LIV proudly endorses Susanna Ledesma-Woody, May 26 runoff for Travis County Commissioner, Pct. 4: It's my turn, turns me off!
- Debbie Russell
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
LIV proudly endorses Susanna Ledesma-Woody, for Travis County Commissioners Court, Pct. 4 in the Democratic Primary as the independent voice in this race. Early Voting, May 18 thru May 22 • Runoff Election Day: Tuesday, May 26. Info: HERE
There are only 5 seats on the Travis County Commissioners Court. For nearly 1.4 million people, these officials need to do some serious representing!
Precinct 4 (southeast Travis County, which includes a portion of Del Valle) is arguably the most squeezed for resources. Housing prices, and stock, are getting more out of reach for the mainly working-class population.
There is a run-off in the Democratic Primary for this seat between longtime community activist, Susanna Ledesma-Woody, and George Morales III, Precinct 4 Constable, whose term expires in 2028.
Since there is no Republican running in November, the winner of this runoff will be the next Precinct 4 Travis County Commissioner to be seated in January 2027. Morales is an affable enough guy but keeps claiming that the Democratic Party wants him in this seat. He is claiming it’s his turn.
Hey independents, you know what this is, right? Democratic Party establishment politics.
This guy was making $127,266 from the counties’ coffers currently. If he wins this race, which he claims some sort of entitlement to, his salary will be $152,589 per year. Cha-ching!
Let us tell you about Susanna Ledesma-Woody.
Ledesma-Woody started as a community organizer two decades ago, founding the Del Valle Community Coalition to empower the modest-income community of Del Valle by addressing food and healthcare access, education, and a home-ownership “resilience” program and more. She joined the Del Valle ISD Board of Trustees in 2011.
Susanna has never been paid for 20 years of community service.
On the school board, Susanna has made immense changes to better the district in almost every measure of district governance, making her experience far more applicable to the Commissioners Court. Morales heads an office that serves eviction notices, warrants and traffic tickets.
And, as a school board member, Susanna was the only county official to reject Tesla’s incentive deal, knowing full well working with bad actors would hurt working families. See KVUE HERE and Austin Chronicle article HERE.
Susanna Ledesma-Woody is a fighter, not an entitled, partisan glad-hander. Nuff said.
Disclosure: I had the pleasure of serving with Ledesma-Woody for eight years on the Del Valle School Board.
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