Your socialist neighbor - North Side council runoff brims with culture war overtones
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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 Association s 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 from the city’s most Republican district, vividly remembers June 25, 2020, when several young Black activists came before the council to protest police brutality and implored white and Hispanic elders on the dais to raise their fists in solidarity.
Garcia: Why Von Dohlen lacks the temperament to serve on City Council
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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 reservations about Von Dohlen’s brand of social conservatism.
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Over the years, Von Dohlen who is currently locked in a City Council runoff with District 9 incumbent John Courage and his San Antonio Family Association have directed their fire at gays and lesbians, Planned Parenthood and local arts organizations.