Pedro Orduno is the Chairman of the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks and is one of the key people responsible for the creation of the City of Sandy Oaks.
On July 8, 2014, Orduno said he had lived in the Waterwood area for 18 years. He teaches middle school Social Studies for SAISD.
Incorporation
In 2012 Pedro Orduno, along with Jim Clement, created the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks (CISO). As Chair of the Committee, Orduno lead the effort for the Waterwood area to incorporate as a new city.
Originally, CISO requested San Antonio to release 9 square miles of its ETJ. When San Antonio declined, CISO requested 4 square miles and San Antonio eventually offered 2.4 square miles. Pedro Orduno told the Express News on November 21, 2013 that incorporating at 2.4 would not be economically viable. He is directly quoted as saying “We’re no fools. We need a commercial tax base.”
On January 27, 2014, Pedro Orduno and CISO submitted paperwork with Bexar County to hold a vote for Incorporation.
On April 24, 2014, Pedro Orduno and CISO held an information meeting regarding the vote for incorporation (early voting for incorporation started April 28th). At this meeting, CISO was directly asked if they would be announcing the deadline for people to apply to run for city council positions, to which the Committee confirmed that it would.
2014 Politics
On May 27, 2014, Pedro Orduno and Jim Clement held what was to be a secret meeting at the Waterwood clubhouse. The purpose of the meeting was for new members of the Sandy Oaks Political Action Committee (SOPAC) to meet one another. CISO had formed SOPAC on February 14, 2014. New members included Joel Ortega, Earnest Gay, Douglas Tomasini, and Dale Burmaster.
The deadline for people to run for the new City Council of Sandy Oaks passed June 26, without mention to the community. Pedro Orduno did, however, submit paperwork to run for an Alderman position.
Of the 3 town meetings organized for citizens to meet candidates, Pedro Orduno only went to the first. At the “Meet the Candidates” meeting on July 8, 2014, Orduno said he had lived in the Waterwood community for 18 years. He said he had been Vice President of the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association and wanted to focus on police, animal control, and trash collection.
Pedro Orduno filed an ethics complaint against Cathleen Recio on July 28, 2014 for not having proper campaign signage. Later that night he finally took down his “Vote to Incorporate signs” that were up illegally.
On August 9, 2014 Pedro Orduno lost the election for alderman by 2 votes.
Since 2014 Elections
January 15, 2015 – Pedro Orduno and the board of the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association held a meeting at the Waterwood clubhouse. The purpose of the meeting was for property owners to vote to amend the current 7 page By-Laws with a new 32 page set of By Laws. Property owners were told that if they did not participate then their absence would be counted as a “yes” vote. The ballot, however, did not have a certain legal paragraph on it required by Texas state law and had the date wrong by a full year. Against Pedro Orduno’s wishes, the vote was postponed.
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