Page 6 - John Courage News Today

Courage has been an effective councilman and has the pulse of this North Side district.

The dilapidated Friedrich buildings on San Antonio’s East Side are finally being demolished and will be replaced with apartments and parking.

Councilman Clayton Perry also urged a further increase to the residential homestead exemption from 10 to 20 percent.

Only three City Council members have voiced support for Prop A, a package of police reform measures on the May 6 municipal election ballot.

Early voting is Monday, April 24, to Tuesday, May 2. Election Day is Saturday, May 6.

Councilmembers Perry, Pelaez, and Courage abstained from the ministerial vote that was required following the city clerk’s verification of more than 20,000 signatures endorsing the criminal justice reform city charter amendment.

The council seat will be open for the citywide elections in May.

CPS Energy and SAWS also described other efforts to make their systems more resilient.

The skeletal remains of the tenant of a council house probably remained undiscovered for 12 months despite three visits inside the property in the intervening period by council staff, their agents and gardaí, an inquest has heard.

Some city councilmembers questioned the tens of thousands of dollars shelled out for the "strategic framework."