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San Antonio’s new flights to Europe came at a cost, and the money could be better spent
The city ponied up incentives worth $1.3 million — all for a few seasonal flights to one European city.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio’s ‘doom loop’ shows city’s downtown missteps
Downtown’s sky-high vacancy rate for prime commercial real estate raises troubling questions, both about the future of downtown and more importantly, about how we make public policy.
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Cityscrapes: San Antonio’s term limits constrain leaders’ ability to address real city problems
This election cycle’s limited choices for mayor is a direct result of term limits that San Antonio voters opted for in 1991.
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Cityscrapes: It’s time for San Antonio to look back on Hemisfair ’68 minus the mythology
The late ‘Red’ McCombs chaired the Hemisfair committee that realized the building of the Tower of the Americas. But did the fair really make SA what it is today?
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CityScrapes: San Antonio owes the public better transparency on its delayed construction projects
Too many delays and too many unexplained disruptions might well lead to far more ‘no’ votes on the next big bond program.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio’s public giveaways haven’t lived up to their promise of a thriving downtown
The reality of downtown San Antonio is that we succeeded in creating a place for tourists to wander that holds little appeal to San Antonians beyond the twinkling lights of the River Walk.
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Cityscrapes: San Antonio leaders should consider past mistakes when mulling a new ballpark
San Antonio’s blunders with the Alamodome and AT&T Center offer warnings about the dangers of ignoring public input as we mull a new facility for the Missions.
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Cityscrapes: San Antonio excels at building facilities but fails to support the artists they’re intended for
Somehow, this community could manage to build a grand new performing arts center, and yet fail to support and sustain a symphony orchestra originally founded in 1939.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio’s new minor league ballpark proposal is about land, not sports
According to recent news reports, Weston Urban is working to develop a new minor league ballpark downtown.
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CityScrapes: Ex-San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley pushing another convention center project
Given her San Antonio track record, Sculley’s enthusiasm for a $1.2 billion-plus convention center expansion in Austin isn’t surprising — it’s just par for the course.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio lacks transparency with Grand Hyatt deal and convention center expansion
Why don’t San Antonians have access to the information needed to assess whether the Grand Hyatt hotel deal or convention center expansions made sense?
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CityScrapes: San Antonio should have recognized its Grand Hyatt project was a debacle all along
Over a decade of changing mayors, new councilmembers and different city staffers, no one seemed to question the wisdom of a city-financed hotel.
