FALL MEETING
SATURDAY; October 26, 2019
Videos of Guest Speakers :

George Rodriguez	Reinette King	Terri Hall
"El Conservador" Blog	Vista Ridge Coalition	TURF
	Prop 1 - AGAINST  Prop 6  - AGAINST Prop 2 - AGAINST  Prop 7  - FOR Prop 3 - FOR  Prop 8  - AGAINST Prop 4 - FOR  Prop 9  - FOR Prop 5 - FOR  Prop 10 - FOR
Bob Martin, HTA President	Download TFR Recommendations

State Constitutional Amendments election - Early Voting October 21 - November 1;
Election Day November 5, 2019

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Chris Steele - San Antonian of the Year !

IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUR CITY BACK ! The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association (SAPFFA) recently led a successful petition drive to stop streetcars in their tracks. Now, they have succeeded in obtaining signatures for three charter amendments to be voted on this November. These amendments would: Limit the city managers salary to 10 times the salary of the lowest paid full-time city employee. Our city manager now makes more that the President of the United States and our Governor combined! In addition the manager would be term limited to 8 years, the same as city council.   Require council to enter arbitration to settle contract issues with city unions instead of suing them. Council has already spent over $1.2 million suing the Firefighters Union.   Enable citizens to petition city council to hold an election to change a city ordinance by obtaining 20,000 signatures in 180 days. Currently, citizens have 40 days to obtain 75,000 petition signatures to change a city ordinance, an impossible task. Council liberals have set-up a PAC to “educate” voters. We expect the PAC to run a well-funded disinformation campaign against the petitions. Their media allies have already attacked individuals and groups supporting the charter amendments and claimed voters who signed the petitions didn’t know what they were doing. They also claim a small group of voters can override council decisions. This is not true! It takes 20,000 voters to force council to place an ordinance change on the ballot. Then the issue must be approved by a MAJORITY of voters during a regularly scheduled election. The liberal council majority has routinely raised our property taxes and utility bills, used our money to lobby against property tax reforms, voted to spend $38 million to remodel city hall without voter approval, removed a historical monument in the middle of the night at a cost of over $225,000, gave millions in tax abatements to politically favored developers, held a secret meeting to reject a national political convention in apparent violation of the open meetings law along with many other abuses. - Bob Martin President, Homeowner Taxpayers of Bexar County

Get Informed on Props A B C follow these links :    Approved By Citizens Website    Email Volunteer Hartman Special Interest PAC Contributors OPPOSE Charter Improvements 303,000.00 USAA 300,000.00 Valero Services, Inc 150,000.00 Gordon Hartman [Gordon] Hartman Foundation Executive Director 120,000.00 Frost Bank 100,000.00 Kit Goldsbury Silver Ventures Executive 100,000.00 Graham Weston Weston Ventures President 50,000.00 Weston, Graham 50,000.00 Zachry Corporation 40,000.00 William Greehey NuStar Energy Chairman 40,000.00 NuStar Logistics 40,000.00 San Antonio Chamber of Commerce 25,000.00 Heriberto Guerra Jr Avanzar CEO 25,000.00 Bank of San Antonio 25,000.00 Bill Miller BBQ Enterprises LTD 25,000.00 Ernst & Young 25,000.00 Hasslocher Enterprises Inc 25,000.00 Rad Weaver McCombs Enterprises Executive 25,000.00 Norton Rose Fulbright LLP 25,000.00 Pape Dawson Engineers 25,000.00 SABOR - San Antonio Board of Realtors 25,000.00 Tres Aguilas Management LLC 25,000.00 John Zachry Zachry Holding, Inc CEO 25,000.00 Zachry Industrial Inc 20,000.00 Broadway National Bank 20,000.00 Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP 20,000.00 Michael Lynd Kairol CEO 20,000.00 Nustar PAC 15,000.00 Frontier Enterprises Inc 15,000.00 L. Lowry Mays Retired Retired 10,000.00 Alterman Inc, 10,000.00 Charles Cheever Broadway Bank Chairman Emeritus 10,000.00 Ecro LTD Ecro LTD 10,000.00 Emmett C Wells, Jr. Family Properties LTD 10,000.00 Gray Street Management LLC 10,000.00 GSABA - Greater SA Builders Association 10,000.00 IBC Bank 10,000.00 Danny Butler Jefferson Bank CEO 10,000.00 MTC [Mi Tierra Cafe] Inc 10,000.00 Muy Hamburger Partners LLC 10,000.00 Muy Pizza Tejas LLC 10,000.00 William Klesse Retired Retired 10,000.00 Richard Evans Jr Retired Retired 10,000.00 San Antonio Apartment Association 10,000.00 San Antonio Chamber of Commerce 10,000.00 Texas Capital Bank 10,000.00 Johnny Hernandez True Flavors Owner 10,000.00 Yantis Company 10,000.00 Bartlett Cocke 9,000.00 Raba Kistner 5,000.00 281 Oak Partners LTD 5,000.00 Mark Watson, Jr Argo CEO 5,000.00 Beldon Roofing & Remodeling Co. 5,000.00 Bracewell PAC 5,000.00 Brown & Ortiz PC 5,000.00 Camacho Hernandez & Associates LLC 5,000.00 Civil Engineering Consultants 5,000.00 JTM Consulting LLC 5,000.00 Kaufman & Killen Inc 5,000.00 KFW Engineers, LLC 5,000.00 LNV Inc 5,000.00 BJ McCombs McCombs Enterprises Owner 5,000.00 RESCA - Real Estate Council of SA 5,000.00 Edward Jr. Whitacre Retired Retired 5,000.00 Lynn Merritt Retired Retired 5,000.00 Security Service Federal Credit Union PAC 5,000.00 Southwest Business Corporation 5,000.00 Zachry Corporation 4,909.04 San Antonians For Fiscal Discipline 4,000.00 Structural Engineering Associates Inc 2,500.00 ACEC Texas 2,500.00 Alcide Briones AMC Properties Real Estate Developer 2,500.00 J. Bruce Bugg Bank of San Antonio Executive 2,500.00 Brad Beldon Beldon Roofing CEO 2,500.00 Jaime Goudge Broadway Bank CEO 2,500.00 Comerica PAC 2,500.00 HDR Inc 2,500.00 IDCUS 2,500.00 Fernando Camarillo Poznecki Camarillo Engineer 2,500.00 Steven Lee Retired Retired 2,500.00 Gregg Kowalski RK Group Executive 2,500.00 San Antonio Manufacturing Assn 2,500.00 Helen Groves Self Employed 2,500.00 Patrick Kennedy Watermark Hotel Co. Manager 2,000.00 CDS Muery 2,000.00 Cobb Fendley 2,000.00 Walter Embrey Embrey Partners Limited Real Estate Developer 2,000.00 Farm Bureau Bank 2,000.00 LAN Inc 2,000.00 Robert Luna Self Employed 1,100.00 Steve Louis Bella Vista Homes Executive 1,000.00 Arias & Associates 1,000.00 Dale Tremblay CH Guenther CEO 1,000.00 Consulting Engineers PAC 1,000.00 Dan Allen, Jr Hughe Dan A. Hughes Co. LP President 1,000.00 DOCUmation 1,000.00 Freese and Nichols 1,000.00 Frontline Support Solutions LLC 1,000.00 John Agather Juanianamos Musician 1,000.00 Lone Star Capital Bank 1,000.00 MCI 1,000.00 Tim Swan Metropolitan Contracting Construction 1,000.00 Carroll Schubert PCSI Professional Contract Services, Inc (Austin, TX) President 1,000.00 Pizarrro Allen PC, Legal Services 1,000.00 Edward Whitacre Jr Retired Retired 1,000.00 William Kanyusik Retired Retired 1,000.00 HB Zachry Retired Retired 1,000.00 Jim Reed San Antonio Medical Foundation President 1,000.00 Ricardo Perez San Antonio Chamber of Commerce CEO 1,000.00 Jenna Saucedo Herrera SAEDF - San Antonio Economic Development Foundation CEO 1,000.00 Reed Williams Self Employed Farmer 1,000.00 Michael Moore Self Employed Land Development 1,000.00 Pat Jr. Maloney Self Employed Attorney 1,000.00 Mario Barrera Self Employed 1,000.00 Nancy Kelley Self Employed 1,000.00 Mark Healy South Texas Radiology Group Physician 1,000.00 Terracon 1,000.00 Magdalena McCall University Health System Director 1,000.00 Arnold Briones Yantis Company COO 500.00 A Novel Idea LLC 500.00 Wayne Alexander AT&T Retired 500.00 Chris Cheever BNB Executive 500.00 Bounceology Inc. 500.00 Justin Allison DNT Construction Manager 500.00 Walter Embrey III Embrey Partners Limited Real Estate Developer 500.00 William Hileman Farm Bureau Bank CEO 500.00 Harry Jewett Associates 500.00 Joeris General Contractors 500.00 K Friese & Associates Inc 500.00 George Weron KFW Engineers Engineer 500.00 Blaine Lopez KFW Engineers Engineer 500.00 Billy Classen KFW Engineers Engineer 500.00 Bart Koontz Koontz Corp. CEO 500.00 William Stacy Locke Pioneer Energy CEO 500.00 Juan Antonio Flores Port San Antonio Executive 500.00 Phil Cran Providence Commercial Realtor 500.00 Edward Austin Retired Retired 500.00 Kety Flato San Antonio Book Festival Executive Director 500.00 Colleen Taylor Waguespack Self Employed 500.00 Arthur Nicholson Self Employed Attorney 500.00 John Girdley Self Employed Investor 500.00 Edward Collins Retired Retired ———————— $ Over 2.095 MILLION TOTAL 27SSAF PAC Report 10/27/18 SSAF PAC Report 10/10/18 SSAF PAC Report 07/15/18

Charter Revisions 2017

  Changes Submitted    I.)  Change Petition Threshold   II.)  Restore 2 2 year Terms

CRC Meeting Videos 6/14/17    6/07/17    5/24/17

COSA LINKS:

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
[in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789, which was re-printed in The Works of Benjamin Franklin, 1817.

Property Tax

Per Express-News:  Median Home Price $ 219,900 05/16/18

Link to Bexar County Appraisal District

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

RF Meters have been implicated in fires causing DEATH !

We oppose CPS Energy 'smart' Grid Technology because ultimately these surveillance devices will be used for Time of Use Billing that correlates to higher bills.

Additionally, we oppose 'smart' meters because there is NOTHING smart about cancer and these meters add to the ever increasing amount of RF we are being exposed to.

And finally, these meters have been implicated in many housefires.  Please watch the above video and contact your city councilperson to ask them to repeal Opt-Out charges for keeping an analog meter.

Many families in San Antonio reside in densely populated areas such as apartments or closely built homes. Therefore, they are more likely to be exposed to higher levels of RF (a Class 2B Carcinogen) from "banks" of meters all pulsing constantly.  Additionally, there are many older homes with old wiring.  Pedernales Electric (Comal County) and Austin Electric (Travis County), both allow residents to have an analog meter.  They also charge for the opt-out, however, we believe that policy is in direct opposition to the Federal Energy Act which proposed OPT-IN technology, not OPT-OUT !

Opt-Out Fees Rescinded in Arizona

Click here for Form to Opt-out of Radio Frequency (smart) Grid Technology

Bob opposes STREETCARS at Council Meeting 10/20/11
Streetcar Press Packet - Download
History of Streetcars

Bob Martin - Press Conference 10/16/11

The US is an oligarchy, study concludes .. Click Here

"Researchers concluded that US government policies rarely align with the the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favour special interests and lobbying organisations: "When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organised interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it."

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	Fed up paying the highest taxes in Texas.
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