Election Day, May 11, 2021
Marcos's Vision
“I decided to move out of the Sweetwater Police Department and run to serve on the Sweetwater Commission for the same reason that I decided to become a police officer:
“Protect and defend those who cannot defend themselves against injustice.”
As your public servant, I will continue my work to end corruption, stop the abuse of power, create efficiency in government, eliminate the waste of funds and provide solutions to problems for a better quality of life in our city and its residents.”
– Commissioner Marcos Villanueva
Achievements
- He led the referendum law that establishes term limits for all elected officials in the City of Sweetwater.
- He led the referendum law that terminated all red light traffic camera contracts in the city of Sweetwater.
- Increased the budget of the police department to have more police and better training.
- I fight and achieve lower taxes and I oppose all the tax increases proposed by the Mayor.
- Distributed over 35,000 boxes of food to residents door-to-door during the Pandemic.
- He voted in favor and allocated millions of dollars for structural improvement projects to fix streets, sidewalks, public buildings and parks.
- Commissioner Villanueva brought economic and financial investments to Sweetwater, including:
- Two new FIU student housing projects = $ 600M $ 200M
- Two new hotels = $ 20M & $ 90M
- Nuevo Centro de Vida para Ancianos = $60M
- Commercial Business Park = $ 40M
- New Fire Station = $ 10M
- New Restaurant = $ 3M
- New Mixed Use Market Type Apartments = $ 50M
Biography
- Married to Claudia Villanueva, they have 3 children: Marcos Jr., Samantha and Nicholas
- President & CEO, Maverick Security Services, LLC, with more than 200 employees
- Elected Sweetwater City Commissioner, 2017
- Awarded Officer of the Year, Sweetwater Police Department, 2015
- Police Officer, Sweetwater City Police Department, 1997, retired in 2017
- Born in Miami, Florida, on July 26, 1978, and raised in the City of Sweetwater
- Marcos’s mother is a Cancer survivor. She has been diagnosed four times in the last 25 years.
Election Day, May 11, 2021