Tag: Arnold Martinez Jr.

New Rio Hondo board members to weigh in on super’s hiring

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With three new board members sworn in at a special school board meeting on Monday, the search for a new superintendent at Rio Hondo ISD might get a little interesting. Newly-elected board members Jessica Gonzalez, Place 2, Arnold Martinez, Jr., Place 3, and Claudia Villalobos, Place 4, took …

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Olivares unseats Mayor Garza, three new RHISD School Board members elected

NEWS Staff Report RIO HONDO — There’s a new mayor in town. According to votes that have not yet been canvassed, Place 1 Rio Hondo City Commissioner Gustavo “Gus” Olivares unseated Mayor Alonzo Garza Sr. by four ballots, 254 to 250, on Election Day Saturday, May 11. On his victory and upcoming work as the …

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Garza, Martinez vie for Place 3 seat

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Things are getting a little interesting in Rio Hondo. Longtime Rio Hondo ISD School Board President Noemi Garza, who has served on the board for 20 years, is set to face newcomer Arnold Martinez Jr. for the Place 3 post. And neither agrees on much. …

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