Sweetwater Mayor Jose Diaz has fired pretty much everyone except the Police Chief.
Or everyone that is left, anyway.
Diaz will have a press conference Tuesday to announce the dismissal of several department directors and employees as part of the “cleaning house” he has tried to initiate since he took over for the suspended former Mayor Manny “Maraña” Maroño, who was arrested in August on federal bribery charges and is doing three years y pico in a federal pen.
But some say Diaz is really just trying to distance himself from Marono in order to keep his job in next year’s election — you know, have a leg to stand on when he says it wasn’t his administration.
“Our residents need to know that I maintain a firm commitment to ‘clean house’ so that our city government is transparent and we can be proud of our city,” Diaz said in a statement thanking residents for their support.
“I will continue to send our message to all our residents that with the actions taken today we can have a better,” the statement said. Diaz did not return a call from Ladra Monday. His office said he would not make additional statements to the press until Tuesday.
Commissioner Orlando Lopez, who is running for mayor against Diaz, did not want to comment until Tuesday either, saying that he wanted to wait and hear the mayor out first.
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