Marc Whyte, who will be sworn in as District 10's City Council representative Thursday, shakes hands with residents at a Northeast Neighborhood Alliance meeting in April.With the mayor and 80% of the new City Council, including me, to be sworn in Thursday, what should you be hoping for in the next two years?
To start, we should acknowledge that politics from Washington, D.C., to Austin and to our own City Hall has seemingly become more divisive with each passing year. From Republicans fighting with Democrats, to interparty fighting between the centrists and the extremes, the bickering, name-calling and lack of respect our leaders have shown for each other has done nothing but cause legislative gridlock and cement the public’s feelings that the system is broken and nothing productive ever gets done.
As I walked District 10 over the past three months and talked with many others from around the city, it was clear to me that people are fed up with what they have seen and are looking for their politicians to do the job they were elected to do — represent their constituents and solve problems. Make no mistake about it: San Antonio is at a critical juncture in its history. We are a city that has a rich culture, is made up of great people and is located right in the heart of the greatest state in the union. The possibilities for San Antonio are endless. We are currently positioned to be a city that can be a top destination for new businesses, have big time sports and can be a nationwide leader in industries such as health care, tourism and food.
But this won’t happen if we spend our time on purely symbolic, toothless and divisive resolutions that don’t solve San Antonio’s problems or improve our business environment. Resolutions and propositions such as the one supporting the
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