.
. GOOD
. GOOD E-MEDIA.
GOOD E-MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
ELECTION DAY IS HERE AND VOTERS
HAVE MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT AT STAKE
TODAY THE MAYOR'S RACE CITY
COUNCIL SEATS AND SOME OTHER
BIG ISSUES.
BIG ISSUES. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE AND
PLENTY OF ELECTION RESULTS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ZACH
BRIGG'S IS COVERING THE MAYORAL
RACE AND REPORTER JORDAN FOSTER
IS COVERING PROPOSITION B FIRST
IT LOOKS LIKE MAYOR RON
NURENBERG IS HEADED FOR A THIRD
TERM WITH A MAJOR LEAD OVER
GREG BROCKHOUSE RIGHT NOW MAYOR
NURNBERG HAS SIXTY TWO PERCENT
OF THE VOTE.
BROCKHOUSE HAS ABOUT THIRTY ONE
PERCENT.
PERCENT.
PERCENT. LET'S GO LIVE NOW TO ZACH.
HE JOINS US FROM JUST NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN ZACH >>.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, FILIUS.
AS YOU SAID, IT DOES APPEAR
THAT RON NIERENBERG WILL BE
SERVING A THIRD TERM AS MAYOR
OF SAN ANTONIO AND AS YOU CAN
SEE BEHIND ME, DOZENS OF
SUPPORTERS GATHERED IN
CELEBRATION NOW AT NEWBURG GAVE
A SPEECH EARLIER THIS EVENING
EXPRESSING THANKS TO HIS FAMILY
CAMPAIGN TEAM AND THOSE WHO
VOTED FOR HIM.
NIERENBERG STRESSED HE'S READY
TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR ALL
SAN ANTONIANS.
SAN ANTONIANS. THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN IS LARGELY
CENTRALIZED AROUND
CENTRALIZED AROUND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HIS
AMBITIONS INCLUDE REBUILDING
THE ECONOMY, IMPROVING
EDUCATION AND EXPANDING ACCESS
TO JOB TRAINING.
HE ALSO HAS PLANS TO CONTINUE
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND
BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
.
.
. THE
. THE PANDEMIC REVEALED A LOT OF
THE CHALLENGE IS AN INAT AND
INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE
BEEN DEVOTED TO ADDRESSING
THOSE FROM THE VERY START TO
ANTIN WHEN I WAS ELECTED >> AND
WE DID REACH OUT WITH GREG
BROCKHOUSE, HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM
FOR A STATEMENT OF ANY SORT WE
DID NOT HEAR BACK.
BILL, BACK TO YOU.
A VERY TIGHT RACE BUT AS OF NOW
FIFTY ONE PERCENT OF VOTERS
HAVE SAID NO TO PROPOSITION B.
THIS PROPOSITION WOULD REMOVE
THE PROVISION PROTECTING POLICE
UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON
THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTRACT.
LET'S HEAD OVER TO EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER JORDAN FOSTER WHO
IS COVERING THE HOT TOPIC OF
PROPOSITION B. JORDAN JOINS US
LIVE NOW FROM THE NORTHWEST
WITH HOW BOTH CAMPS ARE FEELING
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. JORDAN.
JORDAN.
JORDAN. HEY, FEEL THIS RACE IS CLOSE.
I MEAN SO CLOSE IT COME DOWN TO
JUST A FEW HUNDRED VOTES
AGAINST PROPOSITION B IS ABOUT
CHANGING THE WAY THE CITY OF
SAN ANTONIO NEGOTIATES CONTRACT
PROVISIONS WITH POLICE OFFICERS
.
.
. IT
. IT ADDRESSES HOW LAPD OFFICERS
WHO ARE ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT
ARE DISCIPLINED AND PEOPLE ON
BOTH SIDES ARE WATCHING
NERVOUSLY.
NERVOUSLY. LET ME TELL YOU WHEN THOSE
EARLY NO VOTING NUMBERS CAME IN
ONE SIDE SAY THEY WERE
SURPRISED WITH HOW CLOSE THIS
RACE WAS AND THE OTHERS SAY
THEY WERE EXCITED AND WE DID
TALK TO BOTH SIDES TONIGHT.
HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT HOW
THEY'RE FEELING AS WE GET
CLOSER AND CLOSER TO A WINNER.
IT TELLS ME ONE THING WE HAD A
LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND I'M READY TO
TACKLE THAT.
TACKLE THAT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DEFEAT THIS.
DEFEAT THIS. IF IT DOESN'T GET DEFEATED,
THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO >>.
IT'S REALLY GRATIFYING TO SEE
ALL YOUR HARD WORK TURN INTO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND TO KNOW
THAT YOU WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY PUSH
FOR THESE REFORMS THAT THEY'RE
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. SO REALLY JUST PUT EXCITEMENT
AND JOY >> RIGHT NOW THE LATEST
NUMBERS ARE SEVENTY THOUSAND
SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY PEOPLE
WHO VOTED GETS PROPOSITION B
AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIFTY
SEVEN PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR
PROPOSITION B BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
THIS COULD BE A LONG NIGHT FOR
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THE WEST SIDE JORDAN FOSTER
KIDS FIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS >>
VERY CLOSE TO SAY THE LEAST.
THANK YOU, JORDAN.
NOW NO MATTER THE RESULT OF
PROPOSITION B NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUE RIGHT NOW BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE SAN ANTONIO
POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ON
A NEW CONTRACT.
THE TWO SIDES WERE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES
ON DISCIPLINARY MATTERS TWO
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
SO THE NEW DEADLINE ON THIS
TOPIC IS MAY 12TH.
THERE'S STILL TIME FOR BOTH
SIDES TO AGREE AS THE CURRENT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH.
THE CITY SAYS STRIKES ARE
PROHIBITED BY STATUTE WHETHER
THE OFFICERS HAVE SIGNED
CONTRACT OR NOT WITH SO MUCH AT
STAKE ATKINS' FIVE DOTCOM WE
HAVE A LINK TO THE CITY WEB
PAGE THAT PROVIDES THE HISTORY
AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF THIS
ONGOING PROCESS.
ONGOING PROCESS. NOW THE OTHER PROPOSITION ON
THE BALLOT FOR SAN ANTONIO
VOTERS PROPOSITION EIGHT AND IT
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PASS WITH
FIFTY NINE PERCENT OF VOTERS
BACKING PROP EIGHT.
THIS PROPOSITION WOULD ALLOW
THE CITY TO USE BOND FUNDING
FOR A WIDER RANGE OF PROJECTS
TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE RACES FOR SAN ANTONIO CITY
COUNCIL AND DISTRICT ONE
INCUMBENT COUNCILMAN ROBERTO
TREVINO LEADS RIGHT NOW WITH
FORTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTE
.
.
. THE
. THE RACE FOR DISTRICT WHO WILL
MOST LIKELY HEAD TO A RUNOFF
JAELYNN MICKEY RODRIGUEZ HAS A
SLIGHT LEAD WITH TWENTY SIX
PERCENT OVER INCUMBENT JARDA
ANDREW SULLIVAN WHO HAS 17
PERCENT IN DISTRICT THREE.
PHYLLIS VILLAGRAN HAS THE LEAD
WITH TWENTY TWO PERCENT OF
THE VOTE TO FILL THE SEAT LEFT
BEHIND BY HER SISTER,
COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA VILLAGRAN
.
.
. SHE'S
. SHE'S FOLLOWED BY A TIGHT RACE
FOR SECOND BETWEEN TOMAS ORESTE
AND MARCELO MARTINEZ.
NOW IT APPEARS COUNCILWOMAN
ADRIANA ROCHOW GARCIA WILL KEEP
HER SEAT IN DISTRICT FOUR.
SHE'S LEADING WITH 70 PERCENT
AND IN DISTRICT FIVE IT'S
LIKELY HEADED TO A RUNOFF THERE
.
.
. TERRY
. TERRY CASTILLO CURRENTLY HAS A
LEAD FOR THE OPEN COUNCIL SEAT
AT 30 PERCENT FOLLOWED BY THREE
CANDIDATES IN A TIGHT RACE FOR
SECOND INCUMBENT COUNCILWOMAN
MELISSA CAMBIO WHO LEADS
THE RACE FOR DISTRICT SIX WITH
FIFTY SIX PERCENT OF THE VOTE
OVER CHALLENGER RENA RUDOLPH
AND IN DISTRICT SEVEN IT
APPEARS COUNCILWOMAN ANA
SANDOVAL WILL HOLD ON TO HER
SEAT.
SEAT.
SEAT. SHE
SEAT. SHE HAS SEVENTY TWO PERCENT OF
THE VOTE OVER CHALLENGER
PATRICIA VARELA AND COUNCILMAN
METABOLIZE MAINTAINS HIS LEAD
IN DISTRICT EIGHT WITH 60
PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND IN
THE RACE FOR DISTRICT NINE
INCUMBENT JOHN COURAGE LEADS
WITH FORTY EIGHT PERCENT.
HE'S TRYING TO AVOID A RUNOFF
WITH PATRICK ON DOLAN WHO'S IN
SECOND PLACE AND A DISTRICT TEN
INCUMBENT COUNCILMAN CLAYTON
PERRY HAS THE LEAD RIGHT NOW
WITH FIFTY FOUR PERCENT.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE FULL
RESULTS FOR SAN ANTONIO
ELECTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE AT
KINTZ FIVE DOTCOM AS WELL AS
THE ELECTIONS FOR