Sandy Servantez, a life-long resident of Mason City and friend of the Human Rights Commission, has declared her candidacy for City Council. Servantez (pictured above) will be running for the at-large seat currently held by Max Weaver. Watch video interview.|Sandy Servantez, a life-long resident of Mason City and friend of the Human Rights Commission, has declared her candidacy for City Council.
Servantez (pictured, right) will be running for the at-large seat currently held by Max Weaver. Alex Kuhn has also declared for Weaver’s at-large seat. Weaver has not declared a candidacy for his seat.
Sandy is married to Michael D. Servantez. “I have a married daughter and two beautiful grand boys,” she said. Servantez lives at 1213 6th St. SW.
When asked why she is running for City Council, Servantez said “Many people have approached me and asked me why I am running for council and some have even asked me what my agenda is. Well, first of all I do not have an agenda. The reason that I am running is because I want to be your voice. After attending council meetings in the last few months I’ve seen and heard things that make me think maybe Mason City needs new direction and change. I don’t care how old you are, young you are, what ethnicity you are or how much money you may or may not have, everyone has the right to be heard. I would like the citizens of Mason City to know that I will pledge to do my best to have your voice be heard.”
Servantez expanded on her concerns about citizens’ voices not being heard. “I am a firm believer in ward meetings,” she explained. “I don’t want to hear, like I have in the past, ‘I don’t even know who my ward council person is.’ I want people to know who I am and they can come to me with their concerns and ideas and I will work with city staff and mu colleagues on the council to get your ideas and concerns heard. I believe with the recent opening on the city council now is the time for the people’s voices to be heard and that is my goal for Mason City.”
Servatez says “I do have a passion for Mason City to prosper and move forward in a positive direction.”
Servantez has served as a friend of the Human Rights Commission in Mason City for about two years.
Servantez was in the news earlier this spring. She was speaking during a public input session at a City Council meeting when Mayor Eric Bookmeyer had a Mason City police officer remove her from the public podium. Bookmeyer claimed she was “off topic.”
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