City Council candidate update

There was some news on the City Council campaign trail this week. District 3 candidate Frank Guajardo told the Austin Monitor that he was “seriously dropping out of the race” after filing his campaign treasurer report on July 15. As far as we can tell, Guajardo managed to run his three week campaign without letting it slip why, exactly, he was running. However, despite Guajardo’s withdrawal, the field of City Council contenders has expanded. Mayoral candidate Stephen Fabian and District 7 candidate Zachary Ingraham both filed their treasurer designations on Monday. Fabian, a financial analyst by trade, told us that he was running for mayor because he loves Austin, but not the direction in which the city is going. Ingraham told us that he got involved with city politics after working with City Council and the Austin Police Department in 2013 to mandate training for handling aggressive dogs. The chance to represent his district under the new 10-1 system further convinced Ingraham to run. “I think that one of my goals will be to repeal city ordinances more so than to pass new ones,” said Ingraham.  Remember, we are keeping track of all 70 or so candidates at The Hall Monitor so you don’t have to. (Trust us, it’s a lot of work.)