Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami came to San Marcos last week, calling Governor Rick White and former Houston Mayor Bill White “proven failures” as the primary election approaches on March 2.
Eight San Marcos restaurants are participating Thursday night (Feb. 11) in Dine Out San Marcos, an initiative of the restaurants, Texas State’s student government and San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz to provide relief funds for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
State Representative Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs) said Saturday that he is endorsing Hays County Precinct 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton (D-Kyle) in a party primary race against incumbent Hays County Judge Liz Sumter (D-Wimberley). Rose said Barton “is more able to unite the (commissioners) court,” the divisions of which precipitated the primary struggle.
When Patrick Rose first ran for the state legislature in 2002, he was 23, not long out of Princeton and unsure if he would win the office, let alone how long he would keep it. Today, Rose (D-Dripping Springs), 31, is a four-term representative who says that to “get anything done” in the legislature “you need seniority, and I would like to stay in this office for the next six, eight, 10, 12 years.”
Maybe the world slows down a bit a week before Christmas, but we’ve still got commencements, shopping, music and lights for the weekend in San Marcos
Those colorful banners in downtown San Marcos are intended to tell consumers that local businesses have a great deal to offer the Christmas shopper.
The traditional biscuits and gravy breakfast, a large parade and a poster contest winners at the LBJ Museum are just a few of the way veterans will be honored in San Marcos for Veterans Day.
The screening of two documentary films about the war in Vietnam will precede the Veteran’s Day celebration in San Marcos. The city will have its annual parade and biscuits and gravy breakfast on Nov. 7
The square in San Marcos will be swinging as the 17th Annual Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival rolls into town Saturday.
