San Antonio is set to be the fifth largest city in the nation. Credit: Wikimedia

Are you one of thousands of people with a 210 tattoo? 

Don’t worry, the new area code — expected implementation is in 2018 — won’t change for most people who are already using it. 

KENS reports that people with existing numbers won’t lose the deuce-dime in the short-term, but as the need arises, people could be issued new numbers that would include the new area code. 

The Public Utility Commission of Texas, which received a petition to add an area code to SA from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator — an organization that amazingly exists — will hold a public meeting at the Alamo Area Council of Governments in the Al J. Notzon III Board Room on May 12 from 2 to 5 p.m. at 8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 100.

The North American Numbering Plan Administrator first filed the petition in October 6, 2015. Read the full document:

Mark Reagan isn't from Texas, but he came here as soon as he could. He got his start on the windy plains of southwest Kansas at the Dodge City Daily Globe where he covered education and eventually served...