Why I’m Running
Los Fresnos has nearly doubled in size since 2010. New subdivisions are going up on the edges of town, and a new Walmart Supercenter has opened. Growth is good news. But too often neighbors hear about a zoning change after it lands on their block.
I've stood in City Hall beside neighbors on fixed incomes, including an 80-year-old widow who was told nothing would change. I came to see that real change for Los Fresnos residents has to be done from the inside.
The Army taught me to plan for the worst case and communicate before people are caught off guard. Los Fresnos deserves a city hall that tells you about the zoning change before the bulldozers show up, not after.
This isn't about politics. It's about a city where every resident feels informed, heard and represented. People first. Always.
What’s The Plan
The Plan: Get Ahead of Our Growth
Five points, so Los Fresnos gets ahead of its growth instead of spending a decade catching up. Every one can be checked against a published schedule, not a ribbon-cutting.
1. Keep aging infrastructure from becoming an emergency
Address the 1952 water treatment plant, the clay wastewater pipe, and lift stations that have no backup generators.
The City's own FY2026–2027 utility fund budget projects a net loss of more than $860,000 once depreciation and debt service are counted. It sets aside only $100,000 for water capital improvements and nothing for sewer capital projects next year.
Finish the Resaca Escondida drainage project on schedule, and publish a public timeline for the remaining water and sewer line replacements.
Set a real repaving schedule for the roads to South Padre Island, not patch jobs.
2. Make growth pay for itself
Enforce developer obligations for streets and pipes inside their own subdivisions.
Get a straight answer on whether Los Fresnos charges impact fees for shared water plant, lift station and road expansion, and adopt or raise them.
Close the service gap between the old core of town and the annexed west side.
Require drainage studies for new development to be done or independently verified by the City or a City-hired engineer, and commission a new independent citywide drainage capacity study.
3. Grow the local economy, not just the tax rolls
Reduce reliance on one or two big chains.
Put the CDC to work recruiting real-wage employers, and set an actual annual recruitment number.
Back local small business on the issues actually slowing them down.
4. Open up city hall and keep it working
Plain-language budgets, accessible meeting records and real public hearings.
Notify neighbors before zoning and development votes, well beyond the legal minimum, and publish a city budget calendar.
Monthly open office hours that rotate across the city, and City communications in English and Spanish.
Cap Mayor and Council at two terms with no waiting-period reset. This takes a Charter amendment voted on by residents.
Bring city contract bidding into line with federal procurement rules.
Add real oversight to the fire and EMS contracts so no resident is refused a 911 response over a boundary technicality.
Fill CDC board seats through public postings, applications and interviews, and push for a change in state law that would allow direct election.
Sweep the Code of Ordinances for outdated rules, such as the pre-rideshare taxicab chapter.
5. Build a city that works for families, not just new arrivals
Finish the hike-and-bike trail and sidewalk work with real public dates.
Invest in parks, the skate park and the Memorial Park pool.
I'll bring young people and seniors to the table first, with a youth council and open sessions with seniors, and build from what they tell us is doable.
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