MySA.com: Metro | State
Early voting for the Nov. 6 election begins on Monday and runs through Nov. 2.
Items of interest on the ballot this time include tax rate elections for five local school districts and several proposed amendments to the state constitution.
For a list of early voting polling sites and a look at a sample [...]
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MySA.com: KENS 5: Sports
Hickey confirmed UTSA would ask for $50 million from the county to help fund an on-campus athletics complex.
UTSA is expected to deliver the message at her presentation to a county athletics facilities committee hearing Sept. 25.
The UTSA athletics complex is planned as a facility to be shared by the university and the [...]
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No news on when Bexar county might post it’s campaign contribution filings.
Bexar County Records
BEXAR COUNTY CLERK, Gerard C. “Gerry” Rickhoff, is pleased to provide access to document images and index information over the Internet.
This website has been updated and an important new feature is available for public users. The document images can be printed and [...]
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3 Texas counties slow to adopt ‘05 campaign law | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
After nearly two years, three of Texas’ largest counties had failed to post online the campaign finance reports of their commissioners and judges as a 2005 law requires — a mandate intended to improve access and accountability to constituents.
Of the counties subject [...]
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Even after reading the entire article, does anyone know what Nelson Wolff means by the following statement?
MySA.com: Metro | State
“It’s a major issue, and one that we’re using what limited tools we have to address,” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said.
Does he mean that the county can’t control development so there’s really no way to [...]
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MySA.com: Metro | State
A South Texas sheriff is the first in more than a decade to refuse to accept certain parole violators at his jail, the strongest message yet to state leaders that counties are increasingly frustrated with housing prisoners without compensation.
The message resonates even louder these days because of overcrowding issues facing both Texas [...]
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So Larson is against the immigration reform bill.
MySA.com: Politics
Larson considered the bill too flawed.
“If anything, it stimulated the base of the (Republican) Party,” he said. “If this is the way the Democratic Party is going to move — that they’re going to move us toward amnesty — it gets a lot of people motivated to [...]
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I wonder why this didn’t make the Express-News?
Bexar County approves needle exchange program - State & Local
San Antonio’s Bexar County will be the first county in Texas to have a needle exchange program. The pilot program, approved June 13, is designed to stop the spread of communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B and [...]
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Yesterday, I crawled around the Bexar County website to see if I could find out how to file to run for Commissioners Court or figure out how much they were paid. Since I didn’t find anything, I started looking at some other county and city websites and found nothing as well.
I went to the websites [...]
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Does anyone know where to find information on how to file for candidacy for Bexar County Commissioner’s Court? Does anyone know how much they’re paid? I tried the Bexar County website but didn’t find anything.
Bexar County Elections Department
I noticed the same problem with the school districts, no information on who is running, deadlines, how to [...]
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