District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez avoided a license suspension after her July DWI arrest, court records show.

The motion to dismiss her Administrative License Revocation case was granted on Nov. 20, according to records.

Meza Gonzalez, who was elected to her seat in the June 7 runoff, was pulled over around 11 p.m. July 24 on Interstate 10 after leaving a downtown club, according to her arrest warrant. An officer initiated a traffic stop on her vehicle after she was seen driving at a slower speed than others and failed to remain in a single lane along I-10 near Hildebrand Avenue.

The officer asked Meza Gonzalez if she had been drinking, and she denied it, according to the warrant. Meza Gonzalez said she was coming from the Centre Club downtown.

During a sobriety test, the wa

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