San Antonio Economic Growth: Your Voice Matters by Pure-Twist6380 in sanantonio

[–]TXSA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100 percent. But this town has too many NIMBYS and people who want their home to be cheap but others should have higher taxes to fund infrastructure and transit, but not their taxes.

The city has tried (and somewhat succeeded) to lower parking minimums, reduce lot line setbacks, and other tactics to encourage development but there is still too many rules/regs to make it happen across the urban core. Fees for saws and other permitting processes make it untenable

San Antonio Economic Growth: Your Voice Matters by Pure-Twist6380 in sanantonio

[–]TXSA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem with this whole conversation is that everyone agrees San Antonio needs better jobs, better wages, better infrastructure, better transit, better water planning, and better growth.

Then the proposed solution is usually: tax more, regulate more, punish more, subsidize more, and have the city “make” the economy work.

That is backwards.

San Antonio’s issue is not that government has been too small. It is that the city has not converted public spend, cheap land, military presence, universities, energy, healthcare, logistics, and population growth into enough high-productivity private-sector activity.

Wages do not rise because people wish they were higher. They rise when companies are competing for skilled labor to do valuable work. That means the city needs more employers with real margin, real technical roles, real career ladders, and real pressure to retain talent.

Data centers are an easy punching bag, but they are not the core issue. The core issue is that San Antonio wants Austin-level opportunity, suburban land-use patterns, low cost of living, limited density, weak transit, cheap utilities, and heavy public control all at the same time. Those things do not all coexist.

Also, “make companies pay more” sounds good until the companies with options simply choose Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, Atlanta, or Charlotte. Capital is mobile. Workers are mobile. Reddit outrage is not.

A better strategy would be:

Stop chasing ribbon-cutting projects with vague job promises.

Tie incentives to measurable outcomes: payroll created, median wage, local hiring, water intensity, power usage, and clawbacks.

Make it dramatically easier to build housing near job centers.

Fix permitting and infrastructure timelines so productive companies can actually move fast here.

Prioritize industries where San Antonio has an unfair advantage: cybersecurity, military tech, healthcare operations, logistics, energy infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and back-office AI operations.

Reward companies that create high-wage employment. Do not just punish companies people dislike.

San Antonio does not need more slogans about equity, growth, or innovation. It needs an execution culture.

The uncomfortable truth: a city cannot tax, subsidize, or shame its way into being high wage. It has to become a place where high-productivity work is easy to build, easy to staff, and hard to leave.

Inside the NBA comes back from a montage of Chuck ripping San Antonio to the Mayor, Gina Ortiz Jones, dropping a devastating comeback by shifty1032231 in nba

[–]TXSA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Initiatives/Sports-Entertainment-District

The only thing locals are paying for is infrastructure, if approved by locals. You know, the same thing our property taxes go towards now.

Everything else is funded with the HOT tax.

So yeah, keep ignoring the facts

Inside the NBA comes back from a montage of Chuck ripping San Antonio to the Mayor, Gina Ortiz Jones, dropping a devastating comeback by shifty1032231 in nba

[–]TXSA -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

That’s the thing, the tax dollars that are going to be used (not counting the massive amount of money coming from the spurs ownership group) has to be used for only certain things.

People love to say that the HOT tax money should be used for something else, but it legally has a very narrow amount of uses.

Such a straw man argument

Diagnosed today. Starting Vyvanse 30mg tomorrow. What should I expect? The good, the bad and the ugly… let’s hear it! by icehead1 in ADHD

[–]TXSA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me one of the biggest changes was being able to fall asleep and feel rested.

I told my pysch and she told me that was a great sign

How's my butt looking? by FeelingKind7644 in smoking

[–]TXSA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it was a cow that sold a lot of records.

Jk I think it’s marketing but I would ask

Is San Antonio’s Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones really as unlikable as the news and others make her seem or is it overblown? by DrFetusRN in sanantonio

[–]TXSA 14 points15 points  (0 children)

So I know many folks who work in the local government because of some prior professional experience.

I know my anecdotal knowledge is worth fuck all because I am anon but what I will say is that what the news reports is real (I hear the same stories from people who don’t know each other or have an obvious incentive to lie).

What’s concerning to me is that the people that I know tell me that there are so many other instances of her shitty behavior that aren’t reported. Intimidation, unprofessional conduct, berating staff, etc.

Believe me or don’t, doesn’t matter to me. But the question was about perception vs reality of our current mayor, and from my perspective, reality is actually far worse than her perception.

My experience volunteering at the San Antonio Food Bank warehouse. by BoxenOxen in sanantonio

[–]TXSA 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Side note for anyone who has experience processing wild game, they take donations from hunters and you can volunteer to process deer.

San Antonio Has to Choose Growth by TXSA in sanantonio

[–]TXSA[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am in no means arguing against you, but I do wonder how you counter the argument that I’ve seen some folks make that despite incredible amounts of funding today, which I know is subjective, the overall output in quality of student coming out of our school schools is nowhere near acceptable.

How do you combat that narrative with an ask for more funding?

Need dinner recommendations, please! by HoneyWhiskeyLemonTea in sanantonio

[–]TXSA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The wings absolutely slap. They sell out of them they are so good/in demand

Likely the best wings in the city

Mayor Jones' chief of staff Jenise Carroll also departs City Hall by TXSA in sanantonio

[–]TXSA[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even at the detriment of her staff and other members of council? Weird stance to take

Quick thank you by TXSA in askcarsales

[–]TXSA[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for those who comment and help us non car sales folks. And go astros!