Douglas Tomasini was first introduced to the City of Sandy Oaks in a public way on July 8, 2014, at a “Meet the Candidates” meeting set up by the Sandy Oaks Political Action Committee (SOPAC) where Tomasini was presented as one of the candidates running for an alderman (city council) position. He was known to have announced his intention to run as early as May 27, 2014 where he attended a private SOPAC meeting in the Waterwood Park clubhouse.
At the “Meet the Candidates” meeting Douglas Tomasini said he had lived in the Waterwood community for 19 years and was running to “make it a nice place for kids and a place to retire.” He was working as a Bexar County probation officer.
Of the three town-hall meetings that the Community of Sandy Oaks/Waterwood held before the first election, Douglas Tomasini only showed up to the first. The second was held on July 14, 2014, where some residents expressed outrage at incorporation. At the third Town-Hall on July 22, 2014, where candidates stood behind tables with their names displayed for the public, Douglas Tomasini’s spot was empty.
On August 9, 2014 Douglas Tomasini won the first election for city council. Later, when aldermen were randomly assigned places and terms, he was assigned Alderman Place 2 with a 2 year term.
Notable Actions as Alderman
August 16, 2014 – Doug Tomasini voted to approve the hiring of Art Martinez de Vara as city attorney. Martinez de Vara at the time was also mayor of Von Ormy, and the legal adviser to CISO, SOPAC, and the WPPOA.
Tomasini approved a vote for the November 2014 election for an illegal amount of sales taxes.
September 11, 2014 – Against protests from the community, Douglas Tomasini voted to thank the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks
September 18, 2014 – During the first city budget hearing, Tomasini approved the budget Mayor Clement presented without doing a line by line analysis or asking where the proposed cost of items came from. He also accidentally voted in favor of a retroactive 30 cent tax thinking it was for the next year and not the current, although the vote was redone moments later. When Mayor Clement admitted that the budget was created by the city attorney, Art Martinez de Vara, and that the attorney had budgeted $36,000 for himself, Douglas Tomasini did nothing.
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