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San Antonio codes for recycling yards could soon be re-written, but some businesses wonder if it will make a difference
Read full article: San Antonio codes for recycling yards could soon be re-written, but some businesses wonder if it will make a differenceA Council Consideration Request is waiting to be put on the Planning & Community Development Committee's agenda. If council approves it, a committee could be created to review the two codes.
Horse carriage operators score early victory in face of ban proposal
Read full article: Horse carriage operators score early victory in face of ban proposalThe eight members of the 11-person Transportation Advisory Board who were present Wednesday voted unanimously to recommend city council consider keeping horse-drawn carriages in San Antonio. The boardās motion also indicated a desire to specifically keep the carriages downtown.
Carriage operators say San Antonio needs to hold its horses on proposed ban
Read full article: Carriage operators say San Antonio needs to hold its horses on proposed banThe city councilās Governance Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to send a proposal to ban horse-drawn carriages over to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for consideration. The specifics havenāt been decided yet, but the vote means the 16-month-old request is still alive.
Council Consideration Request could create task force to review property, fire codes in San Antonio
Read full article: Council Consideration Request could create task force to review property, fire codes in San AntonioCouncilwoman Teri Castillo said community members from her district have been vocal about safety and health concerns regarding recycling and salvage yards.
āA middle fingerā: San Antonio councilman blasts staff rejection of crime prevention office plan
Read full article: āA middle fingerā: San Antonio councilman blasts staff rejection of crime prevention office planNearly 20 months after the East Side councilman submitted a request to consider the creation of a brand-new āOffice of Crime and Recidivism Prevention,ā a top city executive had told him and the other committee members that such an office was unnecessary.
Plan to expand city non-discrimination ordinance scaled back
Read full article: Plan to expand city non-discrimination ordinance scaled backNearly a full year after Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez proposed expanding the city's NDO to include private employers and increasing penalties for violations, the measures are conspicuously absent from city staff recommendations for updating the ordinance.
Councilman wants āformalā cite-and-release program for pot possession; activists want more rolled into it
Read full article: Councilman wants āformalā cite-and-release program for pot possession; activists want more rolled into itThough San Antonio already participates in a cite and release program, it wasnāt passed by city council, and District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez says itās time to ācodify something.ā But with Pelaez submitting his request for a marijuana-only program - just one day after meeting with SA Stands member who want to include several other misdemeanors - the coalition smells a rat.
āDonāt want to give the Dist. 2 Councilman what he wantsā: Business groups oppose expanding non-discrimination ordinance
Read full article: āDonāt want to give the Dist. 2 Councilman what he wantsā: Business groups oppose expanding non-discrimination ordinanceThough theyāre avoiding an all-out offensive, San Antonio business groups are resisting the idea of expanding the cityās non-discrimination ordinance commonly referred to simply as the NDO.
To the moon and back: Take this quiz on celebrities, groups with āmoonā in their names
Read full article: To the moon and back: Take this quiz on celebrities, groups with āmoonā in their namesMonday marks National Moon Day, but of course, the day isnāt really about famous people, bands or items that have āmoonā in their names. (Still, that didnāt stop us from creating this quiz!) National Moon Day is all about the first moon landing, which took place 51 years ago on this day and saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to ever step foot on the moon. But instead of coming up with a quiz about the various geological features of the moon or astronautical engineering, we thought it would be more fun to come up with a little test on people, artists or general items in entertainment and pop culture that are loosely tied to the word āmoon.āHopefully, you can achieve a score that is out of this world.