This week marks the home stretch of the San Antonio mayoral race, one that started as early as last July when Julian Castro wrote this opinion piece to the Express-News published on Independence Day. Diane Cibrian entered the race around the middle of November with a statement to the Express-News. Trish DeBerry-Mejia jumped in around the same time with hints at her run as early as the November election. Sheila McNeil probably took the longest of any candidate I’ve seen to jump in when she entered at almost the last hour before the filing deadline. Finally, after 6+ long months of campaigning we are in the last week of early voting capped off with the general election next Saturday, May 9th. So where have we ended up in this race for the center seat? Read more…
Today the final campaign finance numbers came in for the city council elections. In an article by Greg Jefferson in the Express-News the numbers listed for the Castro campaign seem to indicate a large advantage over both DeBerry-Mejia and Cibrian. As of March 30, Castro maintains a campaign war chest of almost $300,000 while DeBerry-Mejia has a little over $60,000 and Cibrian has a little over $75,000. What is even more telling is the difference of money raised compared to money spent. Only Castro raised more money than spent. Both DeBerry-Mejia and Cibrian experienced a deficit in spending compared to funds raised. Read more…
It’s municipal election season in Texas and everyone is publishing their candidate picks for their respective races. Several have been posted by the respective organizations. Heck, Burnt Orange Report even came out with their April Fool’s Day endorsements. In light of a lot of the issues in the Express-News comments I figured it was time for me to bow out of the commentary on the mayoral race and direct my commentary to this blog. In doing so it will provide me with a better means to explain my choice. Small comments in the midst of a flurry of rhetoric and trash do not do the reasoning justice. So here it is. Read more…
It has been widely rumored that Sheila McNeil might enter the mayoral race. Early last week Greg Jefferson of the Express-News wrote about a possible entry by the District 2 councilwoman. Now it appears McNeil may be seriously considering entry into the race. In an article scheduled for print Wednesday Jefferson writes that McNeil is feeling “better and better about the idea.” McNeil adds “I feel like it would be disingenuous of me not to offer my knowledge and experience to keep the city moving forward.” The question is whether this entry is too late to be a serious contender in a race that has been active for the past two months. Read more…
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