Live audio from our September 4, 2015, conversation with Austin Mayor Steve Adler and San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor.
Adler was elected mayor of Austin in 2014. He is co-founder of the Barron, Graham and Adler law firm and previously sat on the board of the Austin Ballet and The Texas Tribune. Adler spent eight years working in the Texas Legislature as the chief of staff and general counsel to state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso.
Taylor was elected mayor of San Antonio this year after serving as interim mayor since 2014. Previously, she served as the District 2 councilwoman and as vice president of Merced Housing Texas. Taylor began her career working for the city in the Housing and Community Development Department and the Neighborhood Action Department.
