SAN JUAN -- Yep, this year is an election year – two commission seats up for grabs – and we’re not yet into February, three months before the May election, and things are already starting to heat up. At last week’s city commission meeting, a 3-2 vote removed both the current and former mayor from the San Juan EDC: Mario Garza and Pedro Contreras, respectively.
Mayor Pro-Tem Pete Garcia, and commissioners “Neto” Guajardo and “Jesse” Ramirez voted in favor of the change. Mayor Mario Garza and Commissioner “Lenny” Sanchez opposed the change. The commissioner who put it on the city agenda,