Another NY Times article on Castro/San Antonio (sales, house)

[BenjaminNicholas]

Come on now. Whaddya expect from the article... The honest truth about this city? Castro is well aware that this is his opportunity to sell San Antonio to a mass-market through all of this limelight. He's going to coat everything about SA in honey. I understand it, although I do smile at how much liberty he's taking with some of what he says.

Politics is all smoke and mirrors. The sooner you accept this, the better off you'll be



BN

[&heart]

I've never seem him in person but I just saw him on World News being interviewed by Diane Sawyer. He's short haha

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Montirob

NOT disagreeing with you, but in the last couple of years we have become friends (through our kids) with two families that came from Berkeley. I always found that interesting, as our circle of friends is not huge.

I have NO facts to back this up, but it just seems that Austin is becoming more conservative... and SA the opposite. Maybe it's just the part of SA I hang around.

I don't feel that at all. If anything, it has become more liberal imo. But let's not make this about Austin please. Back on topic.

[SAguy]

It's a very exciting time Mayor Castro and the city of San Antonio!!!!


From CNN:
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

From MSNBC:
Castro to go after Romney in keynote - First Read

From ABCNews:
DNC 2012: Meet Keynote Speaker, Julian Castro - ABC News

[Montirob]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

I don't feel that at all. If anything, it has become more liberal imo. But let's not make this about Austin please. Back on topic.

I wasn't trying to, but upon re-reading my post I can see how it might seem that way. My point was just that there may indeed be a reason why they were appearing to assign the "Berkeley of the Southwest" label to San Antonio - it has in my eyes become much more liberal/progressive over the last decade. It's not anywhere close to Berkeley obviously, but I can see the path that it is on, and its relative change has been noticeable. I'm not saying "this belief is better than that belief", but rather, "hmm, interesting that others seem to notice the same thing".

Some of my friends do not like Julian, but I have found him to always be honest and wanting to do what he believes to be good for the neighborhood (back when he was my councilman) or the city (as mayor). I may not always agree with him, but I always feel that he believes he is doing the right thing. For perspective, I never felt that way about Henry C. - it always seemed like it was about him.

This article is well-deserved, and it is good for SA.

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Montirob

I wasn't trying to, but upon re-reading my post I can see how it might seem that way. My point was just that there may indeed be a reason why they were appearing to assign the "Berkeley of the Southwest" label to San Antonio - it has in my eyes become much more liberal/progressive over the last decade. It's not anywhere close to Berkeley obviously, but I can see the path that it is on, and its relative change has been noticeable. I'm not saying "this belief is better than that belief", but rather, "hmm, interesting that others seem to notice the same thing".

Some of my friends do not like Julian, but I have found him to always be honest and wanting to do what he believes to be good for the neighborhood (back when he was my councilman) or the city (as mayor). I may not always agree with him, but I always feel that he believes he is doing the right thing. For perspective, I never felt that way about Henry C. - it always seemed like it was about him.

This article is well-deserved, and it is good for SA.

Very agreeable.

[&heart]

I liked the mayor's speech... to some extent.

I'm glad he spoke on the first day. That's enough bologna I can take for the week

[Bo]

The Drudge Report decided tonight was a good time to link to this article, as a "flashback."

San Antonio candidate's twin a parade stand-in - Houston Chronicle

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by Bo

The Drudge Report decided tonight was a good time to link to this article, as a "flashback."

San Antonio candidate's twin a parade stand-in - Houston Chronicle

Priceless.

[majormadmax]

Originally Posted by Bo

The Drudge Report decided tonight was a good time to link to this article, as a "flashback."

San Antonio candidate's twin a parade stand-in - Houston Chronicle

Seriously, that's the best "The Drudge" can do? Weak. It was over seven years ago, let it go...