MANY SWEARING IN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SPECIAL ONE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SEEN PETE, I'VE KNOWN PETE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'VE SEEN HIM KNOW FROM HERE TO HIS PLATE TO WHICH OTHER THAN COMPETING AS EDUCATION AND BEING A PHARMACIST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE AND TO SUPPORT BEING EVERY PERSPECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
CONTINUE FORWARD WITH PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, I, PEDRO DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, OF THE CITY OF SANTO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTO, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES.
IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY FAMILY UP HERE WITH ME.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM.
UM, DAD, CARLOS, DANNY, PLEASE COME UP.
MY BROTHER WAS, UH, SERVING MULTIPLE SIDES SO I COULD LOOK LIKE I WAS AT TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, ARE YOU THE PHARMACIST AND YOUR BROTHER'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR? I SAID, NO, BOTH OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK ARE ME, WE CAN DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
I, I DEDICATE MY ENTIRE TIME AND MY WIFE AND MY KIDS LOSE A PART OF THAT TIME.
AND THE COMMISSION'S GONNA LEARN THAT.
AND THE COMMISSION THAT SAT HERE, THEY LEARNED THAT WHILE WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE HOSPITAL, WE'RE MISSING BIRTHDAYS.
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO SEE IT PROSPER.
SO I THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR GTA FOR GIVING ME BIG SHOES TO FILL.
I HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO RAISE FOR THE SALVATION ARMY.
MAYOR GTA STARTED THE INFRASTRUCTURE STREET PROGRAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE PAVING 60 TO 80 BLOCKS A YEAR AND PRESS THE FEET.
WE STARTED ON LASTLY ROAD AND WE JUST FINISHED THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION AT ROCK SOUTH.
SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE TRIED AND FELT, IT'S MY JOB TO CONTINUE WHAT HE STARTED AND I HOPEFULLY I'M ABLE TO BUILD THIS COMMUTER COMMUNITY WITH THIS COMMISSION IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH ONE OF YOU.
PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS SAY HE WAS MY FATHER, BUT THIS IS MY FATHER
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CAN YOU CALL SENATOR? CAN YOU CALL SENATOR? YOU WANT HIM OVER HERE? YOU WANT HIM OVER HERE? I GOT YES.IF THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.