A political letter laced with negative racial innuendo is circulating through San Marcos just before the city's runoff election.

The letter calls for the removal of many minority councilmembers and Mayor David Chiu.

"We will not tolerate racism in our community and enough is enough," said Kyev Tatum, the Hill Country NAACP President.

Typically the only time opposing parties in a political race share the same stage is during a debate, but on Wednesday in San Marcos there was no debating. Everyone was in agreement that the recent letter was out of line.

"We have our differences, but ethnic and gender differences are not one of them," said mayoral candidate Bob Habingreither.

	City leaders met Wednesday.

Despite receiving an endorsement at the bottom of the letter, the Southwest Texas State University professor said its content is an affront to everything he stands for.

"This is disgusting to me," said Habingreither. "I have never endorsed any type of behavior like this."

The other candidates supported by the letter chimed in with similar thoughts.

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"It's a racist act and this letter is divisive to our community," said Col. Mike Dishman, a San Marcos city council candidate.

"We may never identify the culprit or culprits responsible for this letter," said Bill Taylor, a San Marcos city council candidate. "The only reason it was disseminated was to stir the pot."

There's some thought from an anonymous source that the answer of who wrote it is already known, but rather than speculate, the Justice Department is being asked to solve the riddle.

This isn't the first time controversial political propaganda has surfaced in Texas politics. Recent state-wide races have been plagued by negative, unsubstantiated mailings by a hard-line conservative group against moderate Republicans.