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More by Heywood Sanders
Cityscrapes: One More Hotelnew
Just one more hotel, and the city will boom. That has long been the mantra of this city’s business and political leaders. With her decision to support a new hotel tower atop the Joske’s building, City Manager Sheryl Sculley has now joined the crowd, fully backed by newly reelected Mayor Julián Castro.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
05-24-2013 |
Housing & Development
Tags: san antonio
San Antonio talks of community, but continues to build the dividenew
San Antonio is often best understood from afar, by a distant observer who can realistically compare it to other places. Recent months have seen three new studies that place San Antonio in a larger context and can help educate us about our community.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
10-26-2012 |
Economy
Tags: San Antonio Economy
Revisiting the great Convention Center black holenew
There we go again. Or rather, there they go again. Local leaders keep spending hundreds of millions on our Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, and on its next-door Grand Hyatt hotel, in the hopes that the local convention business will boom.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
08-16-2012 |
Housing & Development
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Why Texas Still Needs the Voting Rights Actnew
The ability to vote—to have this process be simple, accessible, free of intimidation—is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Anne Henderson |
07-18-2013 |
Elections
Greg Abbott: Rick Perry 2.0new
Last week, standing before a crowd at the HOLT Caterpillar plant in none other than San Antonio, Gov. Rick Perry announced he would step aside to “pass the mantle” of leadership, officially marking the end of his painfully long reign as governor.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
07-18-2013 |
Elections
State of the San Antonionew
Mayor Julián Castro had big shoes to fill delivering his State of the City speech last week –– namely, his own.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-06-2013 |
Commentary
Five (perhaps) legit reasons not to votenew
1. It's Not Your Duty. Whether or not you agree that U.S. military policy is about protecting democracies, in the U.S. you have both the right to exercise your vote, and your right not to.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
10-31-2012 |
Elections
Ten Reasons to Vote This Year ... or Notnew
With such paltry return on your ballot investment, why would you spend your time, gasoline, or brainpower on voting, whether you are Republican, Democrat, minor party, or independent?
San Antonio Current |
jeffrey Wright |
10-31-2012 |
Elections
