Garza advertising anti-Garza flyer

Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, who is running against Assistant County Attorney Laurie Eiserloh in the July 14 Democratic party runoff for Travis County Attorney, has battled criticism of her lack of legal experience and her votes in favor of CodeNEXT. Now a political action committee backed by pro-neighborhood activists like David King and Fred Lewis has sent out an attack piece highlighting not only Garza’s CodeNEXT votes, but votes she and other Council members made that later turned out to be in violation of the Open Meetings Act. The group, which calls itself Austin Communities First PAC, received contributions from Mike Lavigne, Brian Rodgers, Jim Duncan and Linda Bailey, according to a February filing with the Travis County Clerk’s Office. What is most unusual about this particular attack is that Garza took a picture of the flyer and posted it on her Facebook page. Of course, she defended herself, concluding, “Things are gonna get ugly, friends, and I could use your help fighting these attacks. Please donate to my campaign. Anything helps.” Garza also won The Austin Chronicle‘s dual endorsement along with Eiserloh Thursday, which was also celebrated, safely, on Facebook.

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