Overview
- Oscar Mireles won the May 2 election by 132 votes in the city of about 10,000, with roughly 1,500 ballots cast.
- Video from local outlets shows Esmeralda Moya and a man loading trash bags at City Hall, and Mireles says he saw a computer tower and documents, while Moya says she took only personal items.
- City Secretary Mayra Gonzales, a 22-year employee, submitted her resignation with her last day Friday and says she will not work for the incoming administration because of what she calls harassment by the mayor-elect.
- The election remains uncertified under Texas law until a local canvass, which the city secretary scheduled for May 13 at 6 p.m., and Moya says she serves as mayor until the swearing-in.
- Residents and the mayor-elect have asked the state for guidance, and confusion has spilled into daily life as Mireles even urged people on Facebook to wait to pay water bills until his team takes office.