Ron Nirenberg

It managed to avoid a tax increase by pulling more than $68 million from reserves.

Former San Antonio mayor and Democratic county judge candidate Ron Nirenberg says using reserve money is unsustainable.

What I will do as county judge is work across government, including other jurisdictions in our community, other cities, to reduce duplication of services, eliminate redundancies.

We've got to make sure that we do that first and foremost.

That's correct

... headed for a debate with, uh, Ron Nirenberg on Thursday, uh, which will be on Texas Public Radio.

Um, but when I was reading about this race, I, I was reminded of the numerous financial and other sort of, uh, I guess you'd say, uh, David versus Goliath kinda matchup that this is.

I mean, I know that you can hold your own on a debate stage with Ron Nirenberg, but this is a real uphill climb in every respect, from turnout to fundraising.

What made you wanna do this?

Well, quite frankly, Ron Nirenberg's getting in the race encouraged me and incited me to, to act.

I actually began recruiting others w- who, uh, might have an interest in running, and it came down to a filing deadline, and I filed, uh, at 5:00 on December 9th, and I know that I'm the best candidate in the race.

Uh, we need someone who has financial common sense for Bexar County.

It's unconscionable that people would be raped and, and we have over 91 deaths in the county jail over the last five years.

Democrat Ron Nirenberg says adding more jail space won't address the underlying problems, including mental health and addiction treatment.

If we're talking about jail overcrowding, the fact that people who are in need of health treatment, addiction treatment are not getting it, the fact that we have a lack of coordination between the city and the county, building a new jail will not solve any of those challenges.

You can hear more from both candidates at TPR.org. Just search for the source.

I think that was very much a message directed at the mayor, since I think this is the first time we've had a mayor, for good or bad, who hasn't been aligned with city staff.

I think one criticism of Ron Nirenberg is that he kind of did whatever city management wanted.

But, you know, that was, I think, helped the city management in some ways.

And once you have the mayor on the same page advocating for it, and Mayor Jones has shown that, you know, she's not going to get in line.

I don't know.

Ron Nirenberg went to my high school.

I guess he's the San Antonio mayor.

Can Lunchbox get on there and edit himself in?

In a grassy clearing, the crowd of bobbing cowboy hats settled into white chairs arranged around tables.

Among Mr. Poindexter's guests were former Mayor Ron Nirenberg of San Antonio, State Senator Rolan Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents a vast stretch of the border region, and State Representative Eddie Morales, also a Democrat.

Several representatives from Ojinaga, the Mexican city across the border, were also in attendance.

This has always been a cross-border community, said Mr. Poindexter, though he said he had not traveled across the border in years.