S.A. lacks vision
As someone who comes from the community economic development profession of the past several decades, I ask you to please note that so-called “economic development” has never been locally practiced or defined.
The city of San Antonio has adopted a strategic economic development plan, but it isn’t adequate for San Antonio. What is strategic about this plan?
The city also has adopted a long-term vision, while other council members have talked about their own vision.
Would it be possible to collaborate about having one vision?
State-led prosperity is problematic as it makes assumptions about expertise that don’t exist.
San Antonio will always be a nationally ranked poor, impoverished and economically segregated city.
One factor driving up costs for Texans is frivolous and abusive lawsuits.
According to a Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse study, excessive litigation and runaway court awards cost Texans an average of $1,943 more each year for goods and services.
This means Texas families are paying more for everything from groceries to housing and insurance because of lawsuits and massive court awards known as nuclear verdicts.
Our civil justice system is designed to provide proper remedies for injured parties. Too often, however, we’re seeing abusive legal practices and excessive court awards posing a threat to our economy and serious consequences for consumers.
We urge state lawmakers to address the abusive legal practices behind nuclear verdicts during next year’s legislative session.
Robert Wood, Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse
Texas Tech has been in the spotlight because of its light football schedule for the upcoming season.
Football games are probably scheduled years in advance.
The Big 12 is a poor conference, and it takes big money and exposure to have successful teams like the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference have always possessed.