I know it's early for the November City Council elections, especially when we have a May special election to worry about first, but it's already clear that the highest profile race is going to be in District I, where current Council Member Carol Alvarado is term-limited. The contestants are James Rodriguez, the former Chief of Staff to Alvarado, who not surprisingly has Alvarado's enthusiastic backing, as you can see in this letter posted on Miya's blog; and community activist John Marron, who is backed by County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia and several other local politicos, as you can see in this Word doc that I've taken from a campaign email. I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Stay tuned.