THE SAN MARXIST
Paraphrasing and editorializing City Council since mid-Pandemic.
February 17th City Council Meeting
City Council this week: The DATA CENTER FAILED! You already know how it turns out, but I’ll give you all the spicy details on how we got there. (Also an SMPD staffing study and the new strategic plan for 2027.) Let’s jump in: Hours 0:00 – 8:04: The sordid tale of the death of the…
Hours 0:00 – 8:04, 2/17/26
Citizen Comment: This lasted for almost 5 hours. By my count, there were about 66 speakers, (plus another 44 at the public hearing that started twenty minutes later, and another five speakers at the 3 pm workshops). Of the 66: 11 in favor. They break down as follows: 55 speakers opposed. The basic arguments: If…
Bonus! 3 pm workshop, 2/17/26
SMPD is a rather large chunk of the general fund. The General Fund this year is $126 million: and SMPD is the biggest chunk of that, at 22%. … Obviously there’s huge disagreement within the community on this point. Maybe you think all cops are trigger-happy jerks with daddy issues, or maybe you think cops…
February 3rd City Council Meeting
Hello all! New developments that might kill the data center, and the Rooftop looses its booze permit. Also would you like a new HEB up north, and a new train overpass down south? I thought you might! Let’s jump in: Hours 0:00 – 7:47: The Historic Preservation Plan, some data center developments, Rooftop loses its…
Hours 0:00 – 7:27, 2/3/26
Citizen Comment: The biggest topic of the night is the data center. 12 people spoke: I’ll summarize everyone’s comments when we get to Item 11. Other topics: The KZSM issue: KZSM 104.1 is the local non-commercial FM station in town. (They’re great! Check them out here!) As the speaker says, “We bring the voices, music…
January 20th City Council Meeting
We’re covering ALL of January. It’s a lot! All the action is at P&Z and the workshops: (The actual council meeting was pretty breezy!) Note: Between the ice on the ground and ICE terrorizing communities, our attention is getting pulled in a lot of directions. If you’re here, I appreciate it. Here we go: Hours…
Hours 0:00 – 2:35, 1/20/26
Citizen Comment: Only six speakers! (Contrast that with P&Z – about 100 speakers. We’ll get to that!) Topics covered: That was about it! …. Item 17: River Bridge Ranch PID River Bridge Ranch is way out here: It came up in December, here, when it shrunk to the new, smaller size. They want to put…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 1/20/26
Public comment at the 3 pm workshops: There are three speakers: …. Workshop: San Marcos EMS Backstory: This is a mess! It first came up on the blog, back in September. Here’s my best attempt to reconstruct the timeline: 1983: San Marcos-Hays County EMS is formed as an independent non-profit. All the nearby towns and…
Bonus-bonus! P&Z meeting, 1/15/26
When all is written about the data center, my guess is that the Rubicon was crossed at P&Z last week. This was the pivotal moment. Lots has already been written about this meeting: So I’m going to keep this brief. Background: First off, it was a seven hour meeting. Total, it was almost 5 hours…
Bonus bonus bonus! Council workshops, 1/8/26
At the beginning of January, Council had some workshops. The topics were: Let’s dive in! … Workshop 1: Paid Parking at the Lion’s Club: We started charging for parking this past summer. Do we want to keep doing it? In theory, residents are free. But only if you’ve gone online ahead of time and register…
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