Short little meeting this week! A little bit of zoning, a lot of HSAB grants, and a little bit of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Read it all at www.thesanmarxist.com.

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This week at Council: contracts for SMPD and SMFD, with a win for transparency. Also a Dunbar Historic Walk, some election talk, and a call to support our school librarians. www.thesanmarxist.com

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Election day is Tuesday! I’m endorsing Saul Gonzales and Chase Norris. Here’s the thing: there has been an obscene amount of money poured from businesses into PACs this year. Completely wild. Let’s not let this election get bought. www.thesanmarxist.com

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What if City Hall moved downtown? Let’s dish! Also Tenant’s Right to Organize makes it across the finish line, Sights & Sounds is back, and – always – some election talk. www.thesanmarxist.com.

The San Marxist City Council Voting Guide is here! Find out what these squirrelly nuts have to say about taxes, Capes Dam, Flock Cameras, and more. (Plus my council candidate endorsements, if you like that sort of thing.) thesanmarxist.com/2025/10/19/t...

Hello everybody! It’s RIVER TIME! Let’s talk about the ugly fences, the litter, and whether to start charging admission. Also tenants’ rights and some election talk. www.thesanmarxist.com

This week at Council: We have a budget! We mangled it at the last second, and now we’re stuck with it. Read how we shot ourselves in the foot here: www.thesanmarxist.com

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Short meeting this week! It’s budget season. Your taxes are going up, but in the mildest, most responsible way possible. Let me tell you all the weedy details, here: www.thesanmarxist.com

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Welcome back, everyone! It’s AI Data Center time. Uh-oh. Read all about the long, unsatisfying semi-resolution, right here: www.thesanmarxist.com

Fire up the press! We’re back! This week, we’re talking about the land next to El Centro, an ordinance protecting tenants, and a sketchy SMPD grant for $25K. Enjoy: www.thesanmarxist.com

Yearly Clean-up, Summer ’24-Summer ’25 Happy August, everyone! It’s that time of year where I like to organize everything that’s happened over the last 12 months. A little dry, but Council resumes normal shenanigans next wee…

Dry organizational post today, but regular Council shenanigans resume next week! Timeline of the past twelve months: thesanmarxist.com/2025/08/03/y...

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It's a city council week! Before the terrible flooding and tragedies - (feels like a million years ago) - council discussed tax breaks for a Texas State boutique hotel, Gary Job Corps, funding for veterans, and more. Enjoy: www.thesanmarxist.com

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Here's the two big issues this week: Data Centers and Flock license plate reader cameras for SMPD. These kept Council up until 2:30 am, last Tuesday. Wild. Read it all here! www.thesanmarxist.com

The hot issues are all in the workshops this week: the budget and the river parks. Are we fencing the park off?! Kind of yes! (Also a lot of little items. Long meeting this week.) Read it all here: www.thesanmarxist.com

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Just one topic this week at City Council: the Ceasefire Resolution in Gaza. The meeting ran till 2 am, so I feel like I really earned my “watching council so you don’t have to” stripes this week. Read it here: www.thesanmarxist.com

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It's hot-button issue night! All the spiciest topics for you. We've got proposed downtown apartments next to Little HEB, a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, and tension between the new City Hall, and the skate park and dog park. Read all the gory details here! www.thesanmarxist.com

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Short and sweet this week. Some charter suggestions, Flock cameras again, and a new development down by Trace. Also some great workshops, and a short note about Jim Garber. www.thesanmarxist.com

Cape's Dam is BACK, baby, and we're going to unpack it all. Also a bunch of shorter items: the budget, the SMCISD stormwater waiver, council compensation, Redwood, and the privacy policy for the SMPD license plate scanners. Read it all here: www.thesanmarxist.com

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Lots going on this week! Flooding fears in Redwood/Rancho Vista, the SMCISD budget crisis, council compensation, and a massive presentation from SMPD. There is a LOT. Enjoy? www.thesanmarxist.com

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Big week! Malachi Williams, that weird Data Center thing you've heard about, and Council outlines their hopes and dreams for the next year. Like, how about a Crime Prevention Office that is outside of SMPD and the incarceration system? And lots more! It's very exciting. www.thesanmarxist.com

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Is the national news making you spiral into a dark place? Come read about City Council, where things are less grim and you can make a difference. This week we’re taking on civil liberties and police license plate scanners, some zoning on Post Road, and some appointments. www.thesanmarxist.com

#smtx I guess I should make this account easier to discover.

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Morning, everyone! This week’s meeting was only 26 minutes long. We’ve got the Blanco Gardens Area Plan, bike lanes on Sessom Drive, and we look at whether or not we have enough water for the next 50 years. Dive in! www.thesanmarxist.com

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You did it! You’re here in this new year. So is Council, and they’re talking this week about HSAB grant money, shooting ranges, demolitions, and their wishlist for the Charter Review Commission. Read it here: www.thesanmarxist.com

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Last meeting of the year! New flood plain maps, giving out HSAB money, the old Dixie Cream Donuts building, and we unpack that mess in September with the housing vouchers waitlist. And Lorenzo wins the run-off election! Congrats to him. www.thesanmarxist.com