Just weeks right into her brand-new task, San Antonio City Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez was detained for apparently driving while intoxicated Thursday night, according to Bexar Area Central Magistrate apprehension documents.
She was detained at 11:25 p.m. Thursday and launched on a $1,000 bond.
Meza Gonzalez was promised in last month to stand for Area 8 on the city’s Northwest Side after she won an overflow political election.
She launched a declaration regarding the apprehension on Friday mid-day.
” Last evening I was drawn over on trial of dui. As a public slave, I recognize we’re held to a greater requirement, and my activities stopped working to satisfy that. I deeply are sorry for the dissatisfaction this has actually triggered my components, my coworkers, and my family members. As this issue progresses, I’ll take complete duty, and I will certainly not quit working to see to it my components are well stood for,” she claimed.
Meza Gonzalez, 43, took a powerful lead in the preliminary of a six-way council race for the significant seat. She is a previous Municipal government staffer and had actually functioned as then-Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s principal of team.
Her mom, “Choco” González Meza, was a long time ballot civil liberties supporter, La Raza Unida protestor, regional Democratic Event chair.
The DWI is a course B violation, according to the apprehension document.
Press reporter Andrea Drusch added to this tale.
