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As Election Day nears, spending in San Antonio City Council runoffs climbs past $600,000 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of10 San Antonio City Council member John Courage answers questions during a press conference at the San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.Jerry Lara /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of10 Patrick Von Dohlen, candidate for district 9 speaks at a meeting of greater harmony hills neighborhood association at Vogt Auction House on May 20, 2021.Ronald Cortes/Co...

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San Antonio council hopeful Von Dohlen, president of Family Association, got $12K from its PAC FacebookTwitterEmail District 9 Councilman John Courage in 2019.Marvin Pfeiffer / On March 26, San Antonio investor and Republican contributor Paul Vance gave $12,360 to a political action committee named Friends of SAFA Texas, or the San Antonio Family Association. On April 19, the political action committee spent $12,000 on advertising with an Austin firm to help Patrick Von Dohlen’s campaign agai...

Your socialist neighbor - North Side council runoff brims with culture war overtones FacebookTwitterEmail Candidates for San Antonio City Council District 9 including Erika Moe, and from left, Patrick Von Dohlen and current District 9 City Councilman John Courage participate in the Greater Harmony Hills Neighborhood Associations Candidate Debate Night at Vogt Auction House in San Antonio on April 8, 2021.Lisa Krantz / Staff photographer City Council member John Courage, a progressive Democrat f...

Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:01 AM Erik (HASH) Hersman via Flickr creative commons Residents of council districts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9 will be voting in runoffs. Early voting gets underway Monday in runoffs for city council seats.  The early voting period will run through Tuesday, June 1, w...

Editorial: No culture war in Dist. 9 with Courage; other choices Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail CourageCourtesy Photo /Courtesy Photo District 9 voters on the North Side should think long and hard about whether challenger Patrick Von Dohlen would serve their interests or use the dais to further his by fanning the culture war flames. The runoff between City Councilman John Courage and Von Dohlen should be an easy choice. It’s Courage, the steady incumbent, a retired school...

Early voting begins Monday in five San Antonio City Council runoff elections FacebookTwitterEmail Early voting in five San Antonio City Council runoff elections begins Monday at 18 polling sites. The runoffs feature incumbent Roberto C. Treviño against Mario Bravo in District 1; incumbent Jada Andrews-Sullivan against Jalen McKee-Rodriguez in District 2; Tomas Uresti against Phyllis Viagran for an open seat in District 3; Teri Castillo against Rudy Lopez for an open seat in District 5; and inc...

Early voting begins Monday in San Antonio council runoffs FacebookTwitterEmail Early voting in five San Antonio City Council runoff races will begin Monday at 18 polling sites. The June 5 runoff features incumbent Roberto C. Treviño against Mario Bravo in District 1; incumbent Jada Andrews-Sullivan against Jalen McKee-Rodriguez in District 2; Tomas Uresti against Phyllis Viagran for an open seat in District 3; Teri Castillo against Rudy Lopez for an open seat in District 5; and incumbent John ...

Posted By Sam Sanchez on Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:08 AM click to enlarge Facebook / Vote Patrick In addition to being a city council candidate, Patrick Von Dohlen is president of the anti-LGBTQ San Antonio Family Association. In a May 18 press release, the Stonewall D...

Garcia: Why Von Dohlen lacks the temperament to serve on City Council FacebookTwitterEmail A couple of years ago, Roger Legrand reluctantly met with Patrick Von Dohlen for breakfast. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss whether Legrand, a political consultant and former City Council aide, wanted to run the 2019 council campaign for Von Dohlen, a financial adviser and culture-wars crusader. Legrand was reluctant for a variety of reasons. Although Legrand leans conservative, he had reservati...