Clayton Perry represented Northside District 10 on the City Council from 2017 to 2023. He was a civil engineer in the Air Force and had a career in the private sector working for global engineering and construction firms.
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Please tell voters about yourself.
I’ve lived in San Antonio since July of 1991. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Building Construction from Texas A&M, and a Master of Science in Aerospace Technology from Embrey-Riddle. I was elected to the Redland Springs HOA board and then elected as President; elected to the Northeast Neighborhood Alliance as Secretary and then Treasurer; served on San Antonio’s Building Standards Board and was elected as chairman; served on SA Signage Committee; served on the SA Infrastructure Committee of the 2017 Bond; Elected as SA D10 Councilman 2017, 2019, 2021.
In a field of 27 mayoral candidates, what differentiates you from the others?
- Commonsense leadership and experience:
- 21 years in the USAF and retired as a Lt Col
- 13 years as a Vice-President in a large engineering and construction company
- 6 years on city council here in SA.
- There is no other person that has the depth and breadth of service to the country and San Antonio, but also the business sense of being a Vice-President of a large engineering and construction firm.
- In addition I have proven results on city council:
- Established first ever homestead exemption
- Added additional 200 police officers
- Doubled the infrastructure budget as only conservative councilman.
- Lastly, I have a servant’s heart.
If elected, you would be taking over at a time when the city has spent more than a year negotiating a massive downtown redevelopment effort in Project Marvel. How would you approach this project?
I would approach the overall project with caution. I would support a more transparent planning process (of which there was a total lack of transparency up until now). I would need to see what the overall Return on Investment (ROI) would be to the citizens of San Antonio. The citizens of San Antonio have taken on too much debt in the past and we can’t afford to let that happen again. Without a clear advantage to the city in new revenue- I would be hard pressed to support using taxpayer dollars — adding to our already (largest) debt per capita in Texas to support this huge undertaking.
In the city’s 2024-2025 budget survey, residents ranked homelessness, streets,
housing and animal care services among their top concerns for the city to address. Which issues do you consider a top concern and how would you work to address them in your first 100 days?
The budget will be well underway when this election is over; however, I have been involved in six city budgets for San Antonio and will be able to make quick adjustments to focus on the primary concerns of the citizens. Historically safety and security, streets and sidewalks and property taxes have always been right at the top of San Antonian’s concerns and I have the proven track record of putting the required resources to those concerns.
For the past four years San Antonio has worked closely with the Biden Administration on federally funded projects like airport development and Advanced Rapid Transit. How would you approach working with both state leaders in Austin and a new presidential administration in D.C.?
We don’t know what impacts there will be with the new administration on these projects but San Antonio has to be flexible on approaches to changes in funding from both the State and Federal levels. I will leverage my already personal relationships with both State and Federal leaders that would positively impact funding for San Antonio.
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