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Editorial: In District 3, Martinez has potential to be exceptional Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail In this 2016 photo, Marcello Martinez listens during a city planning commission meeting. His experience and ability to work with others earns our recommendation in District 3.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News The two most recognizable surnames in the race for District 3 City Council represent one South Side political dynasty and another that is potentially budding. Tomas Urest...

Editorial: In District 2, McKee-Rodriguez offers thoughtful vision Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail McKee-Rodriguez/ No district is more in need of consistent, stable and visionary leadership than District 2, which is on the city’s East Side. We haven’t seen such leadership since Ivy Taylor ascended to mayor in 2014. Since then, there have been many elected and appointed council members in the district. This year’s race, in many ways, embodies this inconsistency and turbu...

Garcia: Treviño bucks council precedent, backs his colleagues challenger FacebookTwitterEmail District 2 incumbent Jada Andrews-Sullivan speaks as Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, listens during the D2 Presidents Round Table at Southwest Preparatory School on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Eleven candidates discussed what they could accomplish if elected to represent District 2 on San Antonio City Council. The D2 Presidents Round Table consists of neighborhood presidents from several areas within District 2...

This is an imperfect choice, but we support Proposition B because historic issues of...

The two-time challenger to City Councilman Clayton Perry has a vision to maximize three...

`Misunderstood and hoping to shed toxic image, Brockhouse rides again in San Antonio mayoral contest FacebookTwitterEmail William Luther /William Luther Bouncy like an athletic TED-talker, Greg Brockhouse is objectively handsome, with just the right amount of gray in his hair, often wearing jeans and his HOKA running shoes at campaign events along with T-shirts that yell, “GREG FOR MAYOR.” Brockhouse also is one of San Antonio’s most divisive public figures. To challenge Mayor Ron Nirenbe...

Posted By Abe Asher on Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:25 PM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Fix SAPD Opponents of Fix SAPDs petition drive hold up signs at a polling site where volunteers collected signatures last fall. The head of the San Antonio Police Officers Associat...

Posted By Abe Asher on Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:32 AM click to enlarge James Dobbins Protesters march by a San Antonio police officer at a demonstration last year. Police accountability activists have asked the FBI to probe the "continuous and systemic" harassment of...

Express Briefing: More people will die, Wolff says about Abbotts order March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Good morning. This is a look at our daily Express Briefing newsletter. Sign up for Express Briefing here. Subscribers get access to the full version of our Express Briefing newsletter, which includes exclusive insight and links to more of our best stories. To become a subscriber, take advantage of this special offer today. TOP STORIES Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and San Antonio Mayor ...

S.A. police union urges voters to keep collective bargaining, calls ballot measure a form of defunding FacebookTwitterEmail John “Danny” Diaz is president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The San Antonio Police Officers Association on Tuesday stepped up its campaign against a ballot initiative that would remove the union’s ability to collectively bargain. The initiative, listed as Proposition B on the May 1 ballot, would repeal what is known as...