Posted on February 13th, 2008 by TechDigger
Good luck getting this changed:
MySA.com: David Hendricks
As a new kind of family-friendly and affordable medical clinic pops up in bunches across the nation, Texas waits like a flu patient sitting in a crowded doctor’s office.
The barrier is state law, which urgently needs updating to keep up with new trends in health-care delivery.
The “barrier” is actually [...]
Filed under: David Hendricks, Texas Medical Association, tort reform | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 11th, 2007 by TechDigger
On the business page by a business columnist.
MySA.com: David Hendricks
While CPS Energy is prudent to prepare, San Antonians should demand that business and government leaders make a strong, united stand to keep our service area closed to deregulation.
Guess government regulation isn’t always a bad thing. And in this case, it even seems to be good [...]
Filed under: CPS Energy, David Hendricks, San Antonio, energy deregulation | No Comments »
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: David Hendricks
Introducing a flexible market solution called “congestion pricing” is the better action. The FAA could auction landing time slots at busy airports, setting capacity limits aimed at avoiding delays. Airlines then could sell or buy slots as passenger demand changes under a classic cap-and-trade system.
This is an incredibly common sense market solution to [...]
Filed under: David Hendricks, airline delays, congestion pricing, corporate jets, peak pricing | No Comments »
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: David Hendricks
Despite growth, San Antonio has done everything necessary to reduce its air pollution. And now the EPA wants to change the rules.
Why should San Antonio be punished for finally, after plenty of local effort, making gains for its residents’ health?
Well, maybe because everything San Antonio has done to reduce its air pollution had [...]
Filed under: David Hendricks, EPA, Federal Clean Air Standards, Ozone, San Antonio | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: David Hendricks
When Texas voters in 2003 approved a state proposition capping lawsuit awards for medical malpractice cases, only four insurance companies even offered malpractice policies to Texas doctors.
Now, 30 insurance companies crowd the market, and premiums have fallen like so many San Antonio Spurs playoff opponents. The lower cost of being a doctor in [...]
Filed under: David Hendricks, malpractice insurance, medical negligence, physician licenses, texas, tort reform | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 5th, 2007 by TechDigger
This is probably the only tax Roddy Stinson hasn’t come out against.
MySA.com: Business
But the city’s total hotel tax ranks among the most expensive in the country at a whopping 16.75 percent. Most of it is divided between the state (6 percent) and city (7 percent) for visitor marketing. Another 2 percent finances Convention Center expansion.
Too [...]
Filed under: David Hendricks, Roddy Stinson, San Antonio, Taxes, Tourism, hotel tax | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 5th, 2007 by TechDigger
Poor insurance companies, they just can’t seem to get their side of the story out.
MySA.com: Letters to the Editor
Credit score ban unfairA ban on credit scoring would increase the insurance premiums of up to 70 percent of Texans. Without the use of credit information, low-risk customers will be forced to subsidize higher-risk customers, contrary to [...]
Filed under: Beaman Floyd, David Hendricks, Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions, car insurance, credit scoring | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by TechDigger
If I were more of a cynic, I would say that David Hendricks must have had a poor credit rating at one time.
MySA.com: Business
Members of the Texas Legislature again are attempting to halt perhaps the most anti-consumer practice of all — the use of credit scores by insurance companies to determine premiums for automobile policies [...]
Filed under: Auto insurance, David Hendricks, HB 981, Insurance Credit Scoring, Marc Veasey, Rodney Ellis, SB 533, credit rating | No Comments »
Posted on February 20th, 2007 by TechDigger
So the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is optimistic.
MySA.com: Business
“People are optimistic,” chamber President Joe Krier said. “I think things are setting up to where the next 10 to 20 years will be among the best in the city’s 300-year history.”
But not optimistic enough to actually pay for all the street and drainage improvements [...]
Filed under: Board of Realtors, Bond, Charles Wender, David Hendricks, Economic Development Foundation, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Joe Krier, Mario Hernandez, San Antonio, Valero, property taxes, vested rights | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 28th, 2007 by TechDigger
I know that our state franchise tax system is screwed up and as I started reading this, I thought this is just another example.
MySA.com: Business
The state’s new margin tax will drive away headquarters of Texas-based trucking companies to other states unless the law is changed to allow more payroll deductions, a national association warns.
But as [...]
Filed under: David Hendricks, Franchise Tax, Independent contractors, Robert Voltmann, San Antonio Express News, Terry Bowen, Transportation Intermediaries Association, Trucking Industry, Uncategorized, tax policy, texas | No Comments »
