No more Delano for Gutierrez
Councilman Rex Gutierrez spent his last day working in Delano yesterday. The councilman was getting tired of his 180-mile commute.
"It's time to move on," Gutierrez said.
Now that's he's back in the city full time, Gutierrez told residents at the City Council meeting that he'll be "much more available."
In November, Gutierrez took a job as a programs specialist working for his brother at the Delano Association for the Developmentally Disabled. Delano is Gutierrez's home town. Gutierrez spent most weekdays in Delano and spent four hours driving back for City Council meetings and to be with his family over the weekend.
Gutierrez said he will now focus on publishing his newsletter Vineyard Press, a free monthly that residents will receive at their doorsteps.
In the late 1990s, the councilman published a newsletter called the Grapevine Press. He resigned from the City Council in 1998 after he was criticized for soliciting ads from businesses that had contracts with City Hall. After four years in the business, he ceased publication and ran for the City Council again and won in 2002.
Gutierrez started an online version of the Vineyard Press last January but stopped posting content after his arrest last May.
"I'm going to resurrect it," Gutierrez said today about his newsletter. He said he believes there are many businesses in the city that do not have contracts with City Hall and can advertise with him.
"It's not the easiest thing to do but it's what I do best," Gutierrez said. "I think I have a Constitutional right to run a business."
If all goes well, Gutierrez expects to have his first newsletter published in July.
"It's time to move on," Gutierrez said.
Now that's he's back in the city full time, Gutierrez told residents at the City Council meeting that he'll be "much more available."
In November, Gutierrez took a job as a programs specialist working for his brother at the Delano Association for the Developmentally Disabled. Delano is Gutierrez's home town. Gutierrez spent most weekdays in Delano and spent four hours driving back for City Council meetings and to be with his family over the weekend.
Gutierrez said he will now focus on publishing his newsletter Vineyard Press, a free monthly that residents will receive at their doorsteps.
In the late 1990s, the councilman published a newsletter called the Grapevine Press. He resigned from the City Council in 1998 after he was criticized for soliciting ads from businesses that had contracts with City Hall. After four years in the business, he ceased publication and ran for the City Council again and won in 2002.
Gutierrez started an online version of the Vineyard Press last January but stopped posting content after his arrest last May.
"I'm going to resurrect it," Gutierrez said today about his newsletter. He said he believes there are many businesses in the city that do not have contracts with City Hall and can advertise with him.
"It's not the easiest thing to do but it's what I do best," Gutierrez said. "I think I have a Constitutional right to run a business."
If all goes well, Gutierrez expects to have his first newsletter published in July.
What a thrill, more junk mail to throw away. Why not repay the money you stole from taxpayers on your phoney county job instead. Please stop your pathetic attempts to act like you care at the council mtgs, you're as phoney as they come.
way to go rex!!!