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Candidates vying for three spots on Weslaco school board
WESLACO - Two out of three Weslaco Independent School District board seats are up for grabs this election season.
There are three candidates each vying for the Place 1 and 2 positions, while Place 3 is a two-candidate race between incumbent Raymond Givilancz and Orlando Rodriguez.
Oscar Caballero, Eric Castañeda and Erasmo Lopez are competing for Place 1 while Ivan Perez, Joel Casares and Richard Charles Sellman square off in the Place 2 race, which will be decided May 9.
Givilancz has been on the school board for six years and is striving for his third term. Givilancz has spent the last 20 years as an air-conditioner mechanical contractor, including five years running his own business.
Rodriguez has served as a full-time and volunteer fire fighter for more than 20 years and is also an Emergency Medical Technician/Intermediate. Rodriguez also has spent seven years with Hidalgo County Head Start working with adult education.
The winner of the Place 1 race will replace Joe Marines, who has held the position since 1997 but decided not to seek re-election.
Lopez, a lifelong resident of Weslaco and Weslaco High School graduate (1978), has worked in the construction field for more than 30 years and owns L&G Concrete Construction.
Castañeda, 28, previously worked for child protective services and is currently employed as a life scan operator for L1 Identity Solutions. Caballero is an accountant executive with Hygeia Dairy Product.
Perez is seeking for his second-term after being elected in Place 2 in 2006. He works as an attorney at Jones & Crane Attorney in Harlingen, while Casares is a state inspector for Texas Department of Agriculture. Casares, a lifelong Weslaco resident, ran unsuccessfully for Place 4 three years ago. Sellman is the owner of Depot Crop Insurance in Progreso. The business has been open for the last decade.
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| la neta - Nov 06, 2009 07:41:39 PM | Remove Comment |
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| If we could pile Weslaco, Mercedes, and Edcouch-Elsa on top of the cesspool called Donna and then drop a laser-bomb on the whole mess - that would be GREAT! |
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| NoWay - May 14, 2009 01:26:31 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Guadalupe Rivera and his entire family were driving around town with Chuck Sellman, Raymond Givilancz and Adrian Gonzales magnetic signs on there vehicles, the funny thing about it was Lupe could only pronounce one of the names correctly. Rivera Los Vendidos |
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| Truth in Weslaco - May 12, 2009 02:16:35 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Go back to cutting the Reyna's grass Lambiscon! |
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| BANDIDO4EVER - May 12, 2009 01:32:41 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Ganaron porque se colgaron de Moe Lopez delen las gracias a el tontos! |
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| laneta - May 11, 2009 03:17:45 PM | Remove Comment |
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| in your face raymond chuck oscar what happened to your politikeras |
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| happy camper - May 10, 2009 10:12:22 PM | Remove Comment |







