The 93-year-old worked behind the scenes as a political campaigner and community advocate until retiring last year.
Betty Sutherland , a political campaigner and community advocate whose behind-the-scenes work alongside some of San Antonio ’s key figures helped shape the city as we know it, has died. She was 93. Sutherland’s work advising political candidates and campaigning for ballot measures began in the 1980s. She later guided four San Antonio mayors, including current Mayor Ron Nirenberg , during their campaign bids and time in office.
Texas musician, author Kinky Friedman dies at 79 In 2010, she rejoined Hardberger, this time to help complete work on Phil Hardberger Park. As a staff member of the Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy, Sutherland helped implement children’s programs and contributed to the completion of the $23 million Tobin Land Bridge, an innovative wildlife and pedestrian crossing over Wurzbach Parkway that opened in 2020. Sutherland’s family said the park was “one of her proudest achievements.
George Strait, Willie Nelson take part in Tom Petty tribute album Her involvement with community issues and politics started with a stint on the board of the Boerne Independent School District in the early 1980s. Daughter Dianne recalls the time her mother stood up against book banning when the district was considering prohibiting the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” in its schools.
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