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By Anton Riecher
By a vote of 3-0 Tuesday evening the Lytle City Council approved a May 4 election to authorize or reject the sale of the city-owned natural gas utility distribution system.
District 5 Alderman Charles Cate took no part in the vote or the closed executive session preceding it. District 1 Alderman Miguel Aguirre was absent during the entire Tuesday meeting.
Prior to leaving…

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By Anton Riecher
In a special meeting Monday morning the Natalia school board voted to call a May bond election seeking public support for a proposed $22.6 million bond program.
A basketball playoff game forced calling the morning meeting, board president Eric Smith said.
“We had a deadline,” Smith said. “We were supposed to have a regular meeting tonight (Feb. 12) but we changed…

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By Anton Riecher
In other action, the Devine City Council approved Devine police making a grant application to the Texas Department of Public Safety to obtain ballistic shields and body cameras. The $194,000 grant for ballistic shields includes five mounted on wheels that would be placed…

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By Anton Riecher
By a 3-1 vote the Devine City Council voted to apply for a low-interest state loan to help finance a proposed $12.6 million flood infrastructure project along Burnt Boot Creek.
During a special meeting called Feb. 6 Mayor Butch Cook said the loan application to the Texas Water Development Board represented “an opportunity to offset” a lot of the project’s expense.”
City Administrator David Jordan told the council that the TWDB funding, if granted,…

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Medina County–Early voting kicks off on Tuesday-Friday, February 20th-February 23rd from 8am-5pm.
You may also vote Saturday Feb.24 from 7am-7pm, Sunday Feb 25 from 9am-3pm, and Monday-Friday Feb 26-March 1 from 7 am to 7pm. Election Day will be Tuesday, March 5 from 7am-7pm.

The following is a list of candidates who have filed for office:
Party Chair
Pat Aken – Republican Party
Chris Schuchart – Republican Party
Karen Dalglish Seal – Democratic Party

Sheriff
Randy Brown – Republican Party (Incumbent)
Douglas Christian – Republican Party

Treasurer
Debra Graff – Republican Party
Jennifer Konegni – Republican Party

Commissioner Precinct 1
Jessica Castiglione – Republican Party (Incumbent)
Michael “Moon” Mullins – Republican Party
James Tomey – Republican Party

Commissioner Precinct 3
Chris Champion – Republican Party
David Ehlinger – Republican Party
Thomas Lutz – Republican Party
David Lynch – Republican Party (Incumbent)
Guillermo Memo Garcia – Democratic Party

Constable Precinct 1
Robert Tschirhart – Republican Party
Martin Chavez- Republican Party
There was an error last week stating that PCT 1 Constable was unopposed

Constable Precinct 3
Glenn Barrow – Republican Party
Stephen Duffy – Republican Party
Johnathan Johnson – Republican Party

Tax Collector
Melissa Lutz – Republican Party (Unopposed)

Constable Precinct 4
Malcolm Watson – Republican Party (Unopposed)

Constable Precinct 2
Jim Przybylski – Republican Party (Unopposed)

PRECINCT CHAIR
RACES

Precinct Chair 1 D
Tim Buske- Republican
Westley Halbardier- Republican
Precinct Chair 2B
Arnie Dollase- Republican
Jerome Iltis- Republican
Precinct Chair 2C
Rebecca Rector- Republican
Elwin Roszyskie- Republican
Michael Bombek- Republican

Congress 23rd District
Candidates
Victor Avila – Republican Party
Julie Clark – Republican Party
Tony Gonzales – Republican Party (Incumbent)
Brandon Herrera – Republican Party
Francisco Lopez – Republican Party
Lee Bausinger – Democratic Party
Santos Limon – Democratic Party

State Representative Candidates,
District 53
Hatch Smith- Republican
Wes Virdell- Republican
Joe P Hererra- Democratic

By Kathleen Calame
Publisher
Devine ISD has had to cancel two school days already due to water line breaks in the city that shut off water supply to the schools and the neighborhoods around them.
The school district is now taking extra measures to prepare for any future breaks.
The city announced their contractors would start working on the lines…

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By Victoria Arredondo and Kayleen Holder
Early voting kicks off in just a few weeks.
There are many contested races in the Primary this year, and we will be presenting a “Meet the Candidates” special section in the February 14th edition of The Devine News.

Continue reading “Who is on the ballot in Medina County?”

By Anton Riecher
Medina County Republican Party chairperson Brian Kanke defended a proposal to permit the county GOP to endorse local candidates as a means to defend against RINOs – Republicans in Name Only. However, a large portion of the capacity crowd attending the meeting at the Hondo Community Center voiced opposition to the new bylaw, including former Precinct 4 County Commissioner Jerry Beck….

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Natalia Athletic Director/ Head Football Coach Ilyan Martinez accepted a position in his hometown of Floresville this week.
He has led a very successful athletic program during his tenure in Natalia and is well respected as…

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