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A busy day for the mayor
Today Mayor Julian Castro proposed a new set of ethics reforms for city council that will be taken up by council in session next week. The proposal marks several changes to campaign contributions such...
View ArticleSTNP expansion and public discussion
Tonight city council held a special session to allow for public discussion on the proposed investment by CPS for expansion of STNP 3 & 4. The session was one of many being conducted by members of...
View ArticleA time to plan
This morning I woke up to a Facebook wall post from Mayor Julian Castro saying “It’s been 25 years since Target ’90, the last time San Antonians came together to answer the question, ‘What kind of city...
View ArticleCPS could improve political and management skills
CPS missed a great opportunity in the contract negotiations for its share of STNP. The board and management probably didn’t realize it but by revealing the increase in the contract price by $4 billion...
View ArticleVirtual town halls and virtual neighborhoods
Tuesday night Mayor Julian Castro hosted the first virtual town hall in San Antonio, a fulfillment of a campaign promise. For the first time it turned out great thanks to the hard work of Trinity...
View ArticleWhat makes a good District 1 council member?
We haven’t even gotten through the 2010 election cycle and candidates for the 2011 municipal election are already jockeying for position, especially in District 1. In 2011 Councilwoman Mary Alice...
View ArticleDid LULAC really contradict itself on smoking?
Yesterday, at a rally at City Hall, LULAC president Rosa Rosales voiced her opposition to the proposed smoking ban by City Council. According to an article in the San Antonio Express-News Rosales said...
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SA2020 is off and running
On Saturday the city came out in big numbers to help kick off SA2020, the long range planning effort initiated by the Mayor’s office. It’s an opportunity for San Antonio to plot out a course for its...
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San Antonio gets a little greener and a little smarter
Thursday San Antonio took another step towards becoming a greener city by passing an ordinance that requires multi-family dwellings to provide recycling bins for residents to drop off recyclable items....
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Would at-large council seats improve things?
It’s been two years since the 2010 Census and cities in Texas are either finished with or are finishing their realignment of council districts. Houston and Dallas are done, Fort Worth and El Paso are...
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It’s time for San Antonio to demonstrate full equality
As several of you probably know, the San Antonio City Council will be considering modifications to city code to provide protection status for sexual orientation, gender identity, and veterans status....
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There ain’t no free rides
Yesterday Lyft and Uber had their day in court. Actually they had their day before City Council’s Public Safety committee, as reported by Vianna Davila of the San Antonio Express-News. The committee...
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We could have made headlines
By now, you’ve probably had your fill of the Uber, Lyft, taxi, horse and buggy, river barge, jitney debate in San Antonio. After Thursday’s 7-2 vote on the matter, it’s pretty much done for a while....
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