Originally published in the San Antonio Current. If you’ve ever been to a City Council meeting (or, to be honest, any public meeting), you probably have seen Jack M. Finger. He’s the perennial “citizen to be heard” at every public meeting, your token old-guy watchdog there to grandstand about misuse of city funds and government…
Bexar Republicans strike down anti-LGBT resolution
The executive committee of the Bexar County Republican Party on January 8 voted down a resolution that sought the “repeal of our local governments’ pro-homosexual policies.” The resolution, which was circulated to local GOP precinct chairs in mid-December, called for the repeal of the nondiscrimination ordinance that was approved by the City Council last September…
2014 in Review: Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions
HONORABLE MENTIONS Leading the Fight for Equality: The Texas Marriage Team On January 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans will hear the State of Texas’ appeal of U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia’s ruling that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. This case would never have reached the…
Bexar Republicans seek repeal of local ‘pro-homosexual policies’
A resolution that will be presented at the January 8 meeting of the executive committee of the Bexar County Republican Party urges the “repeal of our local governments’ pro-homosexual policies.” The resolution, which was circulated to local GOP precinct chairs, denounces the passage of the nondiscrimination ordinance that was approved by the City Council in…