Venetta Seals
| Venetta Seals | |
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| Mayor of Pecos, Texas | |
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Assumed office May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Dick Alligood |
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| Residence | Pecos, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at El Paso |
Venetta Seals is an American politician and businesswoman who has been the Mayor of Pecos, Texas since May 2010. Her current term expires May 2019. Before serving as mayor, Seals was the President of the Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce.
Seals graduated from Tyler Junior College with an Associate of Arts, and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She continued her education at the University of Texas at Tyler and the University of Texas at El Paso, eventually graduating with a bachelor's degree in Commercial Art Design with a minor in English Literature. While working towards her bachelor's degree, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Prior to becoming mayor, Seals served as the President of the Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce, and is currently a board member. She is the owner of Hang Your Hat Storage, and is the Director of Public Relations, Marketing, Community Development, Physician Recruitment, and Grants for the Reeves County Hospital District.
Prior to being elected mayor, Seals was a member of the Pecos City Council for four years.
On May 8, 2010, Venetta Seals won the mayoral election with 49% of the vote. She defeated David L. Flores by two percentage points. During her first two-year term as mayor, she saw a spike in housing demand due to increased oil drilling activity in the Wolfbone formation under Reeves County. Pecos' population increased from 8,680 in 2010, to around 9,500 in early 2012, and the Pecos City Council voted to open a 500-capacity RV park to deal with the increase. She also had to deal with the sudden death of City Manager Joseph Gilbert Torres on March 31, 2011, following his indictment for indecency with a child.
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