NUECES COUNTY - The race for Nueces County Judge made it's way to the League of Women Voter's Thursday. Republican candidate, Loyd Neal, and Democratic candidate, Larry Olivarez, spoke to the organization at their regular monthly meeting at the Corpus Christi Seaman's Center.
Both candidates laid out their qualifications and spoke on a variety of topics including the need for economic development in Nueces County.
"We must keep our families here," Olivarez said. "We must bring jobs here, broaden our tax base with these jobs to stop these dramatic increases in our property taxes."
Neal concentrated on education.
"You can't attract businesses until you have an educated work force," Neal said. "You can't attract businesses in this community until we quit losing six or eight hundred kids every year who ought to be graduating from high school."
Both men have high name recognition in Nueces County. Olivarez is the former Nueces County sheriff, and Neal is the former mayor of Corpus Christi.
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