Judge temporarily blocks controversial drainange project
After two long days of court testimony last week, state District Judge David Berchelmann has granted a temporary injunction that stops the city from spending any 2007 bond money on a multi...
View ArticleJudge’s order derails city drainage project
District Judge David Berchelmann signed an order today blocking the City of San Antonio from moving forward with any construction on a controversial drainage project before a trial jury hears the case...
View ArticleDown-zoning dustup
Zoning's among those basics of local government that, while crucial, can be mind-numbing to follow. But add golf, wounded vets, and Walmart, and you've got yourself a show.
View ArticleBoard rules DiGiovanni violated ethics code
Without even a slap on the wrist, the Ethics Review Board seemed to have merely shrugged. "The purpose of our board," one member told reporters, "is to be an educative body." So was this the system at...
View ArticleTexas Civil Rights Project sues City of San Antonio for banning man from City...
The Texas Civil Rights Project yesterday filed a lawsuit against SAPD Chief William McManus, San Antonio City Attorney Michael Bernard, and the City of San Antonio for the rare practice of banning...
View ArticleReviving La CAUSA
Last week, with much of City Council stuck in campaign season crunch time, downtown Council member Diego Bernal sought to deliver on a promise he made to the LGBT community nearly two years ago....
View ArticleSexually confused: LGBT non-discrimination ordinance opponents can’t get...
Pastor Charles Flowers says he plans to fight for his right to discriminate. That is, against “the homosexuals, the transsexuals,” and any other permutation of human sexuality that doesn’t fit the...
View ArticleOp-Ed: There IS LGBT Discrimination in San Antonio
By Jennifer Falcon, lead organizer of GetEQUAL San Antonio Chapter For the past few months GetEQUAL Texas has been educating the community about the upcoming non-discrimination ordinance and actively...
View ArticleVIA: Streetcar Will Have A $1.3 Billion Impact on Local Economy
The proposed downtown streetcar project is expected to have an economic impact of $1.3 billion for the city of San Antonio. That’s according to a study sanctioned by VIA Metropolitan Transit. (You can...
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