Louis H. Bruni
| Louis Henry Bruni | |
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| County Judge of Webb County, Texas | |
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In office January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Mercurio Martinez |
| Succeeded by | Danny Valdez |
| Constituency | Laredo, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Auilares, Botines, Bruni, Callaghan, Darwin, Islitas, La Presa, Laredo Ranchettes, Larga Vista, Las Tiendas, Los Ojuelos, Mirando City, Oilton, Pescadito, Ranchitos Las Lomas, Santo Tomás, and Webb |
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In office 1994–2002 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 9, 1949 Laredo, Webb County, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Not available |
| Relations | J. C. Martin (uncle) |
| Children |
Frederick Martin Bruni, II |
| Parents | Frederick Martin and Anita Gonzalez Bruni |
| Residence | Laredo, Texas |
| Alma mater |
J. W. Nixon High School |
| Occupation | Businessman; Rancher |
Frederick Martin Bruni, II
J. W. Nixon High School
Laredo Junior College
Louis Henry Bruni (born July 9, 1949) is a businessman, rancher, politician, and the scion of a pioneer family in his native Laredo, Texas. From 2003 to 2006, he was the elected administrative County Judge of Webb County in South Texas.
Bruni is one of six children of a Roman Catholic couple, Frederick Martin Bruni, I, and Anita Gonzalez Bruni, who died in 2002 at the age of ninety. His siblings are the late Frederick Martin Bruni, Jr., and Joanne (Dr. Robert K.) Maddox, Mary Patricia Bruni, Raymond Anthony (Alicia G.) Bruni, and Alice (Stephen A.) Whitworth. The senior Brunis lived at Rancho San Josè del Barrocito in Webb County.
He attended J. W. Nixon High School, Laredo Community College, when it was known as Laredo Junior College, and the University of Texas at Austin. In 1980, he launched a career in the oil business with specialization in oilfield construction. He established the companies, Las Minas, Inc., Southern Oilfield Security, Inc., and Bruni Energy, Inc.
Bruni set forth to dismantle two institutions linked with his family: (1) the entrenched political machine of former Laredo Mayor J. C. "Pepe" Martin, Bruni's uncle, and (2) the Independent Club, an unofficial gathering of South Texas power brokers, sometimes called "patróns", of which Martin and Bruni’s father were original members. Bruni described the phenomenon as "like some bizarre novela, isn’t it? A real family feud." Bruni quarreled with his cousin, J. C. Martin, III, and his brother-in-law, Steve Whitworth, the owners of Unitec Industrial Park who filed a multimillion-dollar defamation suit against Bruni and the City of Laredo. Whitworth told the publication Texas Monthly: "The real irony is that Louis wants to be the next patrón. He'll be worse than anything we’ve seen in this valley."
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