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Edinburg EDC says adios last week to executive director

Two-year severance package worth $320k+?

By Gregg Romero Wendorf

EDINBURG – Edinburg EDC Executive Director “Gus” Garcia Jr. is now officially in the ranks of the unemployed after the new EDC board of directors (installed into office after last month’s municipal election) voted unanimously last Tuesday evening to fire him.
Contacted by phone earlier this week, EDC President and City Councilman Gilbert Enriquez said he couldn’t discuss the Garcia termination in any great detail since it is considered a personnel matter, but he did say it had nothing to do with politics.

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