ROBSTOWN, Tx — The race to fill the seat for Nueces County Drainage District #2 Commissioner is finally over.

Robert Gonzalez and Willie Garcia Jr., Robstown natives, were elected as Drainage District No. 2 Commissioners. The last seat was filled by re-elected Balde Torres III.

Fernando Arevalo

‘Bluebonnet’ is a subdivision area near Robstown Early College High School and has faced flooding issues for years. in 2020Citizens voted on a bond to address drainage problems in the area, but the money sits in an escrow account, stalling the project.

Fernando Arevalo

latest update The November vote went back to October, when a $48 million bond was proposed to address drainage problems, but voters later rejected the proposal. KRIS 6 NEWS asked Willie Garcia about the bond denial.

“Where is all this money we have? As for the grants, the 5.5 million that passed four years ago, let’s go out there and dig and dig and get things going,” Garcia said.

Garcia said running was important to him because he is a Bluebonnet resident and has been personally affected by the flooding issues.

“It’s flooding my entire neighborhood in Bluebonnet, and that’s with just five to seven inches of rain,” Garcia said. “Imagine if we hit a CAT 1 or a Tropical storm, we could literally have a bigger problem.”

This will be the first time three seats have been filled for Drainage District #2 in almost a year. In December 2023, then-commissioner David ‘Petey’ Martinez resigned to become mayor of Robstown. His seat was never filled.

Althea Castro De La Mata

Robert Gonzalez said he was pleased to see the commission become a three-member board again.

“I want to be able to work with the other two commissioners in the office and have an understanding that what we do is going to be for the people, for the people,” Gonzalez said.

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