Where was Uvalde County Republican Chair, Charlie Downing?

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Article submitted by Diana Olvedo-Karau

August 4th, 2024

Diana Olvedo-Karau

Where was Uvalde County Republican Chair, Charlie Downing on Monday, July 29th when the Uvalde County Commissioners held a special meeting to push through approving to apply to be part of the Countywide Polling Program (CPP)?

The previous week at the Commissioners regular meeting, the motion by Commissioner Bates to approve the application failed, due to lack of a second on the motion. Commissioners Yeackle and Garza were not in attendance and Commissioner Pargas chose not to second the motion. So, County Judge Bill Mitchell decided to call a special meeting to force the issue to get the action approved.

The special meeting drew a number of citizen voters, with the majority of those in attendance and who spoke, opposed to the CPP. Absent from this meeting was Republican Party Chair, Charlie Downing. Why?

Downing had a responsibility, as the County Chair, to his fellow Republicans who spoke against the CPP. The individuals who spoke against the action are conservatives, some Precinct Chairs in the Republican Party; that by majority, oppose this action. It is commendable that so many citizen voters showed up and spoke out, that was very important. However, their opposition to the CPP would have borne more weight if Downing would have been there to make the public comment, as the position of the Uvalde County Republican Party (Party).

Individuals in the Party can have their personal opinion, but the power of the Party is in the majority of the opinion of the Executive Committee, which opposes the CPP. The Executive Committee is the authority of the Party, not the Chair. But the Chair should be the voice of the Party, and Downing appears to not be willing to be that voice. This does not require the Chair to bend to the will of any one individual. But it does require the Chair to be the leader that was elected to represent the will of the Party.

Less than two months as Uvalde County Republican Party Chair, Downing has already dropped the ball! What can the Uvalde County Republican Party expect from Downing moving forward?

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Mario Valdez chosen by Uvalde County Republican Party as their candidate for Justice of the Peace Precinct 6

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Top Photo: Mario Valdez stands with Uvalde County Republican Party Chair Charles “Charlie: Downing as the party’s candidate to run for Justice of the Peace Precinct 6. Photo by J. Anson Bills

by Michael Robinson and J. Anson Bills

At their Thursday, June 27th meeting, the Uvalde County Republican Party voted to approve Mario Valdez as the party’s candidate to run for the Justice of the Peace Precinct 6 seat.

Valdez is the owner of EMS Small Engine Repair in Uvalde.

Ernesto “NETO” Luna who was serving as the County’s Justice of the Peace Precinct 6 died on April 6th, 2024 leaving a vacancy for the seat.

The Uvalde County Commissioners Court met on April 23rd where a decision was made not to appoint a person for the seat but rather to let the parties choose candidates to run for the position in the November 5th, 2024 General Election.

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Where was Uvalde County Republican Chair, Charlie Downing?

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