Thank you Jaime for providing some of the context for the auditor mess.
MySA.com: Jaime Castillo | Politics

Gonzales inexplicably drew a line in the sand over the lack of authorization he received to conduct an audit of the city’s playground equipment.
He sealed his fate by firing off a snotty, petulant memo to City Councilman John Clamp, [...]

Posted in John Clamp, Pete Gonzales, San Antonio city auditor, San Antonio city council No Comments »

MySA.com: South/East

Last month, City Council members shrugged off the recommendations of three advisory panels and city staffers as they granted a developer’s rezoning request to build a subdivision just over a mile from the center of Toyota’s pickup plant on the South Side.
And the council members thought this was a good idea because …? Given [...]

Posted in David Earl, Diane Cibrian, Harry Hausman, Philip Cortez, San Antonio city council, South Side Toyota, zoning changes No Comments »

Early voting starts today and runs through Friday, June 8, 2007 for the district 5 and district 8 run offs. The locations are open 10am to 6pm today, 12pm to 6pm tomorrow and 8am to 6pm through Wednesday. Thursday and Friday their hours will be 8am to 8pm.
Voting locations include
Bexar County Justice Center 300 Dolorosa
Cody [...]

Posted in 2007 San Antoinio Election, District 8, San Antonio, San Antonio city council, San Antonio run off election 2 Comments »

MySA.com: Politics
Candidates for the Leon Valley City Council, Places 1 and 5, have been invited to a forum being hosted April 30 by the League of Women Voters.
The forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Leon Valley Conference Center, 6425 Evers Road. The election is May 12.
For more information, call (210) 921-5022.

Posted in League of Women Voters, May 12th Elections, May 12th election, San Antonio, San Antonio city council, vote 1 Comment »

MySA.com:Distrit 3 incumbent facing no challenge
As City Councilman Roland Gutierrez looks back on his first two years in office, he does so with a sense of accomplishment and amazement.
“It’s been very challenging managing the day-to-day events with my work and council schedules, but I also have a good staff,” he said. “But the accomplishments [...]

Posted in City Council, District 3, San Antonio, San Antonio city council 1 Comment »

MySA.com: Metro | State
Out of the hurly-burly of District 2 politics, two candidates — Keith Toney and Ron Wright — are looking to derail Councilwoman Sheila McNeil’s re-election bid.
I found websites for Ron Wright and Sheila McNeil, nothing yet for Keith Toney. Ron Wright’s site appears to have information on various programs he supports or [...]

Posted in District 2, Keith Toney, Ron Wright, San Antonio District 2, San Antonio city council, Shelia McNeil, election 1 Comment »