🚨NEWS ALERT: Longtime Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff shook up the mayor’s race last Thursday with an enthusiastic endorsement of tech executive Beto Altamirano for mayor. That has to add serious energy to the campaign just days after the city clerk…
San Antonio has a problem with how it conducts local elections, namely the low $100 fee it requires of citizens who want to get their name on a local election ballot. As Andrea Drusch reported in the San Antonio Report last week, that fee has not ri…
I’m starting this week’s Monday Musings with a question for readers, and I hope you’ll share your thoughts. How deeply should our bigcitysmalltown podcast cover the San Antonio mayor’s race? What might seem like a question with an obvious answer is…
Last Monday was DĂa de la ConstituciĂłn in Mexico. As my wife Monika Maeckle and I gazed out the window of our northbound bus, entering the country’s Bajio on our way from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende, we passed the UNESCO World Heritage City…
If there is a single facet of public opinion where perception often triumphs over reality, it’s crime. Examine any poll where local voters are asked to prioritize their concerns, and crime almost always finishes first. Even when it’s down, like it…
If you are new to this newsletter, and aren’t we all?, I wrote ​last week​ about the importance of UTSA growth to the future of the city, and in particular, this year’s planned merger of the two institutions into a single, highly diversified entity.…
Several readers of my inaugural Monday Musings newsletter circulated last week asked me who I was voting for in the May 3 San Antonio mayor’s race. That’s a premature question since the one-month filing period for candidates only opened on Jan. 15 a…
Welcome to the inaugural Monday Musings newsletter from me, bigcitysmalltown host Bob Rivard. The weekly newsletter will arrive in your email inbox every Monday morning, an offering of comments and perspective on the latest local and regional news…