GP Candidates Forum April 25 at Baggett Center

Public invited to attend

A Municipal Election will take place in Galena Park on May 10th, for the offices of Mayor and City Council.

The North Channel Star in cooperation with the Galena Park-Jacinto City Rotary Club, will host a Candidates Forum on Friday night, April 25 at 6 pm. in the Baggett Center, to introduce the candidates to the public, who are invited to attend.

All candidates have been invited, but to date not all have accepted and indicated they would attend. They will have an opportunity to speak on whatever they wish, and to present their history and qualifications. There will be a panel, made up of Bob Bartel, Ernesto Parades, and Gilbert Hoffman, to pose questions to each candidate. In addition questions from the audience will be written on cards, and asked of the candidates.

Candidates for Mayor of Galena Park are Robert Clowers, Cruz Hinojosa, Esmeralda Moya, and Joseph Thibodeaux.

Candidates for City Council of Galena Park are:

Position 1, Water & Sewer: Joe DeLaToree, Danny Simms Position 2, Police & Fire: Zenaida Granado, Lois Killough

Position 3, Parks & Recreation: Veronica Garcia, Maricela Serna

Position 4, Street & Bridge: Juan Flores, Martha Flores, Mark Groba.

All are welcome. Contact the North Channel Star for more information, 281-328-9605.

Jacinto City Election

There will also be a City Council election in Jacinto City on May 10th. Candidates are as follows: Position 1, Jimmy Rivas, Diego Lopez; Position 2, Gregg Robinson, LaGloria Sephus; Position 3, Allen Lee, Raymond Morlock. Early voting in both elections starts April 28th, and finishes May 6th.