Maverick County $8.5 Million Bond Election is Saturday, May 6th

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

The hotly contested Maverick County $8.5 Million Bond Election is this Saturday, May 6, 2017, from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. at designated polling places throughout Eagle Pass and Maverick County, announced Maverick County Election Administrator Roy Schmerber.

All registered Maverick County voters are invited to participate and cast their ballot in this important County election.  Currently, there are just slightly more than 30,000 registered voters in Maverick County.

All Precinct 1A, 1B, and 1C registered voters will vote at Memorial Junior High School.

All Precinct 2A and 2B voters will vote at San Luis Elementary, Precinct 2C voters will vote at Rosita Valley Elementary, and Precinct 2D voters will vote at the El Indio Community Center.

All Precinct 3A and 3B voters will vote at Seco Mines Elementary and Precinct 3C voters will vote at the Quemado Community Center.

All Precinct 4A, 4B, and 4C voters will vote at Eagle Pass High School Girls Gymnasium (Second Street) and Precinct 4D voters will vote at Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary.

During the Early Voting Period, both proponents and opponents of the $8.5 Million Bond Election brought many voters to the Maverick County Courthouse to vote.  Often, cheers, chants, and screams could be heard from both political camps with the proponents parked at the corner of Madison and Quarry under shaded trees at the IBC Bank Drive-Through Banking Lanes while opponents were parked directly across the front of the County Courthouse on Quarry Street.  The action was hot and heavy as opponents filed a Texas Election Code Ethics Complaint against Maverick County for using County Vans and property in hauling voters to the County Courthouse election poll with pre-printed and marked sample ballots to carry into the polling booth.  Meanwhile, proponents called the local police on an opponent advocate for crossing the 100 feet distance marker from the County Courthouse election poll.

Among Proponents of the $8.5 Million Bonds include, but not limited to, Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo and County Commissioners Jerry Morales, Rosy Cantu, Pete Venegas, and Roberto Ruiz, County Treasurer Rito J. Valdez, III, County Constable Precinct 3A-B Mario Hernandez, Road and Bridge Department Supervisor Ernesto Guevara, Sheriff Tom Schmerber, most of the County Department Heads and employees, and many citizens.

Among Opponents of the $8.5 Million Bonds include,  but not limited to, Taxpayers Ethelvina I. Felan, Rudy Zavala, Roxana Maldonado-Guerra , Victor Perry, Sr., Tomas Herrera, Javier Mancha, Rudy Bowles, Ana B. Gonzalez, Roberto Gonzalez, and many other citizens.

The final decision is on the minds and hands of the over 30,000 registered voters in Maverick County who will have one final day to cast their ballots on Saturday, May 6th, at the above designated polling places.  Get out and vote either FOR or AGAINST the $8.5 Million Bonds.