San Antonio Politics

There may be two men in the race, but there has only been one man in the media for the last week. The Menendez push on cyberbullying has dominated San Anto media for more than a week while Fischer has virtually disappeared.

Senator José Menéndez Plans to File and Pass David's Law State Senator José Menéndez announced Tuesday that he intends to file and pass legislation called David's Law to fight an epidemic of cyberbullying.  The proposed legislation...

It is a little misleading to refer to Joe Straus as "national GOP support". Nevertheless, this is the first election in the nation for 2016. A Republican win by the SAEN endorsed Lujan would mean a Republican pick up in a district that might be hard to win back for Democrats in November. Should be an interesting runoff!

Lujan draws national GOP support Republicans hope businessman John Lujan can put Texas House District 118 into the party's win column, but the seat remains the Democrats' to lose.

The more the media looks into Interim Mayor Ivy Taylor the more bad behavior they uncover. This should be an interesting 6 days.

Taylor faces conflict of interest The San Antonio Housing Authority is paying the husband of interim Mayor Ivy Taylor rent subsidies for tenants who live in homes owned by the couple, and local housing officials said the situation could be a conflict of interest for the mayor. “SAHA’s official position is the mayor of the city of Sa…

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"During her brief tenure as the appointed mayor, Taylor has not demonstrated the ability to take charge in the trenches. Her fumbling approach to ride-hailing regulations comes to mind." SAEN getting right to the heart of the race.

Expect big endorsements in Mayor's race this PM. Will shake up the balance of the race to the benefit of Van de Putte.

Forces amassing to kill Taylor's Tea Party run for Mayor. The Wolff endorsement will open some checkbooks for VdP.

http://m.mysanantonio.com/news/local/politics/article/Wolff-endorses-Van-de-Putte-for-mayor-6256724.php

Judge Wolff endorses Van de Putte for San Antonio mayor Van de Putte picked up a significant endorsement in the run off race for mayor.

Today Trey Martinez Fischer backer and pretend Democrat Jeff Rotkoff used the Consumer Lawyers Association PAC to attack Jose Menendez, Liberals, and Obamacare while Trey was across town crying about how Jose was too Republican.

SA politics at its finest and strangest.

Senator Van de Putte is expected to enter the mayor's race as early as Tuesday. This will cause some serious hurt feelings sense former State Representative and current mayoral candidate Mike Villarreal gave her $25,000 in her recent campaign for lieutenant governor.

I'm hearing the gloves are already coming off in the County Judge's D primary. Should be fun to watch.

Petition to end single-use bags in SA from District 7 Councilman Cris Medina.

San Antonio City Council: Transition retailers from single-use bags to reusable bags. It is estimated that the cost to taxpayers of handling the waste created by single-use bags is $1 per person, per year. This means the cost to the...