This was a very short meeting! Some weeks are like that. Let’s hop to it.
Hours 0:00 – 1:26: In which we talk about Leah Avenue and Rattler Road. We worry about flooding in Hills of Hays, and the low water level in the river. And some property taxes and public transit.
Some election talk:
Place 3: Alyssa Garza is the incumbent. There’s currently no one running against her. Griffin Spell had filed to run against her, but he withdrew his candidacy.
Vote for Alyssa! She is great, and she’s your only choice! Win-win.
Place 4: Shane Scott is the encumbent. Adam “Atom Von” Arndt is running against him.
Preliminary thoughts:
Shane is basically your standard libertarian. He likes businesses, he does not like authority, and he really does not like council discussions that exceed his attention span.
Adam “Atom Von” Arndt is very green. Or at least, he was when he ran against Saul Gonzalez last year. I’m curious to know what he’s done in the past year to grow as a candidate. (If he wants to learn city politics, may I politely recommend this very blog?)
If Atom wants to have a prayer against Shane, he needs to get out there and shake a lot of hands. Shane is very well known at this point, and I don’t think many people have any idea who Atom is. Lots of signs help too, but shaking hands and meeting voters one at a time is how this town still functions.
August 21st is the last day to file to run, so we’ll know by Monday night if there’s any wild cards. But my guess is that this is it.
The San Marxist 