Narvaiz Claims Victory After Recount
by Brad Rollins
Mon November 17, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Mayor Susan Narvaiz was returned to a third term after a marathon recount delayed her scheduled swearing in but did not change the final vote tally. She is expected to take the office’s oath within the hour.
Susan NarvaizAt 7:30 p.m., Hays County elections officials announced that Narvaiz won 6,451 votes, 50.08 percent, to Newman’s 3,868, 30.03 percent, while Texas State University student Dan McCarthy took 2,563 votes, 19.9 percent. Newman requested the recount this week because of the nine votes that stood between him and the opportunity to take on Narvaiz in a runoff election.
The recount started at 10 a.m. this morning and stretched through the morning in afternoon. At 5 p.m., as planned, city council member Chris Jones was sworn to a second term and former planning and zoning chair Fred Terry to his first. But the council recessed the meeting to await the recount’s outcome, affording rare suspense to a ceremony typically that is usually little more than formality.
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Grande Cuts Service to San Marcos For 6 Hours. No 911. No Refunds.
by ld
Wed November 12, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Last night Grande cut service to San Marcos leaving customers without cable, internet and telephone (including 911) for six hours.
When called they offered no refund for the down time to their customers.
Class action lawsuit?
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Sustainable San Marcos needs help cleaning up campaign signs!
by Sustainable San Marcos
Wed November 05, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Sustainable San Marcos is organizing a campaign sign recycling program for San Marcos and the surrounding communities. Political signs usually end up in the landfill since this material is not accepted through curbside recycling or at the city’s drop off center. This year Sustainable San Marcos has partnered with Green Guy and Cycled Plastics in Austin to recycle around 2500 signs between local and national elections.We are calling for volunteers to help us at the drop off center. Signs need to be prepared for recycling, removing any stickers, metal wire and wood stakes from the plastic.
There are many time slots to fill and we are only asking you to contribute 2 hours. Volunteers are needed for:
Wednesday Nov 5 - Thursday Nov 6 - Friday Nov 7 - Saturday Nov 8
10am to 12pm
12pm to 2 pm
2pm to 4 pm
Select the time that works best for you and write a message with your info in the Sustainable San Marcos Facebook event page following this link or call 512.787.8170.
If you are unable to volunteer remember to pass the message around!
Thank you for participating!
Sustainable San Marcos
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SMPD Is Now In The Business of Mayor Campaigning
by sm
Mon October 27, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Daniel Arredondo on NewStreamz
Pretty interested to see this commentary. I wonder if it was wrote on tax payer time? I'm losing more and more respect for our Police force. We have more LEO per citizen then almost every single Texas city, your surprised there might need to be cuts. Pathetic. What a shrill for the Dictator in Office.
Here he is listed on her campaign website;
http://www.mayorsusan.com/join-in/endorsements.php
I don't know about my fellow citizens but I want my Police force OUT OF POLITICS. Could lead to some really bad future agendas. He's lost all my respect.
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Senior Citizens Invited to Meet and Greet Dinner with Local Candidates
by Yvonne Paris
Thu October 23, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Southside Community Center is rallying all candidates in the San Marcos and Hays County elections to gather for a “Meet and Greet” dinner at Sunrise Village Retirement Community on Wednesday the 29th at 6:00 pm. All senior citizens across Hays County are invited, and encouraged to attend.
This is a great opportunity for local seniors to come out and meet the big decision-makers in their area. Candidates will have a platform to speak a little about themselves and their campaign to the seniors. Seniors can pose any questions or concerns they may have about local issues to the candidates.
So far, the following candidates will be in attendance at the “Meet and Greet” dinner:
Susan Narvaiz for Mayor; Dave Newman for Mayor; Daniel Dan McCarthy for Mayor; Fred A. Terry for Council Member Place 3; Chris Jones for Council Member Place 4; Lisa Marie Coppoletta for Council Member Place 4; Luanne Caraway for County Tax Accessor; Robert Avera for County Tax Accessor; Nick Ramus for County Commissioner Pct. 1; Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe for County Commissioner Pct. 1; Bill Wyatt for County Commissioner Pct. 1; Will Conley for County Commissioner Pct. 3; Steve Klepfer for County Commissioner Pct. 3; Rodney VanOudekerke for Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Place 1; Jo Anne Prado for Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Place 1; Matt Mancillas III for Constable Pct. 5; Allen Bridges for Sheriff.
Southside Community Center is waiting on word from the remaining candidates to see if they will be in attendance. Announcements will be made as these responses come in.
Darrell W. Ayres for Constable Pct. 3 and James H. Kohler for Constable Pct. 2 are unable to attend.
It will not be a debate, but a relaxed “Meet and Greet” mixer over dinner. Dinner and door prizes will be provided by Southside Community Center.
Sunrise Village Retirement Community is located at 500 Parker Drive, off Broadway, in San Marcos. The event will be held in the Community Center II building of Sunrise Village. For directions or more information about the retirement community call (512) 754-7230.
For more information about the event or Southside Community Center, call Yvonne Paris at (512) 392-6694 Ext. 28.
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Vote No on Proposition 5
by ldm
Wed October 22, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Proposition 5 must be voted down. One of first things Mayor Narvaiz did was put on the ballot that Mayor be extended to a three year term and that Council get paid. Voters said no to both just a couple years ago. Now the Council has decided to put forth on the ballot a vote on the Proposition to bypass voters and set compensation themselves.
Vote No!
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Our Mayor Lacks Even a High School Diploma
by Martian
Wed October 22, 2008 at 12:26 AM
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http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/local_story_300235047.html
We have a serious problem in our education system with High School drop out rates. What kind of message are we sending to our children when the highest public servant in office is held by a High School drop out. A person who never even got her Diploma instead opting for the GED.
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Dave Newman: Candidate for Mayor, San Marcos
by Campaign for David M. Newman for Mayor
Sun August 31, 2008 at 1:06 PM
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Hello and Thank You for Your Interest in Our City:
My name is Dave Newman and I am running for Mayor of San Marcos, Texas in the November 4th, 2008 election.
Although I am originally from Houston, my roots in San Marcos date back to the early ’60s, when my family made a very special road trip to San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country. As a seven year old, I had never seen, but had only imagined anything as beautiful and enchanting as the San Marcos River. When my poor mother tried to coax me out of that clean, clear river stream, because it was Sunday afternoon, and time to head back home, I remember trying to find any reason to stay there in the cool water, there at City Park, even if just for another minute or two, and making every excuse why I wasn’t quite able to make it back over to the shore.
Well, I remembered this special experience vividly, until the day when my best friend in high school, had earned his driver’s license. He and I put together our first, of what became to be many, road trips to San Marcos, in order to hopefully verify that my distant memory of that river was accurate. At the time, I would not have been completely surprised to arrive and find something akin to Houston’s Buffalo Bayou, but to my over whelming joy and amazement, the San Marcos River was as beautiful and pristine as I had remembered it, and perhaps even more so.
It was then and there that day, which began my long term relationship with our beautiful San Marcos River, the City of San Marcos, and the greater Texas Hill Country, thus constituting a bond, which continues strongly unto this day.
Following graduation from Sharpstown High School in Houston, Texas, I eventually enrolled to attend Southwest Texas State University, which lasted for a period of two years, during the late ’70s, and then due to financial and economic reasons, I elected to return to Houston to finish up my degree at the University of Houston, where I received a B.S. in Physics in 1982, while working my way through school as a cable television systems designer, for Warner/Amex Cable in Houston.
Following my graduation from U of H in 1982, I applied to the U.S. Air Force for a slot in USAF pilot training. I entered the Air Force in late 1983 and completed OTS in San Antonio, and USAF pilot training at Columbus AFB, in Columbus, Mississippi. I received my wings and spent most of my Air Force career at Dyess AFB, in Abilene, Texas, flying C-130s in the Military Airlift Command.
In 1989 after receiving an honorable discharge from the military, I began my civilian flying career, most notably flying military contracts, and humanitarian famine relief efforts for the UN World Food Program, and similar relief agencies in southern Sudan, Ethiopia/Eritrea as well as into Mogadishu, Somalia, just before our U.S. military involvement began there. After four years of international flying, I also worked for Berry Aviation, at San Marcos Municipal Airport, for two years, which was a welcomed change, in that I was considerably closer to home every day. Following this period, I flew DC-8s for Air Transport International, which contracted to BAX Global, UPS, Emery, and other well known freight operators. Following this, and up until last year, I flew a Boeing-767 for Saudi Aramco, and carried the Saudi Foreign Minister (Prince Saud Al -Faisal) worldwide, to various Arab Summit conferences around the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Additionally my flying duties included transporting the Saudi Oil Minister to the various semi-annual OPEC meetings, worldwide. This portion of my flying career with Aramco, spanned the last 10 years, and I was able to eventually take a retirement package, which occurred in 2007.
Since then, I have concentrated on my personal life, and have revitalized my involvement with the San Marcos community, and our local government.
During my flying years, although I was typically overseas for several weeks at a time, I did manage to engage in some activities on the local scene which were near and dear to my heart. One was the eventual removal of the barricade fence that prohibited public access to the Falls at Springlake dam and the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Another issue which demanded my attention was the proposed deeding, by our city government at the time, over to (then) Southwest Texas State University, of the Comanche Wells, which at the time constituted approximately one third of our city’s water supply. These critical measures were eventually defeated, as a result of tremendous public outcry, and at least one of them has had a happy outcome which still benefits the community today.
Involvement with these issues led to my eventually serving on the board of the San Marcos River Foundation, as well as being a charter member of the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance. I am also an alumni member of the Zeta Delta chapter of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, here at Texas State University, and fulfill some advisory roles in that capacity.
Issues that I see as vital to our community at the present, are multi-faceted. Most critical is the need to promote and foster our continued economic growth, with the inevitable increase in population, while at the same time, protecting our environment. This is basic. From there stems the quality of life issues that face us daily. These include education, the expansion and availability of quality housing, higher paying, higher quality jobs with employee benefits, intelligent / environmentally sound building and development, greater career opportunities with clean, high tech industries that are attracted to our area, repairing and enhancing our community infrastructure, and plowing our tax and utility cash revenues back into our downtown and community, rather using it to lobby corporations, which observably have been able to offer only minimal long term career opportunities. Each year, we graduate a vast pool of talent from Texas State University, and then unfortunately, an extremely high percentage of these graduates are forced to leave our city, since there are few career opportunities which exist in San Marcos which would entice them to stay, and to continue to be a part of our community. We have some of the most beautiful, prime real estate in Texas, and I firmly believe that our city government should at least make the attempt to drive a harder bargain with our tax dollars, on behalf of our citizens,…..the voters and taxpayers of our community. If elected Mayor of San Marcos, I pledge to serve the interests of those special persons who in turn, gave me the privilege and the opportunity to serve them. I am one of you, and have been a resident of San Marcos only because of my love for this fair city and our very special region of Central Texas.
I look forward to this unique opportunity to serve the voters, and the community at large.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dave Newman
Candidate: Mayor of San Marcos, Texas
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