The Mary Alice Tree

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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


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