“The current needs of this community need to be heard by our elected officials. There are many young families in this community who work and cannot attend morning meetings.”
by Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian ;Picture by Robinson
An online petition was created on August 14th by James Alvarado calling for the Uvalde County Commissioners Court meetings to be moved from its current Tuesday morning meeting to 6 PM in the evening.
The following statement was posted on the petition page citing the reason for the petition and the change: “The citizens of Uvalde and Uvalde County deserve to be able to attend the County Commissioners Court at a reasonable time. City council meetings and School Board meetings all take place at 6pm, which gives community members time to make it. We voted these individuals in, so we should be able to engage in these meetings. The commissioners work for the citizens of Uvalde County and must provide the meetings at a reasonable time for citizens to attend. We demand meetings be changed to 6pm.”
One of the signers of the petition, Socorro Alonzo-Hughes said, “The current needs of this community need to be heard by our elected officials. There are many young families in this community who work and cannot attend morning meetings.”
A few months ago at a previous County Commissioners meeting, the court narrowly approved keeping the regular meeting day and time of Tuesdays at 10 AM with Judge Bill Mitchell casting the deciding vote.
The petition has accumulated 81 signatures as of Wednesday August 16th at about 10 AM.
Click the link here to see the petition.
