Alamo Heights Councilman John Savage, as well as council members Blake Bonner and Lynda Billa, will be sworn in for another two-year term next month. All three are unopposed in the May 4 municipal election.
“Due to unopposed candidates, the incumbents will continue to serve the exceptional community of Alamo Heights,” the city posted on its website. They’ll be sworn in at a May meeting.to participate in on May 4, and the City Council’s chambers will still be a polling site on election day. Mayor Bobby Rosenthal told the San Antonio Report uncontested races are common in Alamo Heights, which is home to about 7,300 residents. He served on the City Council for a decade before“I think probably once every four or five years we have a contested election, but not very often,” Rosenthal said. “It just depends. If there’s controversy or something that’s troubled a group of people, then we end up with more than one person running per seat.