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`Misunderstood' and hoping to shed toxic image, Brockhouse rides again in San Antonio mayoral contest FacebookTwitterEmail William Luther /William Luther Bouncy like an athletic TED-talker, Greg Brockhouse is objectively handsome, with just the right amount of gray in his hair, often wearing jeans and his HOKA running shoes at campaign events along with T-shirts that yell, “GREG FOR MAYOR.” Brockhouse also is one of San Antonio’s most divisive public figures. To challenge Mayor Ron Nirenberg in the May 1 election, he has rolled out a more reflective persona and some dense policy initiat...

Posted By Abe Asher on Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:25 PM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Fix SAPD Opponents of Fix SAPD's petition drive hold up signs at a polling site where volunteers collected signatures last fall. The head of the San Antonio Police Officers Association (SAPOA) is dismissing a recent call for the FBI to look into alleged harassment of volunteers w...

Posted By Abe Asher on Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:32 AM click to enlarge James Dobbins Protesters march by a San Antonio police officer at a demonstration last year. Police accountability activists have asked the FBI to probe the "continuous and systemic" harassment of volunteers who worked on the petition drive that landed Proposition B on San Antonio's May 1 citywi...

Express Briefing: 'More people will die,' Wolff says about Abbott's order March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Good morning. This is a look at our daily Express Briefing newsletter. Sign up for Express Briefing here. Subscribers get access to the full version of our Express Briefing newsletter, which includes exclusive insight and links to more of our best stories. To become a subscriber, take advantage of this special offer today. TOP STORIES Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg blasted a move by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tuesday to lift the state’s coronavirus...

S.A. police union urges voters to keep collective bargaining, calls ballot measure 'a form of defunding' FacebookTwitterEmail John “Danny” Diaz is president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The San Antonio Police Officers Association on Tuesday stepped up its campaign against a ballot initiative that would remove the union’s ability to collectively bargain. The initiative, listed as Proposition B on the May 1 ballot, would repeal what is known as Chapter 174, which gives police officers the right to negotiate a contract with the city through ...