Brown Shadow on City Elections

For a short guy, Pastor Tom Brown is casting a rather large shadow on this year's city elections. I have been told by several candidates that Pastor Brown has been trying to interview all the candidates that filed to run in order to find out if any of them are to his liking.

Some refused to meet with him, some met with him. Apparently Tom Brown, who unsuccessfully ran for city council himself about a decade ago, didn't find any of the candidates appealing so he decided to go out and get some for himself apparently.

Pastor Tom Brown is now trying to penetrate the political process. I guess there's not enough power for him at the pulpit. 

In District 1, Manny Hinojosa mentioned at the candidate forum something about his pastor/mentor calling him to action in the domestic partner benefits issue. Being part of the Traditional Family Values group along with Pastor Brown gave the controversial minister an up-close view of Hinojosa. 

In District 5, Pastor Brown's wife is the candidate. That connection is pretty clear.

District 6 features Zulema Lazarin, who is a religious conservative candidate and has been aligned with Pastor Brown. 

In District 8, Malcolm MacGregor is named in the domestic benefits lawsuit along with Pastor Tom Brown. 

Something tells me next week is going to be very interesting...