WEBVTT 00:00.933 --> 00:03.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And Jim Forsythe San Antonio is 00:03.200 --> 00:05.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% a fast growing fast moving 00:05.033 --> 00:06.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% community with something new 00:06.600 --> 00:07.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% happening almost every day. 00:08.100 --> 00:10.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% That's why each week I go right 00:10.166 --> 00:11.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to the door with one of the 00:11.033 --> 00:12.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% newsmakers who is driving this 00:12.733 --> 00:15.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% train to Destro joining us. 00:15.400 --> 00:17.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Join us for the conversation a 00:17.566 --> 00:18.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% lively discussion with the 00:18.900 --> 00:20.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% reporters and community leaders 00:20.833 --> 00:22.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about the issues that matter. 00:22.633 --> 00:24.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Joining us now as we go on the 00:24.900 --> 00:28.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% record and now Jim forsight. 00:34.300 --> 00:36.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Hello and welcome again to on 00:36.166 --> 00:38.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the record a weekly rehearsed 00:38.500 --> 00:40.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% discussion of the issues and 00:40.000 --> 00:41.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% challenges which face us here in 00:41.800 --> 00:43.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% San Antonio and south Texas. 00:44.133 --> 00:46.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I'm Jim Forsyth and welcome to a 00:46.133 --> 00:49.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% farewell 20 18 edition of On the 00:49.066 --> 00:49.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Record. 00:49.500 --> 00:51.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% As we look back at what mattered 00:51.733 --> 00:53.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and what maybe didn't matter in 00:53.633 --> 00:55.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the year that is just ending I'd 00:55.100 --> 00:56.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% like to welcome our all star 00:56.533 --> 00:56.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% panel. 00:57.233 --> 00:58.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Greg Jefferson is the business 00:58.900 --> 01:00.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% editor of The San Antonio 01:00.200 --> 01:00.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Express News. 01:01.200 --> 01:03.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Sanford now is the editor in 01:03.066 --> 01:05.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% chief of the San Antonio current 01:05.366 --> 01:07.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and Josh boss City Hall reporter 01:07.433 --> 01:08.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for The San Antonio Express 01:08.633 --> 01:09.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% News. 01:09.366 --> 01:10.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Thank you very much for joining 01:10.566 --> 01:12.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% us this week on on the record. 01:12.500 --> 01:14.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Let's start out by talking about 01:14.200 --> 01:16.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% what we feel were the biggest 01:16.066 --> 01:18.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% news stories that hit San 01:18.100 --> 01:20.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Antonio and south Texas in 2088. 01:20.933 --> 01:22.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And I'll throw mine out to get 01:22.466 --> 01:23.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% us started. 01:23.500 --> 01:25.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I picked the tricentennial 01:25.933 --> 01:27.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% including the very very 01:27.533 --> 01:29.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% successful NCAA Final Four. 01:30.033 --> 01:32.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The very contentious battle over 01:32.166 --> 01:33.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the charter amendments that were 01:33.566 --> 01:35.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% voted on in November and the 01:35.666 --> 01:37.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% fact that after it literally 01:37.166 --> 01:39.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% decades of discussion we finally 01:39.533 --> 01:41.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% started making some progress and 01:41.166 --> 01:42.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% reimagining the Alamo. 01:43.000 --> 01:44.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Greg Where am I wrong. 01:44.266 --> 01:45.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And what are your big stories of 01:45.766 --> 01:46.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the year. 01:46.233 --> 01:48.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I'd never say you were wrong but 01:48.866 --> 01:50.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I have some stuff to add to it. 01:51.233 --> 01:54.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% One would be President Trump's 01:54.300 --> 01:56.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% family separation policy at the 01:56.033 --> 01:57.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% border that had a huge impact in 01:57.966 --> 01:59.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% South Texas and in our own 01:59.466 --> 02:01.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% backyard with detention centers 02:02.466 --> 02:03.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% throughout the region. 02:03.633 --> 02:05.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% That would be one the midterm 02:05.633 --> 02:08.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% elections where Democrats did 02:08.400 --> 02:09.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% quite well. 02:09.233 --> 02:10.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And in fact our county 02:10.466 --> 02:13.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% courthouse got swept of all just 02:13.000 --> 02:14.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about all Republican judges. 02:15.166 --> 02:17.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And then finally the city 02:17.600 --> 02:19.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% charter amendments that was in 02:19.100 --> 02:20.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the same election that I would 02:20.700 --> 02:21.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% attach to that. 02:22.066 --> 02:24.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Cheryl Scully's decision to step 02:24.533 --> 02:24.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% down. 02:24.866 --> 02:25.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think that were directly 02:25.833 --> 02:27.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% related to that decision was 02:27.166 --> 02:28.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% directly related to the charge. 02:29.200 --> 02:31.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Sanford Yeah I would categorize 02:31.666 --> 02:33.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% some of those under my top pick. 02:34.033 --> 02:36.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We have a more Wouk electorate 02:36.633 --> 02:37.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in San Antonio than I can 02:37.966 --> 02:39.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% remember at any other time since 02:39.266 --> 02:40.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I covered news here. 02:40.466 --> 02:42.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And I think the outcry over you 02:42.966 --> 02:44.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know how how we reimagine the 02:44.933 --> 02:46.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Alamo over how we treat 02:47.000 --> 02:48.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% neighborhoods over how much we 02:48.800 --> 02:50.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% pay the city manager and how 02:50.166 --> 02:52.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% much city power the city manager 02:52.266 --> 02:53.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% wields which was reflected in 02:53.800 --> 02:55.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the new charter amendment vote 02:56.066 --> 02:57.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% all sort of feed into that. 02:57.466 --> 02:59.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think people are recognizing 02:59.400 --> 03:01.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that we are facing unprecedented 03:01.366 --> 03:02.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% change in San Antonio and 03:02.966 --> 03:04.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they're voicing their desire to 03:04.666 --> 03:05.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% be part of that. 03:05.933 --> 03:07.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Ok Josh how do you rate the top 03:07.966 --> 03:09.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stories of the year coming in 03:09.433 --> 03:11.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this third behind these two. 03:11.433 --> 03:12.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I'm just going to have like an 03:12.366 --> 03:12.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% echo. 03:13.266 --> 03:15.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think that they nailed it on 03:15.466 --> 03:15.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% their lists. 03:15.966 --> 03:18.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I'm going to say that the them 03:18.233 --> 03:19.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% into the election and Cheryl 03:19.566 --> 03:21.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Scully's retirement and Altes 03:21.066 --> 03:23.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% retirement are the two biggest 03:23.133 --> 03:25.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stories from my area just 03:25.500 --> 03:26.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% because that's kind of what my 03:26.833 --> 03:28.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% focus is when I write for the 03:28.366 --> 03:28.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% newspaper. 03:29.766 --> 03:33.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know the the idea of Cheryl 03:33.233 --> 03:34.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Scully stepping down now she's 03:34.600 --> 03:35.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% been here for 13 years. 03:36.100 --> 03:37.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% She's worked for four mayors. 03:38.133 --> 03:39.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know she's extremely 03:39.433 --> 03:41.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% well-known in San Antonio. 03:41.766 --> 03:43.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% She's a high profile public 03:43.366 --> 03:45.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% servant that there is and she's 03:45.900 --> 03:47.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% leaving some extremely large 03:47.200 --> 03:48.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% shoes to fill and I think that 03:48.500 --> 03:49.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% going into 2019 we're going to 03:49.933 --> 03:51.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% see that story continue to 03:51.366 --> 03:51.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% unfold. 03:52.333 --> 03:54.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And each of us and our beats 03:54.300 --> 03:57.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% also cover things that maybe 03:57.366 --> 03:59.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% have little significance today 03:59.933 --> 04:01.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but may turn out to be 04:01.033 --> 04:03.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% incredibly significant in the 04:03.200 --> 04:03.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% years to come. 04:04.533 --> 04:05.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Greg especially from the 04:05.566 --> 04:07.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% business perspective what do you 04:07.133 --> 04:09.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% think was underreported in 2018. 04:09.533 --> 04:11.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well yeah I mean as I said 04:11.700 --> 04:13.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% earlier there was a lot of noise 04:13.700 --> 04:14.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% on the border. 04:14.933 --> 04:17.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know there was a lot of you 04:17.033 --> 04:18.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know there's a lot of tragic 04:18.166 --> 04:20.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stories spinning out of 04:20.233 --> 04:21.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% President Trump's family 04:21.766 --> 04:22.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% separation policy. 04:23.533 --> 04:24.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know there was a you know 04:24.833 --> 04:27.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% one month period and you know 04:27.133 --> 04:29.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% from June July where every day 04:29.766 --> 04:31.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% we're reading more heart rending 04:31.133 --> 04:32.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stories about these families 04:32.366 --> 04:33.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% being separated and the 04:33.400 --> 04:35.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% difficulties of trying to find 04:35.433 --> 04:37.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% these kids lost in the system. 04:38.766 --> 04:41.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And those were those those those 04:41.200 --> 04:42.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stories demanded our attention. 04:43.233 --> 04:45.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But what got left behind was the 04:45.666 --> 04:48.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% damage that kind of rhetoric and 04:48.833 --> 04:50.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% those policies are doing to 04:50.433 --> 04:51.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% cross-border trade. 04:52.333 --> 04:55.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean it's had a real impact on 04:55.866 --> 04:57.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% retail manufacturing and 04:57.866 --> 05:00.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% cross-border business in South 05:00.333 --> 05:00.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Texas. 05:01.000 --> 05:02.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And you're starting to see that 05:02.333 --> 05:03.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in San Antonio as well. 05:03.766 --> 05:05.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean you're having now you're 05:05.366 --> 05:08.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% seeing fewer fewer Mexican 05:08.500 --> 05:10.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% residents move not moving but 05:10.766 --> 05:11.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% visiting the United States 05:11.866 --> 05:12.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% crossing the border. 05:12.766 --> 05:14.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% They're concerned about the 05:14.333 --> 05:15.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% border closing and being 05:15.900 --> 05:16.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% trapped. 05:16.333 --> 05:18.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% United States and it's having 05:18.700 --> 05:20.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you know it's having an effect 05:20.266 --> 05:22.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% on on cross-border orders and 05:22.600 --> 05:23.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they're down and that's hurting 05:23.766 --> 05:24.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the economy. 05:24.500 --> 05:25.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Sanford You talked about the 05:25.533 --> 05:26.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% local electorate. 05:26.400 --> 05:27.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I thought that was an 05:27.066 --> 05:28.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% interesting observation. 05:28.500 --> 05:29.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% How do you anticipate that 05:29.833 --> 05:31.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% continuing to affect city 05:31.833 --> 05:32.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% council. 05:32.800 --> 05:34.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% City government the county 05:34.433 --> 05:36.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% government moving forward. 05:36.066 --> 05:37.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We have key city elections in 05:37.400 --> 05:38.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% 2019. 05:38.566 --> 05:40.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Are we going to see a much more 05:40.133 --> 05:41.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% energized electorate in your 05:41.533 --> 05:41.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% opinion. 05:42.166 --> 05:43.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think it's quite possible but 05:43.766 --> 05:45.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think a lot of it is really at 05:45.133 --> 05:46.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the neighborhood level when 05:46.233 --> 05:47.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% people are looking at you know 05:48.433 --> 05:49.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this new housing that's coming 05:49.766 --> 05:51.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in that subsidized by the city 05:51.600 --> 05:52.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you know coming in and being 05:52.866 --> 05:53.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% built up in their neighborhoods 05:53.933 --> 05:54.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that they can't afford to live 05:54.933 --> 05:56.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in or you know enjoying their 05:56.700 --> 05:58.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% view the street bridge you know 05:58.900 --> 06:00.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% even though you know there were 06:00.533 --> 06:02.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% obviously signals that that 06:02.900 --> 06:04.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% development was not wanted. 06:04.033 --> 06:06.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The city manager green green 06:06.800 --> 06:07.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% lighted it anyway. 06:09.466 --> 06:11.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But in terms of under-report 06:11.500 --> 06:14.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it's stuff I think dealing with 06:14.700 --> 06:15.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bridges. 06:15.333 --> 06:17.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think the big underreported 06:17.533 --> 06:20.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% story on immigration was just 06:20.766 --> 06:23.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% how manufactured a crisis this 06:23.833 --> 06:24.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% whole thing has been. 06:24.833 --> 06:26.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know family separation the 06:26.833 --> 06:29.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% creation of the tornado camp to 06:30.066 --> 06:31.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you know basically and and 06:31.566 --> 06:32.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% continuing to shove kids in 06:32.933 --> 06:34.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% there because they made it too 06:34.900 --> 06:36.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% onerous for people to basically 06:36.666 --> 06:38.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% become guardians which I noticed 06:38.533 --> 06:39.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this morning. 06:39.100 --> 06:41.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% They seem to be backtracking on 06:41.100 --> 06:41.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that. 06:41.266 --> 06:42.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% They realize that costs both 06:42.933 --> 06:44.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% politically and financially. 06:44.900 --> 06:46.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Running a concentration camp in 06:46.966 --> 06:47.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the middle of the desert. 06:48.266 --> 06:51.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But I think you know from that 06:51.366 --> 06:52.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% step to sending troops down to 06:52.900 --> 06:55.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the border you know a show of 06:55.833 --> 06:57.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% force I think this is a 06:57.366 --> 06:59.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% manufactured crisis and I don't 06:59.100 --> 07:00.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% think the media has necessarily 07:00.533 --> 07:01.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% done enough to highlight that. 07:02.433 --> 07:03.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Greg obvious. 07:03.266 --> 07:05.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% All right Josh obviously we've 07:05.133 --> 07:06.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% had a lot of talk this year 07:06.466 --> 07:08.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about big changes at City Hall. 07:08.833 --> 07:10.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It's been a very very 07:10.333 --> 07:11.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% rollercoaster year at City Hall 07:11.633 --> 07:13.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% from the charter amendments to 07:13.166 --> 07:14.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the debate over mandatory sick 07:14.700 --> 07:15.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% leave and now at the end of the 07:15.766 --> 07:18.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% year the departure of City of 07:18.066 --> 07:18.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Cheryl skali. 07:18.933 --> 07:20.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% How is this going to move into 07:20.500 --> 07:21.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% 2019. 07:21.266 --> 07:22.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There has been talk that Cheryl 07:22.766 --> 07:24.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Scully has been such a strong 07:24.066 --> 07:25.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% presence for so long that the 07:25.733 --> 07:26.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% government will be essentially 07:26.900 --> 07:28.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% on board without her being in 07:28.366 --> 07:29.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that corner office. 07:29.466 --> 07:30.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well I think that her 07:30.966 --> 07:32.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% replacement is in all likelihood 07:32.866 --> 07:34.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% going to come from within City 07:34.166 --> 07:35.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Hall already will be one of the 07:35.166 --> 07:36.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% deputy or assistant city 07:36.266 --> 07:38.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% managers who have all of them 07:38.466 --> 07:40.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% spent numerous years working 07:40.233 --> 07:41.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% under Cheryl skully and so I 07:41.366 --> 07:42.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% think that there's going to be a 07:42.800 --> 07:44.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% fairly seamless transition from 07:44.300 --> 07:47.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% her to her successor because you 07:47.266 --> 07:48.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know the councils have insisted 07:48.766 --> 07:49.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that she create a succession 07:49.933 --> 07:52.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% plan and she has replaced the 07:52.600 --> 07:54.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% upper echelon of city government 07:54.333 --> 07:55.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% over her tenure here. 07:56.233 --> 07:58.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Virtually every department head 07:58.500 --> 08:00.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and every assistant deputy city 08:00.100 --> 08:01.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% manager were appointments that 08:01.733 --> 08:02.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% she had made. 08:03.033 --> 08:04.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And you know you talked to city 08:04.466 --> 08:06.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% council members and they see any 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% number of potential successors 08:08.033 --> 08:10.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and so you know she's done a 08:10.333 --> 08:12.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% great job of providing you know 08:12.500 --> 08:15.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% somebody to backfill when she 08:15.366 --> 08:15.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% departs. 08:17.300 --> 08:19.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Her departure also is taking a 08:19.733 --> 08:21.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% taking away political and not 08:22.133 --> 08:25.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the one source put it to me for 08:25.233 --> 08:26.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the 2019 elections. 08:27.033 --> 08:29.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know she was standing up to 08:29.233 --> 08:31.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% be a serious punching bag 08:32.133 --> 08:33.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% potentially for Greg blockhouse 08:33.400 --> 08:33.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and others. 08:34.333 --> 08:37.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Now with her stepping down she's 08:37.000 --> 08:39.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% retiring her replacement should 08:39.233 --> 08:40.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% be in an early 2019. 08:41.066 --> 08:42.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% She's not taking her or her 2018 08:42.866 --> 08:43.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bonus. 08:43.733 --> 08:45.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There's just not not that much 08:45.633 --> 08:47.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to punch her with anymore and so 08:47.200 --> 08:47.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think that now we're going to 08:47.966 --> 08:50.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% see a kind of shift in the 2019 08:50.866 --> 08:53.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% focus to issues that matters 08:53.433 --> 08:55.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Antonians separate from the city 08:55.333 --> 08:57.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% manager in Sanford one of the 08:57.333 --> 08:59.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% top 10 stories was clearly the 08:59.566 --> 09:01.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% city's tricentennial 303 09:01.400 --> 09:04.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% birthday arts programs concerts 09:04.700 --> 09:07.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% very successful NCAA Men's Final 09:07.033 --> 09:07.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Four. 09:07.866 --> 09:09.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Tourism was off the charts. 09:09.900 --> 09:11.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Travel at the airport hit new 09:11.500 --> 09:12.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% records it seems every month. 09:13.166 --> 09:14.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% What sort of long term impact do 09:14.500 --> 09:16.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you anticipate the tricentennial 09:16.000 --> 09:16.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% having on the city. 09:16.966 --> 09:18.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well I think one of the things 09:18.133 --> 09:21.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that I have liked about it is 09:21.166 --> 09:23.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that you know very often we tend 09:23.733 --> 09:26.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to see citywide celebrations as 09:26.000 --> 09:27.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% being very focused on you know 09:27.900 --> 09:30.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% things like you know basketball 09:30.300 --> 09:31.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% games and that sort of thing. 09:31.600 --> 09:32.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But you know I think the 09:32.566 --> 09:34.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% inclusion of arts and culture 09:34.900 --> 09:36.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and much more grass roots sort 09:36.533 --> 09:38.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of creations in San Antonio has 09:38.300 --> 09:40.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% been particularly exciting and I 09:40.233 --> 09:41.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% think people want that kind of 09:41.633 --> 09:42.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% authenticity and I think there's 09:42.833 --> 09:44.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% a certain type of tourism that 09:44.266 --> 09:45.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% craves that authenticity because 09:45.933 --> 09:47.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I certainly talk to people who 09:47.000 --> 09:48.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% said yeah the river walks cool 09:48.333 --> 09:49.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but you know I really enjoyed 09:49.900 --> 09:51.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% San Antonio getting out into the 09:51.200 --> 09:52.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% neighborhoods and visiting other 09:52.966 --> 09:53.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% parts of the city. 09:53.866 --> 09:54.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So I think we need to be 09:54.800 --> 09:55.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% thinking about that. 09:56.200 --> 09:57.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And that's especially important 09:57.433 --> 09:59.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% too as we look from being 09:59.800 --> 10:01.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% shifting from being a weekend 10:01.300 --> 10:02.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% destination to being a 10:02.566 --> 10:04.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% destination where people stay a 10:04.000 --> 10:05.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% week or you know four or five 10:05.966 --> 10:06.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% days. 10:06.966 --> 10:08.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And Greg this has to have a huge 10:08.266 --> 10:10.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% impact on business travel and 10:10.433 --> 10:11.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% tourism is a major moneymaker 10:11.933 --> 10:13.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for the city and this can't do 10:13.433 --> 10:14.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% anything but benefit that. 10:14.666 --> 10:15.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Oh sure absolutely. 10:15.700 --> 10:17.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And you know having major events 10:17.666 --> 10:19.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% like the Final Four just not 10:19.466 --> 10:21.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% only highlights the importance 10:21.633 --> 10:23.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but they also feed into this 10:23.400 --> 10:25.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% excessive hospitality economy. 10:26.500 --> 10:27.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% One thing we do have to keep in 10:27.700 --> 10:29.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% mind though is that you know 10:29.066 --> 10:30.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% there's a Dallas Fed report out 10:30.633 --> 10:32.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this week showing the fastest 10:32.833 --> 10:34.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% growing industry in San Antonio 10:34.333 --> 10:35.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is food service and that's 10:35.700 --> 10:36.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% great. 10:37.133 --> 10:39.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know also close behind that 10:39.066 --> 10:43.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is a hospitality hotel works and 10:43.566 --> 10:44.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% other tourism related 10:44.866 --> 10:45.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% businesses. 10:46.433 --> 10:47.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% What we have to keep in mind 10:47.466 --> 10:48.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% though are those jobs are some 10:48.666 --> 10:50.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of the most you know some of the 10:50.033 --> 10:51.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% lowest paying in the city 10:51.333 --> 10:53.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% especially for food service. 10:53.566 --> 10:57.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The average annual pay is about 10:57.100 --> 10:58.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% 18000 dollars just a little 10:58.633 --> 11:00.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% north of that for food service. 11:00.800 --> 11:02.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And these are you know this is 11:02.166 --> 11:03.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this is where we're getting our 11:03.800 --> 11:04.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% fastest job growth. 11:04.966 --> 11:06.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So we need to be mindful of that 11:06.933 --> 11:08.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% as we talk about economic 11:08.400 --> 11:09.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% development and John. 11:09.433 --> 11:10.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Job creation in San Antonio. 11:11.200 --> 11:12.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Josh we've talked of obviously 11:12.566 --> 11:13.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about the charter amendment vote 11:13.933 --> 11:15.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% being one of the top stories of 11:15.366 --> 11:15.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the year. 11:16.033 --> 11:16.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% What's the long term 11:16.900 --> 11:18.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% implications of that in your 11:18.200 --> 11:18.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% opinion. 11:18.633 --> 11:19.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There have been people who have 11:19.800 --> 11:21.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% said that they feel that this 11:21.333 --> 11:23.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% shows a basic cynicism about 11:23.100 --> 11:23.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% city government. 11:24.766 --> 11:25.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think it would have been. 11:26.166 --> 11:26.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There would have been a higher 11:26.966 --> 11:28.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% level of cynicism had 11:28.100 --> 11:29.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Proposition 8 passed which would 11:29.433 --> 11:30.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% have just completely decimated 11:30.800 --> 11:32.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the city council's ability to do 11:32.466 --> 11:32.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% anything. 11:34.100 --> 11:36.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The Proposition B which was the 11:36.866 --> 11:39.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% city manager proposition was 11:39.133 --> 11:40.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% widely seen as a proxy 11:40.433 --> 11:40.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% referendum. 11:41.033 --> 11:42.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Cheryl Skuli it was very 11:42.700 --> 11:43.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% successful. 11:43.933 --> 11:45.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We're going to now start to see 11:45.100 --> 11:46.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the impacts of it play out over 11:46.533 --> 11:47.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the next several years. 11:48.166 --> 11:49.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know I think that that is 11:49.233 --> 11:50.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% one of the reasons why we're 11:50.700 --> 11:53.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% looking at an internal candidate 11:53.000 --> 11:54.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% why there's not a robust 11:54.466 --> 11:56.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% national search going on because 11:56.333 --> 11:57.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you have people who are in line 11:57.933 --> 11:59.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and can fall into that position 11:59.166 --> 12:00.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and maybe understand Santana a 12:00.566 --> 12:02.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% little bit better aren't quite 12:02.000 --> 12:03.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% as gun shy as maybe somebody 12:03.266 --> 12:04.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% coming in from another city. 12:04.366 --> 12:05.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Thanks Antonia's. 12:05.433 --> 12:07.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The second largest city manager 12:07.066 --> 12:08.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% form of government city in the 12:08.300 --> 12:08.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% country. 12:09.400 --> 12:11.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And so your pool of candidates 12:11.900 --> 12:14.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is not particularly large don't 12:14.233 --> 12:14.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% thing. 12:15.700 --> 12:19.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But the impact I think you know 12:19.500 --> 12:20.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% we're going to have to wait and 12:20.766 --> 12:21.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% see how this all plays out. 12:21.866 --> 12:22.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean there's probably going to 12:22.700 --> 12:24.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% be an effort in a few years to 12:24.633 --> 12:25.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% try to kind of pull back a 12:25.933 --> 12:27.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% little bit on Proposition B in 12:27.300 --> 12:29.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% particular maybe loosen the term 12:29.600 --> 12:31.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% limits maybe change the pay the 12:31.266 --> 12:32.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% city's right now working on a 12:32.433 --> 12:33.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% study to figure out what the 12:33.933 --> 12:35.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% appropriate pay for a city 12:35.033 --> 12:35.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% manager is. 12:36.666 --> 12:38.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And so you know we may start to 12:38.100 --> 12:39.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% see efforts in you know in the 12:39.833 --> 12:42.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% next term to try to think about 12:42.566 --> 12:44.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% maybe loosening that up a little 12:44.200 --> 12:44.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bit. 12:44.400 --> 12:46.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So Sanford and Greg obviously 12:46.633 --> 12:47.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% we've been debating the Alamo 12:47.900 --> 12:50.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for decades finally over a 12:50.433 --> 12:51.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% significant opposition and we 12:51.900 --> 12:53.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% finally had a plan we can move 12:53.033 --> 12:54.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% forward with Satsang for what we 12:54.400 --> 12:55.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% go from here with the Alamo. 12:56.733 --> 12:57.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Yeah this is this is going to be 12:57.900 --> 12:59.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% an interesting one to watch 12:59.500 --> 13:02.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% because I do think that emotions 13:02.166 --> 13:04.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% run so high on it and you know 13:04.433 --> 13:05.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% as I said earlier I think there 13:05.833 --> 13:07.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% was a lot of that generated 13:07.633 --> 13:08.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% upfront because there was a 13:08.800 --> 13:09.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% feeling people were not being 13:09.866 --> 13:11.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% listened to that this plan was 13:11.333 --> 13:12.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% being put forward that was not 13:12.600 --> 13:14.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% representative of what citizens 13:14.433 --> 13:15.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% as Antonio wanted. 13:15.966 --> 13:16.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And I think that's going to 13:16.733 --> 13:17.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% carry through. 13:17.466 --> 13:18.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I just I just can't. 13:18.533 --> 13:20.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I continue to think that there's 13:20.033 --> 13:21.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% going to be a lot a lot of 13:21.433 --> 13:22.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% rancor over this as it moves 13:22.933 --> 13:23.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% forward. 13:23.633 --> 13:23.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Great. 13:24.400 --> 13:25.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Yeah I mean it's interesting you 13:25.900 --> 13:27.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know the first iteration the 13:27.966 --> 13:29.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% first big unveiling of this plan 13:30.233 --> 13:31.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% made Alamo positive look like a 13:31.966 --> 13:35.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% big hockey right big glass 13:35.000 --> 13:37.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% panels and you know kind of flat 13:37.700 --> 13:40.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% field utterly rejected. 13:40.700 --> 13:42.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean you know people you know 13:43.466 --> 13:45.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think initially they had fun 13:45.666 --> 13:47.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% just mocking that thing but then 13:47.066 --> 13:48.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they thought oh they're serious 13:48.466 --> 13:49.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about this and then you know 13:49.866 --> 13:51.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they revisited the whole thing. 13:52.466 --> 13:53.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% What's interesting about this is 13:53.666 --> 13:54.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this fight and that's what it 13:54.933 --> 13:55.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% became. 13:55.600 --> 13:57.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Near the end is the fact that 13:57.566 --> 13:58.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you've got so many different 13:58.666 --> 13:59.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% undercurrents to it. 14:00.433 --> 14:02.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know there was a big you 14:02.200 --> 14:03.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know there was a big struggle 14:03.566 --> 14:05.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% over the Cenotaph and where you 14:05.166 --> 14:06.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% move that or do you move it at 14:06.533 --> 14:06.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% all. 14:06.766 --> 14:08.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know there was a strong 14:08.600 --> 14:10.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% really strong contingent of San 14:10.666 --> 14:12.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Antonio residents and you know 14:13.133 --> 14:14.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% figures from around the state 14:15.033 --> 14:16.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% who wanted to remain in place 14:16.733 --> 14:17.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and this is that gigantic 14:17.966 --> 14:19.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% monument right in front of the 14:19.866 --> 14:21.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bunk bunkhouse at the Alamo. 14:22.466 --> 14:24.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know it was unveiled in the 14:24.366 --> 14:26.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% late 30s early 40s. 14:27.533 --> 14:29.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know it's aesthetic quality 14:29.966 --> 14:30.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% debatable. 14:30.600 --> 14:32.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I'm not a big fan of it myself. 14:32.066 --> 14:32.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I always thought it was kind of 14:32.800 --> 14:34.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% an odd looking you know 14:34.466 --> 14:35.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% structure. 14:35.533 --> 14:36.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But there are people who feel 14:36.900 --> 14:38.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% very strongly that it needs to 14:38.233 --> 14:40.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% remain and our new word the air 14:40.766 --> 14:42.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is clearly view shared right 14:42.633 --> 14:43.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% which was used more than any 14:43.733 --> 14:45.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% other this year said attach. 14:46.033 --> 14:47.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Clearly damages the view. 14:47.533 --> 14:48.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Oh yeah yeah. 14:48.166 --> 14:49.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And so as a result it's you know 14:49.666 --> 14:51.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the plan is to move it to closer 14:51.500 --> 14:52.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to the Minger hotel. 14:53.300 --> 14:54.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But I mean you know you have to 14:54.333 --> 14:57.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% consider that in Texas politics 14:57.400 --> 14:58.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% social conservatives and Tea 14:58.733 --> 15:00.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Party activists they've they've 15:00.133 --> 15:02.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% clung to Alamo related imagery 15:02.866 --> 15:03.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for years now. 15:04.633 --> 15:06.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And you hear a lot of that kind 15:06.900 --> 15:07.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of language in the fight over 15:07.900 --> 15:08.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the Cenotaph. 15:08.633 --> 15:11.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean it's become you know it 15:11.100 --> 15:12.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% became near the end kind of 15:12.800 --> 15:14.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% their own version of the Alamo. 15:15.366 --> 15:17.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know it all came down to 15:17.000 --> 15:21.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this monument that you know had 15:21.400 --> 15:23.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it had had people just wanted to 15:23.066 --> 15:24.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% leave it in place would have 15:24.233 --> 15:25.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% gone you know without comment. 15:26.100 --> 15:27.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Even though it's kind of ugly. 15:27.166 --> 15:28.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% A couple other interesting 15:28.166 --> 15:29.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stories that maybe we can touch 15:29.600 --> 15:30.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% on briefly. 15:30.200 --> 15:32.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% One is the flurry of arrests 15:32.200 --> 15:33.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% especially for alcohol related 15:33.566 --> 15:34.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% offences in the Bear County 15:34.700 --> 15:36.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Sheriff's Office and the second 15:36.466 --> 15:38.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is the conviction of veteran 15:39.166 --> 15:40.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% politician Carlos arrestee. 15:40.966 --> 15:42.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Josh what's your feeling about 15:43.466 --> 15:44.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% these things that are happening 15:44.766 --> 15:47.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in the city and the impact that 15:47.000 --> 15:48.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they might have had on 2018. 15:48.766 --> 15:49.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well you know I think that 15:50.166 --> 15:53.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you're seeing a change in 15:53.100 --> 15:54.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% policing happening. 15:54.500 --> 15:55.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think that there's probably 15:55.933 --> 15:58.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% not necessarily an uptick in say 15:58.500 --> 15:59.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% drunk driving by sheriff's 15:59.800 --> 16:00.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% deputies. 16:00.266 --> 16:02.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think that now there's a lot 16:02.033 --> 16:03.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% more here and still law right. 16:03.633 --> 16:04.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The police officers are pulling 16:04.900 --> 16:06.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% them over saying OK you're drunk 16:06.300 --> 16:07.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and you're going to be arrested 16:07.466 --> 16:09.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and go to jail now whereas you 16:09.333 --> 16:11.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know maybe decades ago that was 16:11.933 --> 16:12.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% there even several years ago 16:12.933 --> 16:14.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that wasn't as much of the case. 16:14.166 --> 16:15.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know there be kind of blue 16:15.800 --> 16:17.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Brotherhood get pulled over. 16:17.500 --> 16:18.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know OK we're going put you 16:18.566 --> 16:19.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in the back of the car when you 16:19.400 --> 16:20.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% get you home. 16:20.666 --> 16:21.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know but you're not going to 16:21.500 --> 16:22.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% get arrested. 16:22.100 --> 16:22.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And I think that that's just 16:22.866 --> 16:23.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% kind of gone flying out the 16:23.966 --> 16:24.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% window at this point and we're 16:24.933 --> 16:26.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% just I think that's why one 16:26.166 --> 16:27.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% reason why we're seeing this 16:27.000 --> 16:28.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% uptick in arrests. 16:28.966 --> 16:30.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know it's just it's it's 16:31.266 --> 16:32.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% really remarkable I think just 16:32.433 --> 16:34.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to sit back and think about the 16:34.400 --> 16:34.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% sheer number. 16:34.900 --> 16:36.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think it's up to two dozen Now 16:37.666 --> 16:39.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% sheriff's deputies and jailers 16:39.200 --> 16:41.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% who have been arrested on 16:41.300 --> 16:42.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% criminal charges. 16:43.866 --> 16:44.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% These are people who were paid 16:44.900 --> 16:46.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to police our communities and 16:46.366 --> 16:47.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they are having a hard time 16:47.500 --> 16:48.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% abiding by our laws. 16:48.633 --> 16:52.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So it's interesting to keep an 16:52.900 --> 16:54.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% eye on and we'll see in 2019 16:54.600 --> 16:55.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% whether these numbers keep up. 16:56.133 --> 16:58.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And Sanford as a news reporter I 16:58.400 --> 17:01.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% have to applaud the transparency 17:01.066 --> 17:02.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of Sheriff Salazar. 17:02.100 --> 17:03.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean we didn't have to know 17:03.233 --> 17:04.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about a lot of this stuff at 17:04.366 --> 17:05.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% least as promptly as we found 17:05.633 --> 17:06.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% out about it. 17:06.466 --> 17:08.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So we do have a sheriff who is 17:08.433 --> 17:09.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% afraid maybe it's because he 17:09.833 --> 17:12.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% came from the background as APD. 17:13.133 --> 17:14.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But it seems like he's been very 17:14.433 --> 17:16.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% open with the problems he has 17:16.566 --> 17:18.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and discussing with the public 17:18.433 --> 17:19.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% what he's planning to do about 17:19.500 --> 17:19.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it. 17:19.866 --> 17:21.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean to a degree I saw that 17:21.700 --> 17:22.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this week you know there was an 17:22.966 --> 17:26.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% incident from last week where 17:26.300 --> 17:28.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% two two men one of whom we know 17:28.033 --> 17:29.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% was a sheriff's deputy. 17:29.066 --> 17:31.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% The other of whom likely was 17:31.833 --> 17:33.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% went into a bar and they were 17:33.200 --> 17:34.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% thrown out of the bar for making 17:34.366 --> 17:35.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% inappropriate comments they came 17:35.666 --> 17:37.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% back and one of the deputies 17:37.966 --> 17:38.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% threatened to come back you know 17:38.933 --> 17:40.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% basically said I could shoot up 17:40.133 --> 17:41.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this place I could kill people. 17:41.933 --> 17:43.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% According to the police report 17:43.233 --> 17:45.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and Salazar wasted no time in 17:45.800 --> 17:46.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% basically putting the guy on 17:46.900 --> 17:48.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% administrative leave and taking 17:48.166 --> 17:49.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% all his equipment away and 17:49.466 --> 17:50.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% putting out a statement saying 17:50.900 --> 17:52.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% we're done with this stuff this 17:52.133 --> 17:55.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% isn't going to fly Greg looking 17:55.466 --> 17:57.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% from a business perspective we 17:57.800 --> 17:59.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% have to take a look at things 17:59.100 --> 18:01.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% like the continued growth in the 18:01.133 --> 18:02.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% vitality of the tech industry 18:03.633 --> 18:05.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that has really transformed a 18:05.066 --> 18:06.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% lot of what we used to think 18:06.566 --> 18:08.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about San Antonio where do we go 18:08.566 --> 18:10.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in that and what potential for 18:10.866 --> 18:11.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% growth do you think. 18:12.166 --> 18:14.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% From a business perspective the 18:14.700 --> 18:15.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% tech industry has. 18:16.266 --> 18:17.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well I mean just this week we 18:17.833 --> 18:22.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% saw us a move 300 of their tech 18:22.366 --> 18:24.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% workers I.T. workers into 18:24.700 --> 18:25.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% facilities downtown. 18:25.933 --> 18:26.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So that's good. 18:26.600 --> 18:27.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean you're starting to see 18:28.500 --> 18:30.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the center city become a true 18:30.966 --> 18:31.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% tech district. 18:32.100 --> 18:33.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We have to keep in mind that you 18:33.266 --> 18:34.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know there are you know there 18:34.500 --> 18:36.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% are public incentives involved 18:36.066 --> 18:36.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in this. 18:36.366 --> 18:38.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% This isn't happening naturally 18:38.533 --> 18:39.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% or organically. 18:39.533 --> 18:40.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean this is because it's 18:40.900 --> 18:43.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% happening with the prodding of 18:43.100 --> 18:45.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% city and county government and 18:45.133 --> 18:47.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% tax dollars to to a degree for 18:47.300 --> 18:48.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% example you know textbook 18:49.366 --> 18:49.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% textbook. 18:50.600 --> 18:52.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It's basically a trade group for 18:52.433 --> 18:53.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% tech companies in San Antonio. 18:54.166 --> 18:55.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% They've got a chief talent 18:55.300 --> 18:56.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% officer who just goes around 18:56.633 --> 18:59.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% looking for a designer. 18:59.766 --> 19:01.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Web designers and Sophal you 19:01.833 --> 19:03.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know code writers and software 19:03.633 --> 19:04.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% engineers around the country to 19:04.833 --> 19:06.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bring them to San Antonio. 19:06.800 --> 19:08.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well that position is funded by 19:08.366 --> 19:09.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% both the city and county. 19:09.666 --> 19:12.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So it is you know there's a lot 19:12.500 --> 19:12.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of senators. 19:12.933 --> 19:14.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Yeah I mean well I mean synergy. 19:14.600 --> 19:16.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You could say I mean you could 19:16.033 --> 19:17.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% say subsidy also would mean that 19:17.633 --> 19:19.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it's you know Artek efforts to a 19:19.766 --> 19:21.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% degree are being underwritten by 19:21.466 --> 19:22.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% local governments. 19:22.833 --> 19:23.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And we do need to keep that in 19:23.866 --> 19:25.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% mind we also need to keep in 19:25.100 --> 19:27.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% mind that you know if you look 19:27.466 --> 19:29.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in terms of the number of jobs 19:30.133 --> 19:32.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it is a pretty small sector for 19:32.300 --> 19:32.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% San Antonio. 19:32.933 --> 19:34.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We're still you know this is 19:34.200 --> 19:37.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% still a city where healthcare 19:37.100 --> 19:39.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and tourism dominate. 19:39.233 --> 19:41.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And the military as well. 19:41.400 --> 19:43.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There are also a lot of 19:43.433 --> 19:45.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% government employees here far 19:45.433 --> 19:46.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% more than there are 19:46.266 --> 19:48.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% manufacturing and tech. 19:48.566 --> 19:49.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% That said I mean every every 19:49.966 --> 19:51.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% city San Antonio cited you know 19:51.733 --> 19:52.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they've got to compete for tech 19:52.866 --> 19:54.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% jobs just because those are the 19:54.700 --> 19:55.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% best paying around. 19:55.500 --> 19:57.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So where as you know the number 19:57.366 --> 19:58.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is relatively small. 19:58.366 --> 19:59.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% They're good they're good jobs. 19:59.633 --> 20:00.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Let's have a little fun before 20:00.700 --> 20:02.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% we look ahead to 2019. 20:02.366 --> 20:03.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We've talked about the under 20:03.333 --> 20:04.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% reported stories. 20:04.700 --> 20:06.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% What do you think are stories we 20:06.033 --> 20:07.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% read our mouths about far too 20:07.566 --> 20:10.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% much in 2018 I will nominate the 20:10.833 --> 20:12.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% guy who tore the mike I had a 20:12.533 --> 20:13.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% teenager and water burner. 20:13.900 --> 20:15.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Josh what's your idea. 20:15.800 --> 20:17.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well I took part in a lot of 20:17.300 --> 20:18.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% reporting on the tricentennial 20:18.566 --> 20:20.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% early in the year and I think 20:21.966 --> 20:23.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% perhaps we wrote a little bit 20:23.666 --> 20:24.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% too much about that. 20:25.566 --> 20:26.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But I would also say that that 20:26.966 --> 20:28.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% really tricentennial has become 20:28.266 --> 20:29.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% a footnote of 2018. 20:30.233 --> 20:32.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know the midterm election in 20:32.566 --> 20:33.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the lead up with charter 20:33.700 --> 20:35.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% amendments religious kind of 20:35.633 --> 20:37.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% pushed everything off off the 20:37.266 --> 20:39.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stove in terms of hot button 20:39.666 --> 20:40.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% issues. 20:40.133 --> 20:42.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And I think that had we not had 20:42.633 --> 20:44.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% so much focus on that campaign 20:44.233 --> 20:45.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for the petition drive for the 20:45.900 --> 20:46.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% charter amendments and the 20:46.700 --> 20:48.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% actual election it would have 20:48.266 --> 20:51.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% opened up a lot more space for 20:51.433 --> 20:53.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% us to explore more about 20:54.500 --> 20:56.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% tricentennial for example and in 20:56.033 --> 20:58.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% overreported even for Sanford. 20:58.766 --> 20:59.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% What do you think we talk too 20:59.533 --> 21:00.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% much about. 21:00.333 --> 21:02.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think I'm going to group a 21:02.633 --> 21:04.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bunch of stuff together kind of 21:04.100 --> 21:05.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% like I did earlier and I think 21:05.833 --> 21:07.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it's click bait news frankly. 21:07.433 --> 21:09.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I just I think every news 21:09.300 --> 21:10.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% organization is feeling the 21:10.833 --> 21:13.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% pressure right now to generate 21:13.066 --> 21:15.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% clicks on their Web site and 21:15.100 --> 21:16.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stuff like the water Burger hat 21:16.766 --> 21:18.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% stuff like you know Ted Cruz 21:18.700 --> 21:19.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% growing a beard. 21:19.700 --> 21:21.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Hey you know we we we wrote 21:21.200 --> 21:22.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about this stuff too. 21:22.666 --> 21:24.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But you know I think I think 21:24.266 --> 21:25.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% those stories that ultimately 21:25.700 --> 21:27.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% are inconsequential and 21:27.766 --> 21:28.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% essentially out there just to 21:28.933 --> 21:30.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% sort of titillate people and get 21:30.266 --> 21:30.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% them to click. 21:32.400 --> 21:33.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We spent an awful lot of time 21:34.266 --> 21:35.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% dealing with stuff like that 21:35.300 --> 21:36.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Greg talked about. 21:36.400 --> 21:37.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Number one I would agree with 21:37.733 --> 21:39.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Josh on the tricentennial story. 21:39.533 --> 21:40.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean he got to the point where 21:40.600 --> 21:42.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it's like we really have nothing 21:42.066 --> 21:43.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% better to talk about in a city 21:43.233 --> 21:44.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% like there's nothing else going 21:44.433 --> 21:45.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% on or any other problems we have 21:45.933 --> 21:46.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% than the cries of Barrio 21:46.933 --> 21:47.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Speedwagon. 21:48.300 --> 21:49.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Yeah that was serious. 21:50.000 --> 21:51.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean that's let's not. 21:51.100 --> 21:52.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean I don't want to I don't 21:52.066 --> 21:54.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% want to diminish that story. 21:54.266 --> 21:56.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But anyway I'd have to say 21:56.800 --> 21:58.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Scooter's by far. 21:59.133 --> 22:01.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know we've we've got this 22:01.900 --> 22:05.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% swarm of scooters on our 22:05.233 --> 22:07.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% downtown sidewalks and streets 22:07.033 --> 22:07.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and they're starting to bleed 22:07.900 --> 22:08.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% out into the neighborhood. 22:09.666 --> 22:11.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It is you know this is clearly a 22:11.533 --> 22:13.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% new development in what's called 22:13.600 --> 22:15.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the last mile transportation. 22:15.433 --> 22:16.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know when you get off the 22:16.300 --> 22:17.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% bus or whatever form of mass 22:17.733 --> 22:19.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% transit and you know you need to 22:19.866 --> 22:21.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% get to your destination you have 22:21.433 --> 22:22.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% so that you can jump on a 22:22.866 --> 22:23.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% scooter go. 22:24.633 --> 22:27.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And so it is used as a word it 22:27.766 --> 22:29.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is a disruptive technology. 22:29.800 --> 22:30.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It is something we're not 22:30.766 --> 22:32.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% accustomed with but even at that 22:32.466 --> 22:33.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I don't I'm not sure it's 22:33.600 --> 22:35.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% warranted the three or four 22:35.166 --> 22:37.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% million words we have devoted to 22:37.266 --> 22:38.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% it over the last four months. 22:39.133 --> 22:40.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% That said my business desk is 22:40.766 --> 22:41.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% actually working on a big 22:41.766 --> 22:42.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% scooter store. 22:42.566 --> 22:44.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So we're feeding it just as 22:44.666 --> 22:45.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% badly as everybody else. 22:46.000 --> 22:47.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Ok pretty soon it will be in 22:47.100 --> 22:47.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% 2019. 22:47.866 --> 22:49.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And Josh there will be a lot of 22:49.266 --> 22:50.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% focus on your speed in 2019. 22:51.233 --> 22:52.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Take us through what you 22:52.166 --> 22:53.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% anticipate we'll be talking 22:53.666 --> 22:55.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about the big stories of 2019. 22:55.933 --> 22:58.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well the municipal election in 22:58.200 --> 22:59.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% May I think on May 4th it's 22:59.600 --> 23:01.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% going to be kind of murky 23:01.166 --> 23:02.533 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% storyline for the next several 23:02.533 --> 23:04.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% months January mid January to 23:04.833 --> 23:06.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% mid February when we'll see the 23:06.700 --> 23:07.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% ballots start to solidify. 23:07.933 --> 23:09.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think the deadline for 23:09.133 --> 23:10.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% applications for placing the 23:10.266 --> 23:12.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% ballots Feb. 15 and at that 23:12.766 --> 23:13.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% point we'll know who's running 23:13.900 --> 23:15.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for what I think the big 23:15.166 --> 23:17.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% question right now is is anybody 23:17.800 --> 23:19.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% going to challenge run near him 23:19.466 --> 23:22.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for his his attempt to win a 23:22.700 --> 23:23.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% second term. 23:24.033 --> 23:25.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There's a lot of speculation 23:25.033 --> 23:26.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that Greg Brookhouse will do 23:26.100 --> 23:26.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that. 23:26.900 --> 23:27.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% He has not made that 23:27.566 --> 23:28.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% announcement yet. 23:28.966 --> 23:30.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% There's been a I think intense 23:30.900 --> 23:31.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% search among the business 23:31.933 --> 23:32.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% community to try to find 23:32.833 --> 23:34.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% somebody to challenge him and 23:34.000 --> 23:35.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they seem to have come up short 23:35.333 --> 23:35.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% at this point. 23:36.600 --> 23:39.200 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So there's a lot of stuff to 23:39.200 --> 23:41.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% unfold for the next couple of 23:41.700 --> 23:42.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% months. 23:42.333 --> 23:42.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% We'll figure that out. 23:42.933 --> 23:44.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Santror what are you looking for 23:44.066 --> 23:44.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in our coming year. 23:45.233 --> 23:46.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think the legislative session 23:46.800 --> 23:47.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is going to be fascinating to 23:47.833 --> 23:48.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% watch. 23:49.133 --> 23:50.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And you know there were sort of 23:50.733 --> 23:52.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% three storylines that I think 23:52.266 --> 23:53.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% will be really interesting and 23:53.466 --> 23:54.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% one of them is this sort of 23:54.900 --> 23:56.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% debate over who gets to make 23:56.433 --> 23:59.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% decisions about you know issues 23:59.766 --> 24:01.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% affecting cities and San 24:01.133 --> 24:01.633 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Antonio. 24:01.666 --> 24:03.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Obviously services in the state 24:03.933 --> 24:05.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% house what sort of rein in 24:05.766 --> 24:08.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% things like you know mandatory 24:08.000 --> 24:10.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% sick time and plastic bag bans 24:10.166 --> 24:11.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and that sort of thing. 24:11.933 --> 24:14.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% So we'll see how that plays out 24:14.500 --> 24:16.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in the legislature this go 24:16.066 --> 24:16.400 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% around. 24:16.666 --> 24:19.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I'm also curious to see what 24:19.400 --> 24:21.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this additional influx 24:21.366 --> 24:22.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% especially in the House of 24:22.900 --> 24:25.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Democratic seats means. 24:26.033 --> 24:29.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% One would think that the 24:29.500 --> 24:31.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Republicans are going to look at 24:31.100 --> 24:32.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that and go gosh we're going to 24:32.233 --> 24:33.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% have to get along with these 24:33.766 --> 24:35.133 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% folks we are going to have to 24:35.133 --> 24:35.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% moderate. 24:35.900 --> 24:38.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And if we don't in 2020 we may 24:39.433 --> 24:40.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% we may have another problem 24:40.833 --> 24:41.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% here. 24:42.466 --> 24:44.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And the third thing too is you 24:44.733 --> 24:46.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% know it will be interesting to 24:46.066 --> 24:48.066 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% see how Dennis bodon functions 24:48.100 --> 24:49.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% as speaker. 24:49.833 --> 24:51.300 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You know because obviously 24:51.300 --> 24:52.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Strauss was sort of a roadblock 24:53.500 --> 24:56.000 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and as a protege and an ally of 24:56.000 --> 24:56.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Strauss's. 24:56.800 --> 24:58.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And you know but he's obviously 24:58.800 --> 25:00.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% more more conservative at least 25:00.533 --> 25:02.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in terms of votes so certainly a 25:02.800 --> 25:03.700 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% wildcard there. 25:03.733 --> 25:04.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Greg what do you anticipate 25:04.800 --> 25:05.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% spending the most time talking 25:05.933 --> 25:07.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% about an 2090. 25:07.100 --> 25:07.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Not to worry. 25:07.733 --> 25:09.166 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But I agree with Sanford. 25:09.200 --> 25:11.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean the next legislative 25:11.033 --> 25:13.266 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% session is going to be huge it's 25:13.533 --> 25:15.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% got a lot of really big 25:15.366 --> 25:17.766 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% implications and apart from 25:18.033 --> 25:20.233 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% having you know more a stronger 25:20.233 --> 25:21.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Democratic presence in the 25:21.966 --> 25:22.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% house. 25:22.533 --> 25:24.366 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You've also got Republican 25:24.366 --> 25:24.600 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Party. 25:24.633 --> 25:26.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I think that's just a bit 25:26.500 --> 25:27.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% chastened by the election 25:27.933 --> 25:29.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% results in November. 25:30.000 --> 25:33.100 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I mean when you have Lieutenant 25:33.100 --> 25:34.433 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Governor Dan Patrick who's been 25:34.433 --> 25:36.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% a staunch social and fiscal 25:36.566 --> 25:38.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% conservative you know kind of 25:38.733 --> 25:40.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% squeaking by in his re-election 25:40.500 --> 25:41.966 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to get somebody who was barely 25:42.766 --> 25:44.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% exactly a nominal nominal 25:44.900 --> 25:46.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% candidate and he's he's polling 25:46.933 --> 25:49.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% you know Patrick's polling 40 50 25:49.666 --> 25:51.033 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to 53 percent of the vote. 25:51.700 --> 25:52.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You have to think that he's 25:52.733 --> 25:54.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% going to take a more or less 25:54.500 --> 25:55.833 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% ideological more pragmatic 25:55.833 --> 25:57.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% approach to governing in the 25:57.566 --> 25:57.866 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% session. 25:58.033 --> 25:58.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well we'll see. 25:58.800 --> 25:59.933 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Thank you very much Greg 25:59.933 --> 26:01.566 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Jefferson is a business editor 26:01.566 --> 26:02.733 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of San Antonio Express News 26:02.733 --> 26:04.500 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% SANFORD Dowland editor in chief 26:04.500 --> 26:05.466 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of the San Antonio current. 26:05.466 --> 26:06.900 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Josh BAUGH City Hall reporter 26:07.200 --> 26:08.333 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% for The San Antonio Express 26:08.333 --> 26:08.666 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% News. 26:08.666 --> 26:09.800 align:left position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Merry Christmas and Happy 26:09.800 --> 26:10.933 align:left 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