All Blue Except for U.D.P. Mayor Earl Trapp and 1 Councillor in San Ignacio

Earl Trapp

That twinkle of red was Mayor Earl Trapp and U.D.P. councillor Bernadette Fernandez. Fernandez narrowly made the cut by ten votes while Mayor Trapp won over the P.U.P.’s Ramon “Monchi” Quiroz by twenty-four votes. The five other councillors are from the P.U.P. slate. Even before the new mixed council took office today, on Wednesday night during his victory speech, Mayor Trapp spoke of how he intends to deal with the obvious differences between the mayor and the councillors.

Earl Trapp, Mayor, San Ignacio/Santa Elena

“They will not take me out of my game. Like I said, I am grateful to the residents of San Ignacio and Santa Elena for their overwhelming support.”

Jose Sanchez

“Obviously there are issues going forward with a mixed slate of candidates from the People’s United Party and also it’s the central government. You hear their calls for an audit. It is not going to be an easy road for you for the next three years. Will you stay, will you resign? What are your intentions facing this challenge?”

Earl Trapp
“Sir, I am telling you, I am a true leader. I am a true leader and I believe in heavyweight bout and you know what, this is like one of those heavyweight bouts. Mike Tyson versus Evander Holyfield and this is a knockout for them. I am not scared of anyone buddy; I have nothing to hide. This will not be any kind of hard ride for me as the former Prime Minister of Belize once said to me, a good leader dictates from time to time so no one will tell me what to do buddy. If I have to dictate, I will dictate to get the work done in this community.”