Place 3 San Benito City Commissioner JD Penny (below) and Pl. 4 Commissioner Joe D. Gonzalez are shown being sworn into office Tuesday evening at a special meeting. Administering the oath of office was Justice of the Peace David Garza. (Staff photos by Jerry Rodriguez)
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ
Managing Editor
editor@sbnewspaper.com
Business, finances, and unity – these were among the issues newly–elected San Benito City Commissioners JD Penny, Place 3, and Joe D. Gonzalez, Pl. 4 listed Tuesday when discussing their first orders of business.
Penny and Gonzalez were sworn in Tuesday by Justice of the Peace David Garza during a special meeting of the City Commission and following the official canvassing of votes.
Gonzalez, a former superintendent for the Donna and San Benito school districts and current professional educator consultant for Region 13 defeated challenger Gavino Sotelo by a landslide, 1,023 to 624.
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