BEXAR COUNTY BULLETIN
Protesting the Politics Behind CoSA’s ‘Affordable Housing’, Part 2: It Ain’t Texan
By Mason Brand and Chris Schuchardt Texas history is full of legend and lore, but ...
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Protesting the Politics Behind CoSA’s ‘Affordable Housing’, Part 1 – Belief in Osmosis
By Mason Brand, Major USMCR (ret.) In a draft 2015 City of San Antonio (CoSA) ...
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A More Responsive Appraisal District?
By Robert Bruce, Bexar County Appraisal District Board of Directors, Place 3 At the last ...
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Be the Leader You Want to See
By Justice Lori Massey Brissette, Fourth Court of Appeals Recently, I posted on Facebook a ...
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A Chat with Precinct 3 Bexar County Commissioner Grant Moody
We sat down recently for a chat with Precinct 3 Bexar County Commissioner Grant Moody ...
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The Case for Shuttering Horse-Drawn Carriages Needs to be Put Down
As our city officials continue to push their narrative about removing our horse carriage industry ...
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Defending Dr. Espy and Other Regular Citizens
We applaud and stand with Denise here (12:25 mark) in forcing into the spotlight the ...
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Homeland: The Open Records Request Season
We look forward to binge watching this season! “A bipolar CIA operative who graduated from Ron ...
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Connecting the Dots: How National Policy Leaves Damage at the Local Level
We attended a neighborhood association (NA) meeting recently on the inner west side. The concerns ...
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If There is a Right Way to Raise City Manager Pay, This Isn’t It
San Antonio District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez was recently on the Express-News’ “Puro Politics” ...
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City Council A Session – May 16th – Ready to Work – Chris’ Transcript
A while back I was in a group discussion when the subject turned to Ready ...
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Destabilizing City Government: The Manny Fritos Story
The publisher of the San Antonio Express-News, Mark Medici, tweeted yesterday that “issues of public ...
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City Charter Commission Hearing – May 9th – Denise’s Transcript
Good evening. My name is Denise Gutierrez Homer and I'm here representing InfuseSA. As we ...
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City Charter Commission Hearing – April 25th – Chris’ Transcript
Regarding increasing the number of seats on the city council … on one end of ...
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City Charter Commission Hearing – April 25th – Suzie’s Transcript
InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne, seen here with Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, and InfuseSA ...
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City Charter Commission Hearing – April 25th – Denise’s Transcript
Good evening. My name is Denise Gutierrez Homer. I am the Vice President of InfuseSA. ...
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City Charter Commission Hearing – April 11th – Chris’ Transcript
Thank you, good evening. My name is Chris Baecker. I am the editor and policy ...
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Disgraced Animal Care Services Director Target of “Outrageous Government Conduct” Subpoena
When San Antonio Animal Care Services Director Shannon Sims implemented a new policy titled “Restricted ...
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April NEISD Board of Trustees Election
The North East Independent School District (NEISD) will hold an election on Saturday, May 4, ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Port San Antonio
Are you familiar with Port San Antonio? Whether you are or you aren’t, we celebrate this opportunity ...
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Regular Folks Add Value at Regular Jobs; Not on City Council
At the turn of the century, Mayor Ed Garza wanted to raise city council pay ...
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The Schizophrenia of the San Antonio Express-News’ Editorial Board
A few weeks ago, the San Antonio Express-News' editorial board offered that the initial council ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Little’s Boot Company
Little's Boots co-owners Sharon Little and Duane Little flanking our Outreach Director Suzie Bayne In ...
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It’s Been a Long Year at the SAISD
The future It’s been a long year for the San Antonio ISD community San Antonio ...
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When People Profit off Poverty, It Won’t Go Away
Conditions that don't have to be The city’s “Status on Poverty Report” was released recently, ...
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Zero-based Budgeting: One of the Taxpayer’s Best Friends
District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte "Zero-based budgeting is not about cutting spending. It’s about finding ...
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Unintended Consequences: The Area of Future Dog Attacks?
We were just wondering if animal attacks were down lately, or if the press got ...
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All That and a Bag of Cheetos: The City Charter Commission
District 8 Councilman Pelaez preferred snack on the dais? Thursday March 21st will be your ...
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Maximize Your Choices at the Ballot Box: Vote in the Primaries
You have more than two choices When we were young, one of us asked our ...
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How A Texas AG Ruling Could Lead To Jail Time For Elected Officials
In 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote that the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) ...
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Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai: Navigating Bexar County’s Path to Economic Progress
InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, and InfuseSA Advisory Board Member ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Ballhogs
InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne and Ballhogs owner Huber "Streetz" Brown This article began simply ...
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Our Vision: “To Extinguish Party Politics …”
We recently received campaign literature from the Bexar County Democratic Party chair in which she ...
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For-Profit Colleges? Sure. Taxpayers Subsidizing Them? No.
The San Antonio Report recently reported that the Ready to Work job-training program will continue ...
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Were Taxpayer Dollars Funneled to the Arboretum?
By David Moore, Unite San Antonio The Arboretum San Antonio recently announced the purchase of ...
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Why Fund Empty Buses Instead of Empty Potholes?
By David Moore, Unite San Antonio Back in November 2020, citizens of San Antonio voted ...
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What is Going On at CPS?
First, NEWS4SA reports that CPS is spending $2 million for a pavilion for “employee events,” ...
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Bells and Whistles at NISD Sports Complexes
"Trustee Corinne Saldaña said the district needs to 'get with the program' and catch up ...
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Balanced, Thorough History Lessons As Important as Culture Wars in our ISDs
“Who controls the past now, controls the future. Who controls the present now, controls the ...
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Is Government-led Prosperity Possible? Doubtful
Greater SA Metro by Income By Fernando Centeno All human settlements aspire to serve the ...
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City Pays-to-Play for Ego Boost, Taxpayers Lose
'We're' Number 1! When the City of San Antonio announced that it had made the ...
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An Improved ESG
"Stay Home, Work Safe" Many of us work for companies that have embraced the Environmental, ...
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‘Individual Gain’ Is Not Mutually Exclusive of ‘Collective Good’
District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez It’s no wonder some in the establishment are scared of ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Harpers Chapel Ministries
InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne and Pastor Vincent Robinson Gifts come in so many unusual ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Crosspoint
InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne and Crosspoint Community Service Specialist Paula Nunez Do you have ...
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San Antonio Citizens Need Reliable Power
Downtown San Antonio: February 2021 In January 2023, the CPS Energy Board, and later the ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: The Maestro Entrepreneur Center
Did you know that small businesses are the backbone of the economic engine in our ...
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Dog Days of Summer
As the number of catastrophic dog attacks continues to rise in San Antonio, City Council ...
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Two Sides of the Education Industry
The education sector comprises two primary segments: public and private institutions. In the quest ...
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Damaging Diction – School Choice Opposition and Propaganda
As much as any issue in recent years, K-12 public education funding has suffered from ...
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Commissioner’s Corner: Grant Moody
Commissioner Moody is our most recent addition to the Commissioners Court, and InfuseSA is delighted ...
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CoSA Budget Season 2023: Sights and Sound(bite)s
District 6 This budget season, we attended all 9 budget townhalls, in addition to tuning ...
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Drowning By Inefficiency: How SAWS Mismanagement Endangers Citizens
Various SAWS Cases by Priority InfuseSA previously highlighted that sheer incompetence at the hands of ...
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Priorities: Questions for Councilwoman Havrda’s CPS Plan
District 6 San Antonio City Councilwoman Melissa Cabello-Havrda Recently, San Antonio District 6 City Councilwoman ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Towne Twin Village
InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne, a Towne Twin Village resident, and TTV Community Outreach Director ...
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Lives Are Lost, and Animal Care Services Gets Rewarded
When San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh presented the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 ...
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Every Minute and Every Dollar Wasted
Tick Tock Tick Tock Every minute the City of San Antonio spends on the ineffective, ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert
Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert (precinct 4) and InfuseSA Outreach director Suzie Bayne This month, ...
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WembyRenaMania – Toying with Taxpayers’ Emotions
When only cronies benefit It was probably inevitable that landing the #1 pick in the ...
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Freedom Where You Can Get It – Texas House Bill 2127
Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) during his 9-hour thirst strike, as concerned citizens look on Though ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Southtown Pizzeria
Daughter-in-law Madison Gutierrez, owner Anna Rodriguez, InfuseSA's Vice President Denise Gutierrez and Madison's son Jo'shua. ...
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Secrecy is Transparency: CoSA’s Orwellian Ethics Review Board
Why so hush-hush? The City of San Antonio Ethics Review Board (ERB) met the evening ...
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In Defense of Property Rights: Progressives For The Win?
The best council money can buy Local politics are a different animal from what goes ...
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Abbott v. Patrick on Property Tax Reform: Rate Cuts, Exemption Hikes, or Both?
Governor vs. Lieutenant Governor Co-written by Anne Englert Editor's note: since this was published, the ...
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Elections Are Here, and So Are Some Truth Bombs
No wonder things are the way they are We’re hitting the homestretch of this year’s ...
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What’s the Price of Integrity? Corruption at City Hall
Where does your council person rank on the pay2play scale? Back in December, we entered ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Danny Diaz and the San Antonio Police Officers Association
San Antonio Police Officers Association president Danny Diaz and InfuseSA Outreach director Suzie Bayne This ...
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Vote NO on the Criminal Benefit Act – Vote NO on Proposition A
'Non'-offender? By David Moore, Unite San Antonio The first rule of propaganda is to control ...
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The Justice Charter and the (D)evolution of the Political Spectrum
Last year, Elon Musk shared a meme depicting the recent evolution of the political spectrum. ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Tank’s Pizza
Owner Michael "Tank" Brown and InfuseSA Outreach Director Suzie Bayne Tank’s Pizza is a success ...
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Three San Antonio Councilman May Have Sunk the Justice Charter
The Texas Supreme Court just updated the case events for the Emergency Petition for Writ ...
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When Eminent Domain Isn’t Really for ‘Public Use’
Vince Cantu's Mose's Roses Hideout For the longest time, there’s been a notable imbalance between ...
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San Antonio in Black, White and Brown: A Jewel in Our Community
San Antonio, we have a hidden jewel in our midst. It is a unique organization ...
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Livin’ It Up Off Campaign Donations
CoSA junket to India When the average citizen donates to a local political candidate, they ...
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The Proposed Justice Charter
Here is the official document for the ballot initiative for which activists sought voter signatures: ...
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CPS and Mayor Opt for Energy Poverty Over Prosperity
Spruce 2 By Patty Gibbons Last week the San Antonio CPS trustees voted 4-1 to ...
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The Real Stars of San Antonio – The Carriage Horses of Downtown
Equine Love You’ve seen them pull locals and tourists through a prescribed route downtown. They ...
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“Justice Policy”: AKA Criminal Benefit Act
"Punishable by Fine" i.e. slap on the wrist? By David Moore, Unite San Antonio A ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: 36th Chamber Wushu Kung Fu
InfuseSA Outreach Liaison Suzie Bayne and Owner and Master Instructor Shifu David Luna Did you ...
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Looking Back at 2022
Looking ahead to 2023 Wow, what a year! San Antonio has gone through a lot ...
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Property Taxes Rose by 8%; Did Growth?
Understanding taxes is pretty simple. When the government takes a dollar away from a citizen, ...
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Dais of Our Lives: When Truth Becomes Inconvenient for City Officials
City Council chambers before the budget vote When the San Antonio Express-News published an article ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Carerra Jewelers
InfuseSA Outreach Liaison Suzie Bayne and co-owner Angel Carrera This month we celebrate a local ...
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Applying a ‘Chokehold’ to Overreach
The proposed ballot initiative “This is just one more position and there’s many thousands of ...
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Meet the Coveys
(From top left) Father Paul, mother Beatriz, brothers Kevin and Mark By Jon Melendez Meet ...
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How the Criminal Justice in Bexar County is Failing Victims of Violent Crimes – I
Repeat offender Lamar West Victims of violent crimes in Bexar County deserve to be protected ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: ‘Real Life Agent’ Edith Melendez
Edith Melendez and InfuseSA Outreach Liaison Suzie Bayne Have you heard of a “Real Life ...
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Migrants Sleep Outside, City Awards Facility’s Team for “Excellence”
By Jon Melendez On Thursday October 20th, the City of San Antonio presented “The City ...
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Where is Councilman Bravo? The Migrant Resource Center is Calling.
Migrants napping on a sidewalk By Jon Melendez (photos by Jon Melendez and Jason Pena) ...
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As The Dais Turns: The RonAnaBravo Triangle
District 1 Councilman Mario Bravo, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, District 8 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval Regardless of ...
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Juvies Gone Wild, the Justice System Gone Mild
In San Antonio and Bexar County, citizens are aware that crime has risen by double ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Texas Seraphim Basketball
Our president Mimi Planas and Texas Seraphim owner Adam Salyer Founded in 1967, the American ...
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The Grifter: Location – San Antonio City Hall
Before the San Antonio City Council passed the $3,400,000,000 budget for fiscal year 2023, city ...
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Roots, Bloody Roots: Digging for the Root Cause of the (Rise in) Crime
Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales and Republican candidate for DA Marc LaHood “Can we ...
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InfuseSA’s Top Ten Concerns about San Antonio’s Budget
Child's play? Here are our Top 10 concerns about the City of San Antonio’s proposed ...
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Crime in San Antonio and Bexar County: No Longer ‘Child’s Play’
How many of these characters would be in handcuffs these days? Residents in and around ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Double Diamond Transport
Our outreach director Suzie Bayne and Double Diamond Transport co-founder and CEO Adam Blanchard This ...
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Stray Anger: The City’s ACS Problem
A citizen in district 6 expresses frustration over trash and stray dogs in her area ...
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“Bread & Circuses” and Manny-splaining: The Abortion Resolution
Quiet, please: Manny-splaining in progress 'Special sessions' like this are a total waste of taxpayer ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Chismosas Cantina & Event Venue
Chismosas owner Danielle Chismosas and InfuseSA President Mimi Planas This week we'd like to showcase ...
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Quick Take: Neighborhood Association Meeting on the Migrant Resource Center
"Cold meals" not good enough? Resident: "If they're only here for 24-48 hours, why should ...
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It’s Not Much, But It’s Honest Work: Scooping and Cleansing the Mainstream Media
The Cleansing This week's story in the San Antonio Express-News about Jeremy Jacob’s Evolve and ...
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Looks Like Human Trafficking IS a Big Concern After All
As many of you know, we had a notable presence at the "Crime on the ...
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Polls Are Irrelevant When Human Rights Are Concerned
The way you defend yourself or spend leisure time is not negotiable Two-thirds of Americans ...
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“State of the City,” State of Confusion
San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg delivering his "State of the City" address for 2022 Some ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Evolve, Float
InfuseSA Policy Director and Editor Chris Baecker and Evolve and Float owner Jeremy Jacob This ...
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Fact-checking the Fact-checkers: Gas Prices
Gas prices are much more expensive than they have to be Many things in the ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: L-Nature-L
Chris Poto, his mother and owner Lori Ximenez and InfuseSA Special Needs Outreach director Connie ...
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Manipulating Seniors and Holding Us All Hostage from the Commanding Heights of the Dais
When DOESN'T government take from us? Bribing seniors does not help the labor shortageThe city ...
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Progress. Perspective. Push.
One of the most important things you can do for your kids The results of ...
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The Gravy Train Leading Devalued Degrees to Government ‘Work’
2021-2023 San Antonio City Council The government lockdowns as an "opportunity (for) transformational change."Turning failed ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: 2 Girls & A Cake
Owner Brittany Reyna, InfuseSA Special Needs Outreach director Connie Aescht and co-owner Gogo Ham This ...
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Manipulating ‘Vets’ and ‘Puppies’ for Ea$y Money
KSAT FTW! "(K9s for Warriors CEO Rory) Diamond blamed the low dog transfer numbers on ...
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A ‘No’ on the Bonds is Hollow Without a ‘No’ on Property Taxes
Houses Made of Money An increased debt-load is falling on a shrinking property taxpayer baseFreeing ...
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‘Affordable’ Housing: The Easiest Bond to Vote Down
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who recently wrote in support of Proposition F in the San Antonio ...
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The Express-News Passes Gas
Suck it up, San Antonians! Thank goodness for memes! A witty, well-placed caption on a ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Ibettink
Owner Ibett Shipley and InfuseSA Policy Director & Editor and board member Chris Baecker This ...
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InfuseSA in the Community: Gino’s Deli
Gino's owner Aleem Chaudhry and InfuseSA Outreach Director and board member Suzie Bayne We’d like ...
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When the San Antonio City Council Oversteps and Tries to Fix a Problem It Caused
What happened to "do it for the children?" "If the Covid era doesn’t make one ...
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A Home is a Basic Expense; Not a Wealth-Building Vehicle.
Vote "NO" on the Housing Bond "Homeownership is a path for building wealth in the ...
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Helping the Local Media Inform … and Use Good Grammar.
Odd grammar takes the place of information When you raise taxes on citizens in pursuit ...
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Politicians Never Met a ‘Resource’ That Wasn’t “Available.”
'If it saves just one life.' Government's "resources" come at our expense, inhibiting our freedom ...
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Dealing with Payday Lenders is Voluntary: Dealing with Government, Not So Much
Co-sponsors of Crackdown on Freedom “You should use other people’s money.” If you have a ...
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Yellen’s ‘Modern Supply Side’ Really Just ‘Old-fashioned Demand Side’ Economics
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Freedom-lovers could be forgiven if they ...
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Are City Leaders’ Priorities in Good Enough Order to Justify More Bond Debt?
'Great Cities' Don't Come from Great Art; It's the Other Way Around Few stories have ...
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Why the Omission, Express-News?
We've noticed an interesting thing the last few days. Notice one "Letter to the Editor" ...
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KSAT News Chooses Sensationalism Over Objective Reporting
As Venezuela’s socialist policies have inevitably resulted in (hyper)inflation this century, their government has tried ...
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Cutting Both Ways: A Weakened Message and a Media Outlet’s Damaged Credibility
The financial struggles of the San Antonio Symphony have been in the news quite a ...
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Local Media Does Citizens Disservice By Avoiding Balance
Newspaper editorial pages generally lean one way or another politically. Given that they’re made up ...
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Words Matter, Swap Envy for Respect, Appreciation
The following passage from this opinion piece from the San Antonio Report stuck out: "Now ...
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Are Private Donations Being Solicited?
Does the City of San Antonio - Municipal Government plan to solicit private donations for ...
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