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We look forward to binge watching this season!  “A bipolar CIA operative who graduated from Ron Nirenberg’s San Antonio Ready to Work program convinces a disgraced City of San Antonio Animal Care Services Director that social media operatives are planning to carry out an open records blitz.” Co-starring Mandy Patinkin as CoSA Attorney Andy Segovia and F. Murray Abraham as City Manager…

We attended a neighborhood association (NA) meeting recently on the inner west side.  The concerns were probably not unlike those of residents in other U.S. urban centers: crime, public intoxication, vagrancy, etc. One that drew a notable response from District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo was the cost of housing.  This issue provides a good example…

San Antonio District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez was recently on the Express-News’ “Puro Politics” podcast when the subject turned to the city charter commission.  Regarding their consideration of changing the city manager pay structure, he said “there is a fix inherently baked-in.” He was referring to the fact that the salary is tied to…

(the actual session can be viewed here) A while back I was in a group discussion when the subject turned to Ready to Work. Most of them were lamenting the program’s rough start and lack of progress toward its stated goals. Then they turned to me, and I said “it never had a chance to…

The publisher of the San Antonio Express-News, Mark Medici, tweeted yesterday that “issues of public safety shouldn’t be bartered in the back room, the topic should and needs to be public. To that end, I’d ask each of the five council members to be more transparent with what they would exchange?” Medici linked an EN…

Good evening.  My name is Denise Gutierrez Homer and I’m here representing InfuseSA. As we continue the discussion and recommendations for the new city charter of San Antonio, one of the most concerning issues which will be addressed by this board tonight, will be the recommendations of policies regarding the Ethics Commission. The issue at…

Regarding increasing the number of seats on the city council … on one end of the political spectrum is concern that the “voice” of the “only … reliable black seat” would be diminished from 1/11 to 1/13.  While on the other end of the spectrum, there are worries about more seats essentially dilutes right-leaning seats.…

Commission members, good evening.  I’m appreciative that you have been given a mandate to review our city charter, but I’m hoping that you do NOT interpret this as a mandate to necessarily CHANGE our charter.  Any changes should be approached with a lot of caution. SPECIFICALLY: 1. Ethics Review: I do NOT support the creation…

Good evening.  My name is Denise Gutierrez Homer.  I am the Vice President of InfuseSA.  I would like to thank you for taking the time tonight to listen to the citizens’ concerns regarding the city charter. InfuseSA has attended every public meeting and has taken many notes.  It’s come to our attention that we have…

Thank you, good evening.  My name is Chris Baecker.  I am the editor and policy director of a little outfit called InfuseSA.  We exist to advance personal and economic freedom for all citizens of Bexar County.  At the turn of the century, I was working, welcoming the first two of my four daughters and just…