Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger
Vision:
MySA.com: Bruce Davidson
Water, ground transportation infrastructure, City Council term limits, the need for a new or secondary airport, work force development, nurturing the manufacturing sector and biosciences and many other goals were listed by the task force.
The group acknowledged that new revenue would be needed to meet some of the goals and put ideas on […]
Filed under: Bruce Davidson, Roddy Stinson, Taxpayers, tax increases | No Comments »
Posted on August 14th, 2007 by TechDigger
I know I should just ignore him but…
MySA.com: Roddy Stinson
Lawsuit-happy personal injury lawyers are largely responsible for the burdensome cost of malpractice insurance.
Never mind the facts.
Malpractice Situation Not Dire, Study Finds (washingtonpost.com)
In his pitch for legislation imposing a “hard cap of $250,000″ on medical malpractice awards for non-economic damages, President Bush points the finger at […]
Filed under: Mikal Watts, Roddy Stinson, medical malpractice, texas | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 31st, 2007 by TechDigger
MySA.com: Metro | State
Four council members are looking to trim San Antonio’s property tax rate during the upcoming budget negotiations. Three of them — Diane Cibrian, John Clamp and Kevin Wolff — represent the North Side.
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Wolff has proposed cutting the city’s rate by a penny to 56.85 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, as well […]
Filed under: Cultural Arts fund, Diance Cibrian, John Clamp, Kevin Wolff, Roddy Stinson, San Antonio, golf, property tax relief | No 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 April 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger
Thank you Roddy for bringing this to everyone’s attention.
MySA.com: Metro | State
Meanwhile, BOA members can only wait and reminisce about the good ol’ praying days.
“We used to have a minister named Oscar Williams on the board,” BOA member Mike Gallagher recalled. “He always asked the Lord to give us wisdom and to help us make […]
Filed under: Board of Adjustment, First Amendment, Roddy Stinson, San Antonio, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, religion | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 25th, 2007 by TechDigger
So two Republicans have introduced legislation that would allow the formation of a library district that could be funded by a sales or property tax and Roddy Stinson doesn’t like it.
MySA.com: Roddy Stinson
“If voters want to have financial support for the library system, they can vote for it. If not, they can vote against it […]
Filed under: HJR 88, Jeff Wentworth, Joe Straus, Roddy Stinson, SJR 34, San Antonio, accountability, community development, disabled homeowners, libraries, library districts, public spending, senior homeowners, slash and burn republicans, tax and spend | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger
I’m not surprised.
Survey: Houston among nation’s ’stingiest’ cities - Houston Business Journal:
According to the survey, the most charitable city nationwide is Salt Lake City, with annual charitable contributions of $2,196 per taxpayer, while San Antonio ranks as the stingiest, with $717 in contributions.
Rounding out the top three most generous cities were West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, […]
Filed under: Charitable contributions per taxpayer, Intuit, Roddy Stinson, San Antonio, median income, per capita income | 1 Comment »
