The mayor of Farmers Branch is being accused of “political interference” after his talks with sponsors led to them briefly backing out of a local National Night Out event.

Organizer Loretta Almanza said Mayor Terry Lynne told sponsors the event was endorsing a city council candidate who was featured as a special guest on a promotional flyer. She said he used his “position in the city to have them back out from our event.”

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Almanza told KERA News she does support the candidate, Lupe Gonzalez for District 1, but didn’t intend for the event to be political.

“I had a special guest named on [the flyer], but it was just that,” she said during a recent council meeting. "Not a political event, not a meet and greet, not a campaign sponsor. It was just that — a special guest

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