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It appears this election cycle will have a rematch in the District 7 San Antonio City Council race.
Elena Guajardo and Justin Rodriguez have switched the rolls of challenger and incumbent, but the debate might be very similar. Guajardo is claiming Rodriguez has been unresponsive to constituents and community members have recruited her to run.
This is the same thing Rodriguez said in 2007, and it helped push him to a landslide victory in the original contest.
Guajardo was one of the few openly lesbian elected officials in the entire state. Something particularly amazing in the post proposition 2 era when LGBT families were stripped of their constitutional rights. This fact and the under current of George Dickerson created a perfect storm that made it easy for Rodriguez to win.
For those unfamiliar with the Dickerson, an employ of Zachary Construction, the Express News sums it succinctly.
In early 2006, Dickerson, a Zachry Construction employee, sent Guajardo an incendiary e-mail about the Graham Central Station nightclub from his work account. She contacted Zachry officials, who, in turn, fired Dickerson - though she asked them to reconsider. Dickerson later committed suicide.
After 2 years away from the Zachary story, 3 years after Prop 2 and another mayors race in San Antonio, this race should be all about whether Rodriguez deserve to serve again.
Of course, nothing in politics is ever that simple. |
