 So welcome everybody. Tonight is our regular Mickey Park Native Association monthly meeting. And so welcome. My name is Joni Brooks and I am your president. And tonight's meeting is very special. As you can see, we have four special guests tonight. And these men slay me. They are running for district two city council. And so they have come here to tell us a little bit about themselves and to answer questions that the board has put together. So before I turn it over to their opening statement, I want to know a little bit of how this sport is going to be run. Each candidate will have two minutes to give their opening introduction and statement. And then after they're finished, I will ask some questions that the board has put together. That's enough for questions. Each of the candidates will have two minutes to address the questions. And then after that, we're just going to open it up to you guys to ask questions. And again, any questions, well then each candidate will have two minutes to answer the question. Steven right here, who is our vice president, he's going to be the time keeper. So he's going to give you one minute of notice, and then a third of a second notice and then a talk. So you may want to have a glance over at Steven and he's going to answer your questions. Okay. Thank you all for coming tonight. And thank you for being here. Thank you for coming. Let's give them a hand. First sounds good. It's time to talk to staff. Good evening. How are you doing? My name is William Cruschaw, and I am a candidate for District 2. I currently am an attorney here in the district. My office is located off of East Houston, which is out of Akron. While being San Antonio, I've been the chair of the Tony, the chair of the stage, as well as involved many organizations throughout the city. I was once an employee of the city of San Antonio between the initial department, once out of college. Originally it was Houston. South side of Houston was raised by San Antonio. My mom was from San Antonio. So I spent all my summers in my vacation time here in San Antonio. That's why I grew in love with San Antonio. That's why I moved back to San Antonio after high school. I went to UTSA, moved back to Houston from law school at Thurgood Marshall School Law. Once I graduated, took the bar, passed it from the first shot, moved back to San Antonio, opened up my law practice here in the district. I've been a resident of the district. I live in Magic Park right now. The reason why I'm running is because individuals have approached me saying we need to strong our voice and say a catch. We need somebody to understand the dynamics of city government. But most importantly, we need somebody that will listen to constituents in our district. That's my role. My role is to listen to you all and be your voice in city council. Not making my own decisions based on what I want to do or what my father or my daughter is making. It's about us. I'm not doing this for any personal gain. I'm doing it because I care that much about this community. I'm doing it because it's about us, not about me. Together, we can better our communities. Thank you. I'm Alan Moore, city councilman for the district, and it's good to see you again. It may be surprising to you that Mr. Shaw was in the neighborhood, but it's not surprising to me. It's also surprising to me as well. I haven't seen him at any of the major park meetings. And it's been the last three months I've been here. And I understand the time commitments that it takes to be a council member because I've served you and your neighborhood in council meetings outside of your meetings, in your neighborhood leadership, and developers, people that are trying to move in. And I'm also here to know your neighborhood conservation district, which is important to your leadership but also important to you that you can have a little bit more of a team. The neighborhood worked hard for that neighborhood conservation district years ago. They thought it would be more than it does. And I see one of the main concerns that I hear from you folks when I come to your meetings that we thought it was closer to the historic district and we would have some more of that protection for our historic homes because this is a beautiful, quiet historic community. And if you want to keep that integrity especially in the neighborhood. And I've worked with your neighborhood on numerous zoning cases with previous leadership. I think this is the fourth president that I've dealt with since I've been the council person for the district since December of 2014. And I've also had a regular policy meeting with you at your house, at your place of business, and wherever it needs to be. So I look forward to continuing to serve this neighborhood and the people here tonight and the people that aren't here that are throughout the different streets whether it's on Carnival or Hershey or on Davis Court. And I look forward to being your council for the next two days with your support and with your open minds. Again, my number this gives a couple times. 210-602-6277 210-602-6277. Thank you. Yes, I am running. I've been resident of District 2 since like 95. I've been in San Antonio since I was two. And I graduated from Holmes High School and I'm a great accounting from Arley and the Lake University. I ran it because I feel that it could be a change made. And I feel I'm up to the job for that. I have served in the community. I'm one of those like behind the scenes people. So a lot of people know me, but then they probably like said they don't or they've heard my voice. I've been in radio for 20 years. I've been in public accounting for a long time. 17 years. And prior to that I was civil service, did drug testing. Currently I'm an office manager, tax prepared bookkeeper, HR, and I took person for the county firm of Coupa Nus and a coupler. And so during tax season for me to be running I have to give a shout out to them for their patience and their understanding that I really do want to help the community. I'm one of those very proactive people and it will find that I want the people that are generally interested in serving the community. I also serve on the board at the Claude Black Center. I work with the Queen of Soul pageant one of our Fiasco multi pageants that help young girls, you know, become aware and bring them into Ladyhood as well and get them scholarships. And as I go out to serve you, I do believe this is serving you, the people, the residents and just making simply the quality of life in our district better and bringing different advantages to our district as well as reducing the crime. I'm a single parent of a seven year old so I have a very vested interest in this community and how we move forward. Being a previous business owner myself, that's something I always look at as I'm going throughout the community. What else can we bring to District 2 that can be a blessing to the residents as well as the city of San Antonio. So I thank you for this opportunity to be here on this evening. My name is Keith Tong. I'm a former councilman here at District 2 to recognize and face this year. As a former councilman, I know what it takes at City Hall. I'm not going to go down there and have stars in my eyes and be bedazzled. That's what happens sometimes. I'm a Vietnam veteran. I'm proud of my own start right back from Vietnam but I'm even proud of the sense of service I brought back. I'm a former neighborhood association president. I'm the only one up here who's been on the school board for 15 years. I did that as well. I've lived in District 2 since 2004. I've worked in District 2 since 1994. Very intelligent folks up here who need me to tell you that but there are also three very busy folks. Mr. Shaw runs a very successful law firm. Mr. Ward runs a successful nonprofit and Ms. Brown is very, very busy as you just heard. As of the 30th of next month I'll be talking. So my singular focus will be District 2. That's it. The only boss I'll have is the woman I wear their screen for. Other than that, it'll be you. So I'm going to be a part-time counselor person. Despite their best efforts I can tell you because I tried. I was working when I was on City Council. It's tough to do it adequately. You can do it obviously. It's tough to do it adequately. You can't serve two masters. Something's going to have to give. With me, you'll get a full-time counselor person. An experienced man is always good. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, so I'll take your questions.