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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 [...]
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Diane Cibrian for mayor?
MySA.com: City Council
While hedging on her Fiesta medal slogan, Cibrian did confirm that she has been exploring the idea ever since last fall, when she says a group of constituents asked her to consider running.
That would have been when she had logged less than six months on the council.
So what magnificent achievements [...]
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More on the South Side rezoning issue:
MySA.com: Editorials
Councilwoman Diane Cibrian is launching an effort to permanently add protection against similar mistakes in the future, and other council members are discussing preventive measures as well.
Cibrian wants an ordinance requiring that council be informed of any zoning decision impacting even nonbinding agreements and possibly an additional hearing.
Uhmmm, [...]
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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 [...]
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# 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 [...]
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MySA.com: Metro | State
There isn’t much left to the imagination here. The exhibit is touted more for its educational component than shock value. But visitors do come face to face with pink, skinless cadavers in various stages of dissection displayed in low lighting.
Witte Museum President and CEO Marise McDermott was pleasantly surprised to see [...]
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MySA.com: Metro | State
The Cowboy Breakfast, sponsored by Toyota, pays homage to trail riders and the Old West, but there will be plenty new this year.
First, it will move from its old location at Crossroads of San Antonio mall farther out Interstate 10 West to the parking lot at Bass Pro Shops. The breakfast [...]
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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 [...]
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MySA.com: Jaime Castillo | Politics
District 8 City Councilwoman Diane Cibrian said she’s “strongly considering” seeking the mayor’s office after only one term. On Friday, she said she’ll make a formal decision early next year.
So Cibrian wants to do for the entire city what she has done for District 8? Which is what exactly?
Property tax relief? [...]
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Carlos Guerra has more information on the VIA/Marshall Road development.
MySA.com: Carlos Guerra
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