District 6 council member Michael Tobias will not face any opposition in his bid for a second three-year term on the city council, but Mayor Pro Tem Rick Koch has drawn three challengers in his race for a second term to represent District 5.
District 6 predominantly includes the Spring Branch subdivision on the west side of I-35; and the Amberwood, Steeplechase, Kensington Trails, Southlake Ranch, Lakeside Crossing, Indian Paintbrush and the Meadows of Kyle residential areas on the east side. District 5, however, is a citywide at-large district and thus will require more financial resources to wage a successful campaign
Lined up to challenge Koch are medically retired Iraq war veteran Donny Willis, insurance service consultant Daniela Parsley and Leah Kaufman, who listed her occupation on her ballot application as “director of nonprofit” and has only lived in the state for 19 months.
Of the four candidates in the District 5 race, Willis has been the most active, creating a campaign Facebook page on which he wrote: “Kyle is having unprecedented growth and the management of that growth has myself and many citizens worried.” He specifically mentioned city streets that he said are “falling apart or being ignored.” He also made a reference to “the mistrust of the current administration,” but did not specify whether he was referring to elected officials or the city’s staff, or even the nature of that mistrust. He did, however, vow to attempt to meet as many local residents “as I possibly can and addressing these many issues head on.”
Although Koch has a history of service to the city, having served as the chair of the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, among other volunteer positions, neither Willis, Parsley nor Kaufman are members of any existing city boards or commissions.
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