THE SAN MARXIST
Paraphrasing and editorializing City Council since mid-Pandemic.
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…
Hours 0:00 – 5:51, 5/5/26
Citizen Comment: Ten speakers. The two biggest topics are whether San Marcos should sell water to Kyle or not, and the Land Development Code. Water to Kyle: We’ll get to this in Items 4 and 5. Land Development Code comments: We’ll get to all these in Item 22. Other comments: Onto the meeting! … Itsme…
Bonus! 3 pm workshops, 5/5/26
Citizen Comment: Two people spoke: … Workshop 1: Incidental Take Permits Here is the Edward’s Aquifer: The green part catches all the rainfall. The light blue part is all the porous caves and springs, where the aquifer is right at the surface. The dark blue part is the storage tank of the aquifer. The water…
April 21st City Council Meeting
Hidey ho, Neighborino! We’re back. Will Council regulate data centers? Will this grandmother in Dunbar get her home repair nightmare resolved? (Seriously, her story is awful.) Get your zesty details here! Let’s go: Hours 0:00 – 5:07: Forming our policy on Data Centers, annexing Five Mile Dam parks, loopholes for downtown restaurants, and a total…
Hours 0:00 – 5:07, 4/21/26
Citizen Comment: By the numbers: (I just pooled them all together here.) The biggest theme of the night: Data Centers in the Land Development Code. (5 speakers during Citizen Comment, and another 19 at the public hearing.) Roughly speaking, everyone said: “When you revise the land development code, either ban data centers altogether, or at…
Bonus! 3 pm workshop, 4/21/26
Workshop #1: The Homeless PIT count “PIT” stands for “Point in Time”. The PIT Count is a fixed day in January, where cities nationwide try to actually figure how many people are homeless in their communities. Each city assembles a team of people who go out into the community and try to actually count and…
April 7th City Council Meeting
Welcome back! It’s time for a big, important EMS conversation. Also CDBG money and some neat photos. Let’s go: Hours 0:00 – 1:56: Let me say right up front: sorry about all the digressions. CDBG money, and a bunch of cool photos. Bonus! 3 pm workshops: The EMS discussion. This is the weighty part of…
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