
Metro Columnist
Gilbert Garcia
Gilbert Garcia is a native of Brownsville, Texas, with more than 20 years experience writing for weekly and daily newspapers. A graduate of Harvard University, he has won awards for his reporting on music, sports, religion, and politics. He is the author of the 2012 book, "Reagan's Comeback: Four Weeks in Texas That Changed American Politics Forever," published by Trinity University Press. One of his feature stories also appeared in the national anthology, "Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001."
Stories By Gilbert Garcia
Local
March 1, 2023
Garcia: Former band director hopes to orchestrate upset in North Side council race

Local
February 25, 2023
Garcia: President Jimmy Carter’s complexity and toughness often lost in saint-like image

Local
February 22, 2023
Garcia: In politics as in business, Red McCombs trusted his instincts and forged his own path

Local
February 18, 2023
Garcia: Marc Whyte wins the endorsement of seven former District 10 councilmembers

Local
February 15, 2023
Garcia: It’s too early for presidential polling to tell us much of anything about 2024

Local
February 11, 2023
Garcia: Vouchers are rooted in hatred for public schools. Euphemisms can’t hide that.

Local
February 8, 2023
Garcia: Councilwoman Teri Castillo is right to question SAPD’s ‘hot spot’ policing strategy

Local
February 4, 2023
Garcia: Clayton Perry wanted Marc Whyte to replace him in 2019. This year, they could be opponents.



Local
January 25, 2023
Garcia: San Antonio’s municipal election has become surprisingly unpredictable


Local
January 18, 2023
Garcia: Why Rosie Castro would be an ideal choice to fill the rest of Sandoval’s term

Local
January 17, 2023
Here's why Ana Sandoval says she is stepping down from San Antonio City Council this month

Local
January 14, 2023
Garcia: San Antonio city charter campaign seeks to ban chokeholds and decriminalize abortion

Local
January 10, 2023
Garcia: Partisan feuding over immigration obscures fact that neither side has answers


Local
December 24, 2022
Garcia: Searching for our best and kindest impulses this Christmas

Opinion
December 21, 2022
Garcia: Sen. Menéndez says Texas needs a holistic approach to budget surplus

Local
December 17, 2022
Garcia: Why Congress must reform the Electoral Count Act
