THE SAN MARXIST
Paraphrasing and editorializing City Council since mid-Pandemic.
July 7th City Council Meeting
Just one council meeting this month, but it’s a good one! Lots of subdivisions going in around Redwood, a new San Marcos logo, and concept plans for the river parks and Quail Creek park. Here we go: Hours 0:00 – 3:44: Lots of discussion on developments going in near Redwood, and grants for social services.…
Hours 0:00 – 3:44, 7/7/26
Citizen Comment: 9 speakers. Main topics: 1. Human Service Advisory Board funding: speakers from three nonprofits – Hays Helping Hands, Southside, and BR3T. (I’ll save their comments for Items 31-32.) 2. Accessibility and San Marcos: one speaker, he’s available to support the city as they start to implement accessibility measures. 3. Subdivision coming on 123…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 7/7/26
Three great workshops! Let’s go. …. Workshop 1: Time for branding! In this economy, with the price of a tank of gas pushing $4, you know what I could really go for? A NEW CITY LOGO! Now, San Marcos has already had a logo for the past decade or so: I think it’s called “The…
June 16th City Council Meeting
Only one June meeting! You’ve probably heard that we banned data centers – get the (few, meager) details here! Plus new apartments by little HEB, a lot of City Hall debate, and wrapping up the land development code updates. Dive in here: Hours 0:00 – 4:21: New apartments by little HEB, gray water, we ban…
Hours 0:00 – 4:21, 6/16/26
Citizen Comment The biggest topic was the arrest and ICE imprisonment of Gerardo Reyes and SMPD treatment of his son. Five people spoke on this topic (including Gerardo himself, his wife, and his daughter). Since the last meeting, Gerardo was released from ICE, but there’s still a lot of issues left: (Petition and family GoFundMe…
Bonus! 3 pm workshop, 6/17/26
New City Hall! (Discussed Oct ’25, April ’25, Nov ’24, Feb ’24, and Nov ’22) Our city hall is located here: and it looks like this: It was built in the early 1970s, when San Marcos had 18K people. So cute! Little baby San Marcos. Now we have about 80K people. There are some problems with…
May 19th City Council Meeting
Very short meeting! A little bit on Gerardo Reyes Gonzalez, a little bit on La Cima, and some budget stuff. Plus a sign of the new HEB. Let’s dive in: Hours 0:00-0:56: Gerardo Reyes Gonzalez comes up in Citizen Comment. Plus a little bit on La Cima, and the signs of the new HEB Bonus!…
Hours 0:00 – 0:56, 5/19/26
Citizen Comment: 9 speakers! Who is Gerardo Reyes Gonzalez? On March 14th, SMPD stopped a son and father for a traffic stop, and ended up arresting them for “interference with public duties”. The son was later released, but the father (Gerardo) was handed over to ICE. However, Gerardo had livestreamed the traffic stop on Facebook.…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 5/19/26
Citizen comment: One speaker! Max Baker, organizer of the San Marcos Civics Club: We’ve been trying to put people on boards and commissions. But the city website has a lot of problems, like:- HSAB still says they meet Thursdays, 2 months out of the year. They actually meet Wednesdays for longer than 2 months.- the…
May 5th City Council Meeting
Lots of stuff this week: selling water to Kyle, food trucks, community gardens, parking lots, lawsuits, the Edward’s Aquifer, the murals around town, and so much more. Much to discuss! Hours 0:00 – 5:15: Some small rezonings, selling water to Kyle, a trail to New Braunfels, and an enormous amount of Land Development Code…
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