I am officially running for city council in Austin, TX
Austin, Texas-University of Texas student Colin Kalmbacher filed his appointment of campaign treasurer Feb. 3, signaling his intention to run against incumbent Austin City Council Member Brewster McCracken representing place five.
Kalmbacher is from Ft. Worth. He moved to Austin in the summer of 2004 to study journalism at UT and to be closer to a climate hospitable to progressivism and music of all varieties.
He will campaign on issues of leadership, integrity and courage. All issues that Brewster McCracken has failed to deliver upon in his time as a city council member.
Kalmbacher comes to the political field with no experience and even less money.
“This will be an uphill battle,” Kalmbacher says, “I don’t have the resources; the tons of money, high-powered friends or the lack of scruples that are generally required to run for political office in the United States and win. In fact, I’m so goddamned honest that I probably can’t win.”
Whether it is staying silent on the Patriot Act, betraying his constituents in East Austin or flip-flopping on the toll-road debate, Brewster McCracken seems intent on proving that his brand of crypto-Republican politics are just not right for the city of Austin.
Colin Kalmbacher is hoping to make a splash that not only echoes the progressive values of Austin, but is also revolutionary in approach and governing style.
As a city council member he will:
• Support full and wide-reaching domestic partner benefits for city employees. Period.
• Have open and direct communication with constituents be it by phone, e-mail or AIM.
• Support the decriminalization of squatting.
• Be the only voice of the UT student body. It’s long time the Longhorns had representation.
• Never support any development project that in any way threatens or endangers Austin’s ecology or environment.
• Pursue abuses of power by any city employee with tireless effort and zeal.
• Always take the concerns of the people before the interests of the corporation and lobby.
• Stand firm and lead by the bearing of his conscience, not taking cues from the rulebook of political calculation.
It’s time for a revolution in Austin politics.
Colin Kalmbacher is leading the charge.
To request an interview with Colin Kalmbacher, or if you have any questions contact:
Michelle McCloskey, Campaign Manager, by e-mail at chellabella@gmail.com or by phone at (512) 577-0852
Bassam Tariq, Communication Director, by e-mail at bassam.tariq@gmail.com or by phone at (832) 283-4856
Kalmbacher is from Ft. Worth. He moved to Austin in the summer of 2004 to study journalism at UT and to be closer to a climate hospitable to progressivism and music of all varieties.
He will campaign on issues of leadership, integrity and courage. All issues that Brewster McCracken has failed to deliver upon in his time as a city council member.
Kalmbacher comes to the political field with no experience and even less money.
“This will be an uphill battle,” Kalmbacher says, “I don’t have the resources; the tons of money, high-powered friends or the lack of scruples that are generally required to run for political office in the United States and win. In fact, I’m so goddamned honest that I probably can’t win.”
Whether it is staying silent on the Patriot Act, betraying his constituents in East Austin or flip-flopping on the toll-road debate, Brewster McCracken seems intent on proving that his brand of crypto-Republican politics are just not right for the city of Austin.
Colin Kalmbacher is hoping to make a splash that not only echoes the progressive values of Austin, but is also revolutionary in approach and governing style.
As a city council member he will:
• Support full and wide-reaching domestic partner benefits for city employees. Period.
• Have open and direct communication with constituents be it by phone, e-mail or AIM.
• Support the decriminalization of squatting.
• Be the only voice of the UT student body. It’s long time the Longhorns had representation.
• Never support any development project that in any way threatens or endangers Austin’s ecology or environment.
• Pursue abuses of power by any city employee with tireless effort and zeal.
• Always take the concerns of the people before the interests of the corporation and lobby.
• Stand firm and lead by the bearing of his conscience, not taking cues from the rulebook of political calculation.
It’s time for a revolution in Austin politics.
Colin Kalmbacher is leading the charge.
To request an interview with Colin Kalmbacher, or if you have any questions contact:
Michelle McCloskey, Campaign Manager, by e-mail at chellabella@gmail.com or by phone at (512) 577-0852
Bassam Tariq, Communication Director, by e-mail at bassam.tariq@gmail.com or by phone at (832) 283-4856