By SCOTT REESE WILLEY
Bee-Picayune staff
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posted May 10 -
Voters who live in the city of Beeville will have an opportunity Saturday to elect two representatives to the City Council. And residents who live within the boundaries of the Beeville Independent School District will have a chance to choose between two men who want to serve on the school board of trustees.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
Although three seats on the Beeville City Council are up for election this month, only two positions are contested.
Mayor Pro Tem John Govella Fulghum, who represents Ward 3, faces Jessy T. Garza. Both men are self-employed.
Ward 4 Councilman Gerald Arismendez, who is completing his first term of office, will battle political newcomer David Carabajal. Arismendez is self-employed and Carabajal is a technical operations supervisor for Time Warner Cable.
The winners of both races will serve a two-year term of office.
Santiago “Jimbo” Martinez, who represents Ward 2, is unopposed and has been declared the winner in that race.
Two candidates seeking re-election to the Beeville Water Supply District’s board of directors also are running unopposed and were declared winners. They are Clyde Lacy, who represents Place 2, and William “Bill” Grigsby, who represents Place 1.
Four positions on the Beeville school board are up for election this May, but only one has drawn opposition.
Vying for the at-large seat is Robert “Bobby” Schauer and Dr. J.R. Castillo.
Schauer is co-owner of Bee Agricultural Company. Castillo is a self-employed engineer.
Laura Fischer, who is not seeking re-election, has represented the at-large seat for 15 years.
Other trustee posts up for election but without opposition are:
• In Subdistrict 1, Matthew Huie is running unopposed. That position is currently held by Tim Fitch, who is not seeking re-election. Fitch has served on the board 14 years.
• In Subdistrict 2, incumbent Nick Cardenas is running unopposed for one of the positions. He has served on the board for 21 years. Viola Salazar is running unopposed to fulfill the remaining two years of the position for the second Subdistrict 2 seat. Salazar resigned the position earlier this year because of a family member’s recent employment in the district.
District rules required the resignation; however, her daughter-in-law has now been employed by the district for six months which means she is again eligible for the board position.
Trustees earlier appointed Castillo to serve in the position until the May election.
Voters who live within BISD also will have an opportunity to support or oppose a proposed $12 million bond issue that will finance districtwide improvements.
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