{"id":5051790,"date":"2021-11-04T02:57:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T02:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5051790"},"modified":"2021-11-04T02:57:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T02:57:47","slug":"wepa-joshua-garcia-first-latino-mayor-of-holyoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2021\/11\/04\/wepa-joshua-garcia-first-latino-mayor-of-holyoke\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1Wepa! Joshua Garcia, First Latino mayor of Holyoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst and foremost, we\u2019re Holyokers,\u201d Mayor-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGarciaJosh\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGarciaJosh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua Garcia<\/a> said to supporters. \u201cWhether you\u2019re white, Puerto Rican, Black\u201d Garcia said, as people chimed in &#8220;Colombian! Costa Rican!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re all one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">History was made Tuesday night in Holyoke, where voters elected its first-ever Hispanic-Latino mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia beat Michael J. Sullivan 4,566-3,548 votes. Just over 30-percent of the city\u2019s 27,354 registered voters cast ballots in the election. Garcia finished with 56-percent of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia, 35-years-old, is a native son of The Paper City where the Hispanic-Latino population rose to 54-percent of all residents, according to the 2020 U.S. Census.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUGGESTION:<\/strong> <a href=\"Census: Latino Boom in Massachusetts\">Census: Latino Boom in Massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/EC2DA3C6-38DE-431F-96FA-D7D8EDCC4E01-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5051553\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernmassnews.com\/news\/holyoke-elects-joshua-garcia-as-citys-first-latino-mayor\/article_e1866c4a-3ce3-11ec-8ec5-efe925a292ea.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.westernmassnews.com\/news\/holyoke-elects-joshua-garcia-as-citys-first-latino-mayor\/article_e1866c4a-3ce3-11ec-8ec5-efe925a292ea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> WGGB\/WSHM his first step as mayor will be to stabilize municipal offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have some empty positions and other folks, from what I hear, are looking forward to retire soon, so we want to be sure we have a transition plan for to fill in those roles,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His next step will be to layout a budget plan for the next fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia, 35, was born and raised in South Holyoke and identifies as Puerto Rican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He got a master\u2019s degree in public administration from Westfield State University and has served as Blandford\u2019s town administrator since 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Family first, always. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/garciaforholyoke?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#garciaforholyoke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qZvgNFXmvU\">pic.twitter.com\/qZvgNFXmvU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joshua A. Garcia, MPA (@TheGarciaJosh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGarciaJosh\/status\/1455631813339230221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia lives in the Oakdale neighborhood with his wife Stefany and two children, twins Ethan and Allison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He will be sworn in on November 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, we\u2019re Holyokers,\u201d Mayor-elect Joshua Garcia said to supporters. \u201cWhether you\u2019re white, Puerto Rican, Black\u201d Garcia said, as 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