Council member Velasquez, Council member Ryan Alter and Council member Zohaib “Zo” Qadri were elected in December’s runoff election, along with Mayor Kirk Watson.
"This is all I’ve ever wanted, to serve my hometown," said Council member Jose Velasquez, District 3.
Both Alter and Velasquez have prior connections to Mayor Watson. Alter worked for Watson as a law student when Watson served in the state senate. Velasquez received a community service award from Watson years ago. Watson was serving a prior term as mayor and Velasquez was a student at Austin High School. Kirk Watson will be the next City of Austin mayor"As the great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, this is like deja vu all over again," said Watson.
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