San Antonio council campaign rhetoric mirrors national tone
Former Mayor Henry Cisneros says he's not seen words like 'socialist' and 'Marxist' thrown around in local races before.
Author: Matt Houston (KENS)
Updated: 10:19 PM CDT June 2, 2021
SAN ANTONIO — As election day draws near, former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros says this year's campaign season has been unique: Buzzwords dominate discourse once centered on substance.
"I'm sorry to see we're moving more toward council races where people are identified by and run by their partisan identities," he said.
San Antonio's city charter says candidates cannot run for office as republicans, democrats, or members of any political party. Instead, they run as unaffiliated citizens united by their residence in the nation's seventh-largest city.