Local - 4 December 2008, 1:33 PM
PASSAIC, New Jersey. - Proud of his roots and humble beginnings in Passaic when he arrived with his family to the U.S., Alex Blanco yesterday took the oath as the first Dominican mayor of a city of the United States.
Blanco, 36, and podiatrist, remembers his arrival in Passaic at the age of 12, accompanied by his mother and her sister. “I arrived from La Vega, Dominican Republic. The variety of cultures that I found here in Passaic caused me a great impact, which I had not seen only in television.”
Initially, Blanco said he aims to establish a platform to begin implementing it in May, when he’ll run again for a complete term.
SOURCE: elnacional.com.do
Blanco, 36, and podiatrist, remembers his arrival in Passaic at the age of 12, accompanied by his mother and her sister. “I arrived from La Vega, Dominican Republic. The variety of cultures that I found here in Passaic caused me a great impact, which I had not seen only in television.”
Initially, Blanco said he aims to establish a platform to begin implementing it in May, when he’ll run again for a complete term.
SOURCE: elnacional.com.do