The energy challenge – how should we address it?
Today in the Express-News Jan Jarboe Russell wrote a great op-ed piece on recent news that Mayor Julian Castro had suggested a reduced investment in the South Texas Project, the nuclear generating...
View ArticlePittsburgh, a renewed city
Sunday I returned from Netroots Nation 2009 held this year in Pittsburgh at the Lawrence Convention Center. It was my first visit to the Steel City and I can attest it really should consider changing...
View ArticleThe effect of renewable energy on the poor
Monday as I was scanning media around Texas I found an interesting article at the Austin American-Statesman regarding the problem facing the poor and elderly as a result of Austin’s decision to fore go...
View ArticleA time to plan
This morning I woke up to a Facebook wall post from Mayor Julian Castro saying “It’s been 25 years since Target ’90, the last time San Antonians came together to answer the question, ‘What kind of city...
View ArticleIs infrastructure to be Mayor Castro’s legacy
Today Scott Stroud wrote in his column in the Express-News about how Mayor Julian Castro is facing big challenges barely into his first year in office. First Castro is faced with the decision over...
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Downtown development starting with my building
Today I happened to notice on Ben Olivo’s Downtown Blog an entry with a video of the construction of The Vistana, a time lapse series of photos taken by the webcam perched on the roof of the Christus...
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Can River North really be redeveloped?
This past weekend the Express-News wrote about the possible demise of the River North Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 27, the TIRZ set up to help fund infrastructure improvements within an area...
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It’s time to start planning
In two weeks San Antonio will begin the process of planning for the city’s future with the kickoff of SA 2020. It’s an initiative being led by Mayor Julian Castro and involving many of our city’s...
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SA2020 is off and running
On Saturday the city came out in big numbers to help kick off SA2020, the long range planning effort initiated by the Mayor’s office. It’s an opportunity for San Antonio to plot out a course for its...
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Time to finish the job
This Saturday the last public forum for SA2020 will be held at the TriPoint YMCA starting at 8:30 a.m. If you’d like to be a part of this important forum you can register to attend at the SA2020...
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It’s a wrap, well not quite
Today was the last public forum for SA2020, Mayor Julian Castro’s long-range planning exercise to help shape the future of San Antonio. About 1,000 people gathered at the TriPoint YMCA this morning,...
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A Ferris Bueller Day
Today was a pretty cool day. One of those days where there’s really no agenda or plan, just kicking back with a friend taking in what comes at you. It was a Ferris Bueller Day in my terms. In fact,...
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Small but green
Small businesses make up a large part of the business environment in America, representing over 99.7% of all employer firms and employing over half of all private sector jobs according to the Small...
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Maybe all this heat is what we need to be a solar city
How fitting that on the three days prior to the big announcement about new energy we’ve had record-breaking heat and sun. Yes, today San Antonio seemed to be on the cusp of a new era in the city’s...
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BexarMet, maybe it’s time to let SAWS take over
Sunday, when I was wading through my feeds, I found an interesting one from a fellow blogger, Charles Kuffner in Houston, highlighting an NPR story about SAWS water conservation and reclamation...
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