Education is Key, Says Mayor Julian Castro

Let's hope people are paying attention to this mayor and his message.  - - Donna Poisl

Rick Jervis, USA TODAY

Education is one of the top issues that could help the country's more than 50 million Latinos thrive and succeed -- and help nudge them to the polls in November, Julian Castro said in a recent interview with USA TODAY. Castro, the 38-year-old mayor of San Antonio, shot to semi-stardom last month after giving the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, becoming the first Hispanic ever to do so.

He'll be watching the November tallies closely, not only to see if President Obama, a close ally, gets re-elected but also because an initiative he's championed for San Antonio will be sharing the presidential ballot. That proposal asks voters to approve a 1/8th-cent sales tax hike to finance full-day pre-kindergarten classes for under-served 4-year-olds.  
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