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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.

By Heywood Sanders

May 3, 2023

CityScrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. It's spring in San Antonio...

Front yards are sprouting the signs for local political candidates that appear in odd-numbered years.

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?

By Heywood Sanders
Mar 14, 2023
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.

By Heywood Sanders
Feb 13, 2023
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.

By Heywood Sanders
Dec 29, 2022
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.

By Heywood Sanders
Nov 21, 2022
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.

By Heywood Sanders
Oct 11, 2022
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.

By Heywood Sanders
Aug 26, 2022
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.

By Heywood Sanders
Apr 5, 2022
San Antonio’s endless incentives for Microsoft help explain our lagging economic development

By Heywood Sanders
Feb 16, 2022
CPS Energy’s 2021 failures highlight larger problems with San Antonio’s governance

By Heywood Sanders
Jan 3, 2022
After February freeze, San Antonio must break its addiction to CPS Energy’s revenues

By Heywood Sanders
Nov 5, 2021
As San Antonio’s air quality again fails to meet federal standards, it’s time to demand better

By Heywood Sanders
Oct 6, 2021
Play Ball!

By Heywood Sanders
May 25, 2016
Roots of Fiesta Royalties

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By Heywood Sanders
Apr 13, 2016
Hotel Junkie: Do Big Boom Projects Help Average People In SA?

By Heywood Sanders
Mar 4, 2015
Cityscrapes: Lands of the lost

By Heywood Sanders
Dec 17, 2014
Cityscrapes: Dome and domer to

By Heywood Sanders
Nov 19, 2014
Cityscrapes: Another bridge to nowhere?

By Heywood Sanders
Oct 14, 2014
Cityscrapes: Local history pays the price for Briscoe deal

By Heywood Sanders
Sep 16, 2014
Cityscrapes: A race to the convention floor

By Heywood Sanders
Aug 26, 2014
Cityscrapes: Streetcars, debt and us

By Heywood Sanders
Aug 5, 2014

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