Thursday, October 02, 2008

The mayoral race

This should be fun to watch. Two local high-profile women who want to influence how this town grows are now butting heads, as KSAT-12 reports:

SAN ANTONIO -- A campaign is underway to recall a first-term city councilwoman with mayoral aspirations.

A Web site to recall District 8 City Councilwoman Diane Cibrian has been started by the woman behind [sic] Terri Hall, the woman behind the Texas Toll Party, a group dedicated to stopping the inclusion of toll roads in current or future San Antonio and Bexar County construction.

Hall has registered the domain, RecallDiane.com and created a Web site claiming Cibrian opposed toll roads before switching her position and made accusations the councilwoman accepted a free trip to Cancun from a developer to which Cibrian had previous ties. Cibrian has claimed in the past the trip was not unethical, but did amend a financial disclosure statement filed with the City Clerk's admitting her trip.

...

Cibrian said Hall is "an out-of-towner" trying to influence local politics. Hall lives in Spring Branch, Texas, which is not within Cibrian's district. Hall said the movement to recall Cibrian is coming from Texas Toll Party members who live within District 8.


Remember, Cibrian wants to keep strip joints out of her district, and Hall wants no tolls, no how, nowhere.

2 comments:

Dave said...

I love the photo they selected to use on the Recall web page. Cibrian is mighty fetching, but probably wouldn't make it at one of the clubs she seeks to keep from opening.

Terri Hall on the other hand... Brains and beauty.

Albatross said...

Glamour Shots!

Terri Hall better watch out, though. The more exposure she gets, the more opportunities there are for her to be photographed in less-than-flattering poses. And, if she makes any more enemies, such shots may get used.