By LOUIE DIAZ
editor@sbnewspaper.com
With the upcoming runoff election on Saturday Dec. 19, San Benito mayoral candidates Celeste Sanchez and Ricardo Guerra are preparing to wrap up their campaigns, each hoping to represent the people of San Benito for the next term.
Ricardo Guerra was born and raised in San Benito. He graduated from San Benito High School in 1981 and went to school at TSTC. Guerra retired from the Harlingen Fire Department after 33 years of service and went on to serve as a City Commissioner of San Benito.
Q. If elected, what do you hope to accomplish?
“I’d hope to see if we could get a grant writer. We need a lot of grants; there’s a lot of programs that need to be started and done. The water plant needs to be looked in to. Why hasn’t it been finished? I want to put San Benito first. I want the people to know that I’m working for you,” Guerra said. “I would also like to be more transparent with the people. I talked to one of your previous coworkers, David Lopez, and I told him ‘If I win, I would like to see if I could start a mayoral and commissioners blog also.”
Q. What makes you a better candidate?
“I’m not going to bash her (my opponent), all I can say is that people call me, and I answer. People want to meet with me, and I’ll go meet with them. I did that as a commissioner, and I’m still doing it now,” Guerra said.
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2 comments
May the best man win.and so he did .way to go mayor Guerra
I would like to congratulate Mayor Guerra on his election win. Maybe now we the people of San Benito will have someone in place that will take care of them and the City. We have gone on to long with past administrations whose only focus was how to line their own pockets at the expense of the people of San Benito, turning their attention to projects that didn’t have any impact on the well being or progression of our area. I’m talking about the basic’s which include but not limited to better water quality not smelly or foul tasting water for the city, decent streets that have been neglected for too long, Downtown dilapidation to the point that it’s more of an eyesore with empty buildings with windows that show that some buildings are nothing but storage places , boarded up buildings on upper levels, and the look of owners of these buildings that don’t seem to care how this reflects to maybe other potential investors to revitalize our fair city.
Good luck to you and your staff to refocus everyone involved and hold them accountable to bring back a better and more dynamic city from the individuals who have turned their backs on our city.