Saturday’s election results

Online

PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 625). . . . . 625 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 880,454
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . […]

Voting on Saturday

KVIA.com El Paso, Las Cruces - Weather, News, Sports - San Antonio-area voters to decide on visitor tax
Bexar County voters will decide whether to extend a 1.75% tax on hotel rooms and 5% tax on short-term car rentals to fund four separate propositions. They would make improvements to the San Antonio River, build new […]

Early voting starts on Monday

Index
05/10/08 -
Joint General & Special Election
* 03/11/08 Begin Accepting Applications to Vote by Mail
* 04/10/08 Voter Registration Deadline
* 04/28/08 Early Voting Begins -
* Calendar and Locations, Sample Ballot
*05/02/08 Final […]

Record voter turnout in Bexar

MySA.com: Metro | State
More than 9,000 people cast ballots Tuesday in Bexar County, more than doubling the previous single-day record for early voting.
Elections officials said an electorate excited over the sizzling Democratic presidential primary in two weeks accounted for the record one-day turnout. More than three times as many voters cast ballots in the […]

Early voting starts today

Index
# 02/19/08 Early Voting Begins -
Early Voting Schedule and Early Voting Locations, Early Voting Map
I think my little one is dying to get out there today but her registration card hasn’t made it to us yet. She sent it off on the 11th of January so she beat the deadline but they […]

Important voting dates for Bexar County

Index
03/04/08 -
03/04/08 -Primary Election
* 01/04/08 Begin Accepting Applications to Vote by Mail
* 02/04/08 Voter Registration Deadline
* 02/19/08 Early Voting Begins -
* Early Voting Schedule and Early Voting Locations
*02/26/08 […]

A ban doesn’t work unless it is enforced

Bexar County Burning: Why Weren’t New Year’s Fireworks Banned? | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Firefighters got a badly needed rest Wednesday after a fire-filled start to the New Year.
The San Antonio Fire Department alone received nearly 1200 calls between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday. Most of those fires were blamed on fireworks.
So, […]

A Case for Roddy Stinson?

UTSA says new sports complex would have $193 million impact in San Antonio - San Antonio Business Journal:

Based on the findings in that study, UTSA officials say the proposed multi-sport complex is estimated to generate an economic impact totaling $193 million during the three-year construction period and the initial five years of operations.
The report was […]

Sad, sad voter turnout across the state

Online Bexar County Results
TOTAL VOTES Vote […]

Just because we got lucky doesn’t mean we have clean air

EPA Backtracks on Easing Toxin Rule - washingtonpost.com

Under pressure from Democratic senators, the Bush administration has modified its proposal to ease public reporting requirements for companies that handle or release toxic chemicals.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules for the Toxics Release Inventory, an annual accounting of more than 650 chemicals that industry releases […]