In a broadside against Kyle City Manager Tom Mattis, the Kyle City Council voted 5-2 Wednesday night to kick him off the council dais. It was one of new Mayor Lucy Johnson’s first acts to motion for Mattis to move, and two new councilmembers joined Johnson and two holdovers to make it happen.

The Motley Menagerie, once a happening tea room on Center Street in Kyle, is back at its former location. City leaders joined the Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce at the ribbon cutting.

A newly composed Kyle City Council will meet for the first time Wednesday night. One item on the agenda could be resolved with City Manager Tom Mattis being moved from the council dais.

Sales manager Jason Welch and legal administrator Diane Hervol have announced their candidacies for the at-large Place 1 seat on the Kyle City Council. Councilmember Michelle Lopez, who presently holds that seat, has not announced if she will run for re-election.

Kyle-area native Lucy Johnson, 26, won election as mayor of Kyle Saturday night, 18 months after first winning election to the city council to fill the unexpired term of a resigning councilmember. The special election also landed Kyle native Jaime Sanchez and local banker Russ Heubner on the city council.

A special city council election Saturday in Kyle won’t only determine who fills three of seven seats, but it also will nudge the chain in the May election, during which two other seats will be decided.

Kyle mayoral hopefuls Lucy Johnson and Michelle Lopez talk about the city’s future in this second part of our two-part interview with the candidates. The election for mayor and two city council seats will take place Feb. 13 in Kyle.

Kyle mayoral candidates Lucy Johnson and Michelle Lopez both answered questions for the San Marcos Local News to give their views about the city. Here is Part One of the two-part interview. The election will be held on Feb. 13, with early voting to begin Wednesday.

Wednesday’s deadline for filing in a special Kyle City Council election came and went, setting up three races while pushing the city to the end of its legal wits. Since filing began for county races, four of seven Kyle councilmembers have signed up to run for higher offices, compelling city attorneys to rifle through the city charter and state statutes.

Kyle Councilmember Michelle Lopez has announced her run for mayor in the special election to be conducted on Feb. 13. Lopez is running against Kyle Councilmember Lucy Johnson in the election to replace Mayor Mike Gonzalez, who is a candidate for Hays County Precinct 2 Commissioner in the March 2 Republican primary. Lopez won election to the Kyle City Council for an at-large seat in May 2007.