San Antonio’s 2015 joint general, special, bond and charter elections are Saturday, May 9. Find location information and more, here. Today, a portion of the small pool of influential SA voters may feel torn about having to choose between former state Rep. Mike Villarreal and former state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte in the runoff-bound race for San…
Tommy Adkisson operates on an ‘inspirational level of energy’
San Antonio’s 2015 joint general, special, bond and charter elections are Saturday, May 9. Find location information and more, here. In the contentious race for mayor of San Antonio, former Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson’s utopian vision of “a kinder, gentler, more equitable society,” has served as a spurring reminder of his initial decision to run for City…
Leticia Van de Putte, SA’s happy warrior
San Antonio’s 2015 joint general, special, bond and charter elections are Saturday, May 9. Find location information and more, here. A feeling of post-Fiesta frenzy wafts through the upwardly spacious halls of Leticia Van de Putte’s palatial campaign office on the city’s West Side. A fluffy Spurs wreath hangs on the door of a conference room whose building…
Stonewall Democrats prepare for endorsement forum
Members of the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio are busy planning for the group’s candidate endorsement forum slated for Sunday, March 22. The forum will be the first for newly-appointed co-chairs Carolee Moore and Vincent Enriquez. Moore is a retired licensed clinical social worker who went back to school and now teaches art history at…
Van de Putte best choice for transgender community
In recent weeks I have attended events for the three major mayoral candidates for this spring’s city elections: former State Rep. Mike Villarreal, former State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, and former County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson. Even though I had spoken with Mike Villarreal as recently as the HRC banquet in November, when I went…
What to watch (out) for at the 84th Texas Legislature
The 84th session of the Texas Legislature convenes, for better or (probably) worse, in January and as Out In SA went to press in mid November, this session’s pre-filed bills were already making news, locally and nationally. Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels) kicked off the pre-file period with SJR 10, the Restoring Religious Freedom Amendment.…
Advocates plan LGBT fundraiser for Mike Villarreal’s mayoral run
Supporters from the LGBT community are planning a fundraiser for State Representative Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) ahead of his run for Mayor of San Antonio next year. The event, planned for Wednesday, October 15 at a private home on East Gramercy Place, is hosted by Jose and Maria Villarreal, Eric Alva, Paul Boskind, Frank Stenger-Castro,…