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A weekly podcast that breaks down how politics works, and often doesn't work, in San Antonio. Metro Editor Greg Jefferson and Express-News reporters question politicians and other newsmakers about what they're up to in our name.
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City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson talk about Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' new push for the city to take a tougher approach in talks with the Spurs for tax dollars to build a new arena.
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Could Spurs arena infrastructure make next city bond a harder sell?
San Antonio quietly slashes final boost for minority- and woman-owned businesses
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City Hall reporters Madison Iszler and Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson discuss what comes after the narrow passage of Bexar County's Prop B, which dedicates up to $311 million in tax revenue to a new Spurs arena. One of the biggest next steps: a big city bond election for infrastructure around the arena site.
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Inside Prop B’s win and what it means for Project Marvel’s future
Analysis: Spurs arena vote gave Gina Ortiz Jones a hard political lesson
Developers pitch housing, restaurants, shops for East Side
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The retired Bexar County judge and ENside Politics team dissect the Spurs and Rodeo tax elections and discuss why arena proponents had to grind out a narrow win in the Nov. 4 vote.
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Spurs get the W: Bexar County voters approve downtown San Antonio basketball arena
Voters approve plan to renovate Frost Bank Center, expand rodeo events
Election results: Spurs arena, San Antonio rodeo and Texas amendments
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The East Side councilman talks with reporter Madison Iszler and host Greg Jefferson about why he's opposed to Bexar County tax funding for the Freeman Coliseum grounds and a Spurs arena at Hemisfair.
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Downtown Spurs arena campaign raises more than $7M
Can a $192M rodeo plan do what the Spurs never did for San Antonio's East Side?
Will ‘tourist dollars’ go back to Gov. Abbott if Spurs arena measure fails?
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COPS/Metro leaders Adrian Castro and Sonia Rodriguez make their case against spending any tax dollars on a new Spurs. Their bottom line in a conversation with reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson: billionaire team investors would benefit, not taxpayers.
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What to know about early voting in San Antonio
Spurs arena proposition faces ‘uphill battle,’ UTSA poll shows
Spurs arena vote fuels relocation anxiety. Experts say it shouldn’t.
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Bobby Perez, Spurs Sports & Entertainment's general counsel, talks public financing for a downtown arena and addresses relocation fears in a wide-ranging conversation with reporter Madison Iszler and host Greg Jefferson.
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How the Spurs and arena opponents are making their pitches to voters
Spurs pump nearly $2 million into downtown arena campaign
UTSA president lends support to Project Marvel, new Spurs arena
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City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson discuss Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' ups and downs since taking office in June -- her strained relationship with some City Council members, how she's doing on her agenda and the losing votes she's racked up so far.
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Ethics board will rule tonight on mayor's push for Democratic convention
Mayor floats raising SAWS city contribution to help close budget gap
City Council rejects mayor's pick for Bexar board, backs Meza Gonzalez
What has Mayor Jones accomplished in her first 100 days as S.A. mayor?
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San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo CEO Cody Davenport talks with reporter Madison Iszler and host Greg Jefferson about the $192 million tax proposition on the Nov. 4 ballot and the huge rodeo expansion plan it would pay for.
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As Spurs eye downtown arena, county asks voters to help pay the bill
Spurs launch campaign to convince voters to say yes to arena money
Voters to see Spurs arena on 2 ballots? Mayor Jones floats city bond election.
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Pollster Brannon Miller, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson discuss the campaign for tax dollars for a Spurs arena, why Gov. Greg Abbott has spooked big-name Democratic challengers and Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' first 100 days.
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Why Texas Democrats aren't lining up to take on Greg Abbott in the midterms
Sources: Ron Nirenberg weighing run for governor or county judge
What is Bexar County getting for helping the Spurs pay for an arena?
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City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith join host Greg Jefferson to talk about the confusion that is the city's new animal abandonment law, the on and on and ongoing fight between Mayor Jones and City Council, and Ron Nirenberg's political future.
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Confusion follows passage of San Antonio's animal abandonment law
The battle between Mayor Jones and City Council over policymaking continues
Sources: Ron Nirenberg weighing run for governor or county judge
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City Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito, City Hall reporter Megan Rodriguez and host Greg Jefferson talk about an ordinance to penalize the abandonment of unwanted pets, council members' tense relationship with Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, and more.
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Mayor Jones renews fight with City Council members over policymaking
City Council members force pet abandonment vote that Mayor Jones stalled
COPS/Metro ramps up effort to get voters to nix Spurs arena deal
Spurs launch campaign to convince voters to say yes to arena money
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District 4 Councilman Edward Mungia, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson talk about the opposition to public financing for a Spurs arena, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' hard-edged tactics and what comes next for Project Marvel.
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Could there be two Spurs arena elections? Mayor Jones floats the possibility.
Mayor Jones crashes pro-Project Marvel rally ahead of decisive meeting
City creates homeless services department as more live on streets, in shelters
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Political consultant Laura Barberena, reporter Megan Rodriguez and host Greg Jefferson discuss the highs and lows of Jones' handling of a looming vote on a Spurs arena and her push to unilaterally change how City Council makes policy.
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Clashing with Council: Inside Mayor Jones’ rocky first two months at City Hall
Spurs arena showdown: San Antonio council to vote on term sheet this week
Video: Councilwoman Meza Gonzalez sways, slurs words in DWI arrest
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The West Side councilwoman thinks a city-ordered economic analysis of Project Marvel is tainted — the consultant is owned by a company whose main backer is Spurs investor Sixth Street Partners — and has to be redone before the City Council decides whether to make a deal with the NBA franchise and Bexar County.
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Mayor wants to pause Project Marvel plans — but City Council majority resists
As Spurs eye downtown arena, county asks voters to help pay the bill
Brawl over Mayor Jones' policymaking changes takes center stage at City Hall
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Political consultant Andrew Solano, reporter Madison Iszler and host Greg Jefferson talk about Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' push to drive a harder bargain with the Spurs. Also, will the team's commitment to spend $500M on arena construction make public financing to pay the rest of the bill an easier sell at the polls?
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Watch: Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez arrested on DWI charge
San Antonio Spurs commit $1B-plus for planned arena, entertainment district
‘Respect for the institution’: Mayor Jones shakes up City Hall etiquette, protocols
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Political consultant Laura Barberena, City Hall reporter Megan Rodriguez and host Greg Jefferson discuss Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' first month in office and her apparent love of rules.
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Mayor: Losses from feared Army command merger could be ‘negligible’
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones names new chief of staff
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro may run for Senate. Will it be a crowded race?
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Tech reporter Brandon Lingle and host Greg Jefferson discuss Port San Antonio's plan to land the Air Force cyber command, the Air Force One debacle in San Antonio and SpaceX's new company town in South Texas.
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Boeing can't hire, keep enough mechanics for Air Force One work in San Antonio
Starbase lockdown: SpaceX city blocks public roads, raising legal questions
Port San Antonio snubbed: Abbott vetoes $50M for military cyber campus
UTSA was key to Abbott’s Texas Cyber Command pitch. So why was it cut from the bill?
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Democratic pollster Brannon Miller, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson discuss next year's race for the U.S. Senate, the upcoming campaign for public dollars for a Spurs arena, and more.
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County moves forward with arena plan, despite lack of Spurs details
Once Texas GOP’s ‘weak link,’ Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful
Despite late scare, Jones easily won mayor’s race because of party politics
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Bexar County Commissioner Just in Rodriguez talks with host Greg Jefferson and reporters Madison Iszler and Brooke Park about the likelihood of a November venue tax election, political jockeying at the Bexar County Courthouse, and more.
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County moves forward with arena plan, despite lack of Spurs details
County tax election for Spurs arena won't happen without more information
District Attorney Joe Gonzales will not seek reelection
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Host Greg Jefferson and City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith discuss how Jones skated past Rolando Pablos on election night and the several big problems she'll have to confront as soon as she takes office — including a $31 million budget deficit.
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Mayor-elect Gina Ortiz Jones spends post-election morning with Mayor Nirenberg
Galvan, Meza Gonzalez and Spears win Districts 6, 8 and 9
How did your San Antonio neighborhood vote in the runoff? Search our map.
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