Hector Casiano is no stranger to city politics.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the city of Alamo and Weslaco are growing by leaps and bounds and Donna is very stagnant," said Casiano.
He was mayor of the city of Donna in the 70's and again in the late 80's, into the early 90's.
Nearly 20 years later, he wants his seat back, but the current mayor David Simmons doesn't want to give it up.
They're both in a runoff election this Saturday.
Casiano says in the time he's been out of office nothing much has happened, and he wants to get Donna moving again especially when it comes to the flow of traffic through the city.
It’s generated by the new Donna/Rio Bravo Bridge, a connection to Mexico which Casiano believes is not being used to its full potential.
"Presently the bridge is not producing because of lack of management. They don't know what they're doing."
As mayor, Casiano says he would make the bridge more self-sustaining and although it was erected under the current city regime, Casiano likes to think he had something to do with it.
"You see, way back in the 70's, we started this bridge, we laid the foundation."
Action 4 News made repeated calls to incumbent mayor David Simmons to ask about his plans for the city and whether he had any rebuttal for Casiano's claims, but he did not call back.
"If he wins, he's going to raise taxes again. They know how to raise taxes because they know how to spend money, but they don't know how to manage the monies," said Casiano.
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