(Unless the City Secretary website is wrong or their site was not updated after 5 p.m. Friday, it would seem that the election May 6 will bear only ix names, including two incumbents At-Large B Rose Gowen, Deborah Portillo and District 4 John Villarreal. Portillo had not filed her forms for a ;place on the ballot as of Friday, unless, as we said, the site was not updated. She had filed her treasurer's name last November.
This leaves William Garza, a former city commissioner with name recognition who ran for mayor the last time around against relatively unknown Joel Mungia. Mungia was the veterans service officer with former U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz and now owns am insurance company. He is said to be favored by Ambiotec's Carlos Marin and Mayor Tony Martinez.
The first day of Early voting is April 24.)