We’ve Got an Election Coming Up
Mayor Tom Schoolcraft is running for re-election, for what will be his third 2-year term if he is re-elected. This year David Galvan is running against him.
Gary Johnson is not running for re-election to his position which is Alderman, Place 3, on the Helotes City Council. Norbert “Bert” Buys and Myfe Moore are running for that position.
Paul Friedrichs is running for Alderman, Place 5, on Council, which was held by Rich Whitehead. Whitehead told me that after someone he found acceptable agreed to run for Council (Friedrichs), he (Whitehead) decided to go on and resign to spend more time with his family. The result of that decision is that Friedrichs is running unopposed and will be declared elected, which, in effect, means that Whitehead selected his successor. I think Whitehead should have resigned, if that was what he wanted to do, before the filing period was over giving someone else the opportunity to run against Friedrichs, letting the voters decide who was more “acceptable.”
Election day this year is on Saturday, May 14, 2011. If you vote on election day, you have to vote at your precinct location. Precinct number 2063 will vote at SA MUD #1, 16450 Wildlake. Precinct number 2101 will vote at O’Connor High School, 12221 Leslie Road. Precinct number 3099 will vote at Bob Beard Elementary, 8725 Sonoma Parkway. Precinct numbers 3101 and 3106 will vote at Helotes Elementary, 13878 Riggs Road. Polls are usually open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., but I couldn’t find confirmation of that on the City’s website.
Early voting begins today, May 2, and goes through Tuesday, May 10, 2011. There will be no early voting locations open on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8. Monday, May 2, through Friday, May 6, the polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, May 7, they will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Monday, May 9, through Tuesday, May 10, they will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting locations include the Helotes City Hall, but there are many more locations also available. Some of the locations closest to Helotes are the John Igo Library, 13330 Kyle Seale Parkway (off Hausman inside 1604), Maury Maverick, Jr., Library, 8700 Mystic Park (off Bandera Road), UTSA, 1 UTSA Circle; and Leon Valley Conference Center, 6421 Evers Road. There is a complete list of all the early voting locations on the City’s website, www.helotes-tx.gov, under “Notices.”
For more information, contact the Office of the Bexar County Elections Administrator, Jacquelyn F. Callanen, at 210-335-8683.