A political outsider, Melvin may be best known as CEO and founder of construction firm Limitless Creations. The company grabbed headlines last year after one of its subsidiaries, Legacy Lofts on St. Mary’s LCC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
What’s more, the land that Melvin bought to build the townhomes on was sold while the property’s owner, Alice Gonzales, was suffering from dementia, two of her sons allege, according to the daily. More recently, Melvin served as head of the economic development nonprofit San Antonio for Growth on the East Side, although he no longer holds that post.
Former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos and one-time District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry, who was arrested for DWI and failure to stop and provide information following a hit-and-run in November 2022, also also reportedly mulling runs. Perry pled no contest to those charges in 2023.