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Your Community Newspaper, Serving the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley VOLUME 96 NUMBER 32
Tax Free Holiday This Weekend Paying No Sales Tax Means Back To School Savings by Tony Vindell/LFN
FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips at Local Home Improvement Stores page 2
La Feria High School Mascots Win Awards at NCA Summer Camp
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New Study Shows Changes in Texas Borderlands Over Time
Parents and consumers alike can take advantage of savings for back to school items during the Texas Tax Free Holiday which is scheduled for August 9 through 11, 2019. Photo by: Tony Vindell / LFN Get your vehicles or your an array of school supplies parents save just before the net savings of $8.25. Residents from La Feria feet ready and get to your without having to pay the start of a new school year. Consu mers ca n ma ke and its surrounding areas favorite general merchandise sales tax of 8.25 percent on It allows shoppers to save purchases either in a store, will most likely shop for store this weekend. every dollar spent. taxes on any single item online or from a catalog qualifying free sales tax T he a n nu al sales t a x T he st ate t ax is 6.25 worth up to $100 and it can seller doing business in merchandise at Rio Grande holiday will start Friday, percent but the state allows be combined with other Texas. Aug. 9 and goes through a city to collect an additional purchases. The three-day shopping Valley Premium Outlet Mall midnight Sunday, Aug 11. 2 percent as most cities in For example, a pair of holiday applies to qualifying in Mercedes, in Weslaco, T he i n it iat ive allows Texas do today. ten nis shoes wor th $60 items such as clothing, Harlingen and in McAllen people to buy most clothing, T h e h o l i d a y w a s and a back pack worth $20 this weekend. footwear, backpacks and implemented in 1999 to help equals $100, resulting in a footwear and backpacks.
Primera Hires New City Manager by Tony Vindell/LFN
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A new city manager has come on board with the City of Primera and the mayor said he is glad to have someone with a financial background. Celina Gonzales is the new a d m i n ist r at or a nd probably the first woman to manage this city of about 4,300 residents. The city operates on a $2.1 million budget that will end on Sept. 30 of this year, down from the previous budget of more than $3.2 million. Gonzales, 42, reported to work on July 22. “It’s great to be here,” she said. “Primera is growing and I am looking at ways to make improvements.” Gonzales said the city needs to upgrade its drainage
system. The city was hit hard during the June 24 flood. Scores of homes were affected by the rising waters and many residents reported losses to personal property. Gonzales said she would li ke to est ablish bet ter relationships with Harlingen Wat e r Work s a nd w it h Cameron County Drainage District Number 5 so the city can cope better in the event Mother Nature strikes back. Before joining the City of Primera, she worked as director with Harlingen Water Works for about a year and as finance director with the City of Los Fresnos from 2007 to 2017. The city has a workforce about 50.
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Mayor Dave Kusch said Gonzales took over Javier Mendez’s job.
“ We b e l i e ve h e r professionalism and background are good assets
for the city,” he said. “She will help Primera grow.”
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