Southwest Community Association

May 15th, 2004 Elections: City Charter & SWISD School Board

Apr 28, 2004

May 15th Elections: City Charter Change Proposals & SWISD Board

Saturday, May 15th, 7 AM?—7 PM, voters in Precincts 1039 & 1061, will get to vote on two very important issues. The voting site for both precincts and both elections is: Indian Creek Elementary School, 5830 Old Pearsall Road.

City Council has proposed 4 changes to the City Charter, which SA citizens get to decide:

1. For Mayor and Council, change the current two 2-year term limits (with a lifetime ban) to three 3-year term limits (and remove the lifetime ban).

2. Pay each Council member $30,998.25 annually and the Mayor $41,331 annually, and make them all eligible to participate in health insurance programs available to city employees.

3. Establish an Ethics Review Board (ERB) (with each member appointed by the Mayor and each Council member) with independent jurisdiction to enforce and sanction violations for ordinances relating to ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance. Decisions of the ERB are final. Appeals to decisions must go through state district court. Cost of appeals may not be assessed to the ERB, individual ERB members, or the City of San Antonio.

4. Consider each Council member?’s staff (who serve solely at the will of that Council member) as city employees, receiving the benefits afforded by the city.

Early voting runs from Wed, Apr 28th?—Tue, May 11th, at various sites around the city.

Citizens in the Southwest Independent School District, will vote to elect two trustees to the SWISD Board. The candidates are: Mike Frazier, Raul Guzman and Carole Abitz. Frazier and Guzman currently serve on the board. Voters can vote for one or two candidates. The two candidates with the most votes will be elected (no candidate need have over 50% of the vote). Early SWISD voting also runs from Wed, Apr 28th?—Tue, May 11th, but ONLY at the SWISD Administration Bldg, 11914 Dragon Lane, ONLY on regular SWISD business days, from 8 AM?—4 PM.

***PRECINCT 1061 VOTERS NOTE: your polling site is Indian Creek Elementary School for both elections.***