Developer's Choice Which candidates are funded by San Antonio’s institutional elite — the realtors and engineering firms, bankers and investors, political dynasties and powerbrokers? These folks, based on their 30-days-before-the-election campaign-finance reports | ||
Candidate | Race | EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPER-TIED CONTRIBUTIONS |
Phil Hardberger Mary Alice Cisneros Sheila McNeil Roland Gutierrez Philip Cortez Delicia Herrera Justin Rodriguez Kevin Wolff John Clamp | Mayor (incumbent) District 1 (open) District 2 (incumbent) District 3 (incumbent, unchallenged) District 4 (open) District 6 (incumbent) District 7 District 9 (incumbent, unchallenged) District 10 (open) | Bain Medina Bain Zachry Construction Corporation Consulting Engineers PAC, Inc. David Starr & Associates Turner, Collie & Braden Carter & Burgess Halff Associates Frost Bank Pape-Dawson Engineering |
(Note: The contributions were made by individuals tied to the firms listed above. The examples above aren’t exclusive to each candidate, there are many overlaps. All these candidates, for example, are endorsed by the San Antonio Board of Realtors.) — DAVE MAASS |