Kirk Watson, Matias Segura set to lead city, school district.
Just after election day, much was made of the fact that while Kirk Watson won the mayoral race overall with 50.4% of the vote, he actually trailed Celia Israel in Travis County, where 97% of us live, by 17 votes."Kirk Watson has been elected as mayor of Austin for the third time – and he's got Williamson County voters to thank for it," was the lead in our next day's wrap-up.
Indeed, he may well be feeling more urgency than he originally bargained for when he decided to run for the office. Watson was first elected mayor over a quarter-century ago, when the job was quite different from what it is now. He sat through his share of marathon meetings during his four-and-a-half years on the dais, but he was often able to use his personal charm to sweet talk or arm-twist off the dais, in a way that may not be as easy now as it used to be.
Meanwhile, the incoming City Council intends to be very activist. Some are also inexperienced in the ways of City Hall, and in the realities of their jobs. Anxious to get things done, but perhaps not clear on how to get there, or of the unintended consequences, I suspect that as a group they'll tend to"move fast and break things," as the Facebook motto once went.
Then too, he's only in for two years, until the mayoral elections move to coincide with the presidential cycle. So there's another question: Will he want another full term? And will voters want him at that point? That part will likely depend on how well he gets on with his Council.Also last week, over in our other local elected body , the Austin ISD Board of Trustees on Dec.
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