HomeFreePhoto Gallery: San Benito petition calls for city manager’s firing
A demonstrator gathers a sign to hold for the march Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, ahead of the San Benito's City Commission Meeting to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
SAN BENITO — For days, residents have been walking door-to-door, picking up signatures for petitions calling on city commissioners to fire City Manager Manuel De La Rosa.
Demonstrators wave signs in protest Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, ahead of the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Demonstrators gather at a home on Sam Houston Boulevard to begin their march to the city’s municipal building Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, ahead of the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Ben Cortez counts signatures on petitions calling for the removal of San Benito’s City Manager Manuel De La Rosa Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, ahead of the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting while demonstrators gather in a nearby home to prepare to protest outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)A demonstrator gathers a sign to hold for the march Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, ahead of the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Kerri Valencia and her children Alice and Tyler hold up signs as they march along Sam Houston Boulevard Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa ahead of the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Hector Lopez holds up a sign Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa ahead of the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. Lopez, a resident of Liberty Estates, says he has tried to get city officials to help with safety issues including city employees driving through stop signs in his neighborhood, but has not been able to get much of a response. “Where am I supposed to go if I can’t come here,” he said. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Jennifer Gonzalez holds up a sign outside the municipal Building Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, to protest City Manager Manuel De La Rosa during the San Benito’s City Commission Meeting outside the Municipal Building in San Benito. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
