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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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Bond Issues? Why are they repeating the same projects? from 2004 and 2008 bond projects list KWES Expansion Mary Hoge Classroom Additions Land Acquisition for future schools Classroom Additions District-Wide Cafeteria Expansions Rico Clecker-Heald Weslaco High School Memorial HVAC District Wide Fine Arts Buildings 500 Seating Capacity and Additional Fine Arts Classrooms CATE Program Expansion Culinary Arts Medical Labs Engineering Enclose Pavilions at the Elementary Schools Science Program Expansion District Wide Roofing Cabling Technology Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Compliance Requirements 2010 bond projects list Weslaco High School New Band Hall Cafeteria Renovation Rico Elementary Cleckler Heald Elementary Weslaco East High School Band Hall Addition District Wide HVAC Enclose Elementary Campus Pavilions District Wide Roofing Weslaco High School Field House Weslaco East High School Field House Weslaco High School Cafeteria Expansion Louise Black School Renovation What is Wrong with this picture?

bond confuse - Apr 23, 2010 03:22:37 PM Remove Comment

 
to happy camper, porque no dices que ganaron porque gasto mo mucho dinero, compro los votos que tiene que ver las politikeras el chango baila con dinero, baileste tu tambien happy camper lol

la neta - Nov 06, 2009 07:41:39 PM Remove Comment

 
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!

NoWay - May 14, 2009 01:26:31 PM Remove Comment

 
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

Truth in Weslaco - May 12, 2009 02:16:35 PM Remove Comment

 
Go back to cutting the Reyna's grass Lambiscon!

BANDIDO4EVER - May 12, 2009 01:32:41 PM Remove Comment

 
Ganaron porque se colgaron de Moe Lopez delen las gracias a el tontos!

laneta - May 11, 2009 03:17:45 PM Remove Comment

 
in your face raymond chuck oscar what happened to your politikeras

happy camper - May 10, 2009 10:12:22 PM Remove Comment
 

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