By Edmond Ortiz Balcones Heights Mayor Johnny Rodriguez was arrested Aug. 26 after an assault that allegedly occurred during a tension-filled Aug. 24 City Council meeting. What you should know Balcones Heights Community Relations Manager Roy Martinez confirmed that Rodriguez was arrested by Bexar County Pct. 2 Constable Leticia Vasquez on a misdemeanor warrant for…
By Edmond Ortiz Schertz, Windcrest and the Edgewood Independent School District will have full slates of contested races in the Nov. 3 elections. Aug. 17 was the deadline for local candidates to snag a Nov. 3 election ballot spot in one of the five San Antonio-area cities and school districts slated to hold an election…
By Edmond Ortiz A newly adopted ordinance in Windcrest gives local police more flexibility in directly dealing with individuals who are panhandling or aggressively seeking money from local merchants and residents. But an executive leader of one San Antonio-based nonprofit that serves the homeless population says law enforcement is only one part of a larger,…
By Edmond Ortiz San Antonio City Council is weighing a proposed property tax increase that local leaders hope will help to pare down a budget deficit, but they still face a range of proposed spending cuts and other tough fiscal decisions before arriving at a new budget. The council is also adding a special election…
By Edmond Ortiz City Council will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. Aug. 17 on whether to call a Nov. 3 election on the city’s previous pledge to allocate nearly $500 million in specific-use funds for the San Antonio Spurs’ planned downtown arena. The meeting is to be held at City Council chambers, 114…
By Edmond Ortiz Bexar County Commissioners are committing to a series of long-range plans designed to reform how arrestees, especially those with medical or mental health issues, are initially processed upon arrival at the Bexar County Jail, and how they are addressed in custody. Elsewhere, Balcones Heights City Council entertained recent attempt to vote no…
By Edmond Ortiz The power of art and art education was front and center of a July 29 CNTR/CTY panel discussion at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts where Alyssa Avenatti, executive director of the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, shared the value of supporting the arts. According to Avenatti, a presentation from the…
By Edmond Ortiz Pet owners are familiar with the “rainbow bridge,” a concept offered in various written works over the years that describes an other-worldly place where pets go when they die and wait to be reunited with their owners. While pet cemeteries do exist, there are rare instances where members of the public can…
By Edmond Ortiz Cibolo is one of the many Texas communities to recently try adopting regulations for data centers, whose proliferation nationwide has sparked neighbors’ worries about environmental impacts. But as the number of data centers increases, local governments, grassroots groups and concerned residents wonder whether they have any true, significant authority to stop such…
By Edmond Ortiz When it comes to spending cuts and adjustments in developing San Antonio’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is reiterating her stance that everything is on the table. Where the mayor stands The City Council will conclude a brief summer break and reconvene in August to face what local officials…
