Several San Antonio Tea Party Executive Committee members and other patriots had a very interesting and productive meeting this week with San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro. The Mayor apologized for not meeting earlier with us and promised to meet with us periodically to discuss issues and projects. He was interested to hear about our group, particularly the Neighborhood Groups we have developed across the city. He also invited us to participate in SA2020, the community-wide project to vision what we want San Antonio to look like in the year 2020. (We have already contacted Dr. Francine Romero of UTSA, who is in charge of the project, to discuss the role we might play.) San Antonio Police Chief William McManus also attended the meeting and promised to meet with us at a later date to discuss his position on immigration.
This was only one of the continuing meetings we have had or plan to have with local and federal agency officials. Past meetings have been with US Representatives Lamar Smith (District 21) and Francisco “Quico” Canseco (District 23) and Ted Cruz, former Solicitor General of Texas and Republican candidate for the US Senate seat currently occupied by Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Future meetings are planned with officials from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office the US Federal Reserve, and also San Antonio’s own Elizabeth Ames Jones, Texas Railroad Commissioner and another Republican candidate for Hutchison’s US Senate seat. We have also invited US Congressmen Charlie Gonzalez (District 20) and Henry Cuellar (District 28) to meet with us on local issues, President Obama to meet with us to explain his economic and immigration policies, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann to speak to us in the Fall. We’ll keep you informed on these as they materialize.
Finally, stay tuned for more information on the US Senate Candidate Forum which the SATP will sponsor on Saturday, July 9th. Details are still being worked, but this will be one of several forums across the state to which all candidates are invited to introduce themselves and share their views. We will need volunteers to help make this a first-class event; please contact Sharon Hall (see contact list) if you can help.

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