Oct 24, 2026 · 6 min · 8 segments
The first Sip Senate from Two Texas Teas: a quick rundown of what city hall and the county did this week in San Antonio, Austin, New Braunfels, and San Marcos. San Antonio's bond committee fight and…
We start in San Antonio, where the city council and Mayor Gina Ortiz-Jones are having a polite fight about the next bond.
This week, council voted to slow down the mayor's picks to lead the bond committee, because council members want a say in who runs the discussions about which projects make the cut.
The money at stake is real.
City Manager Eric Walsh has presented a recommended bond package of $442 million for the May 2027 ballot, aimed at streets, sidewalks, bridges, and drainage, and built to avoid a property tax rate increase.
Expect the argument over what gets in and what gets left out to run for months.
Next Thursday, October 29, Council votes on new zoning rules for hyperscale data centers.
The proposal, led by District 6 Councilmember Rick Galvin, would require 500-foot buffers from neighborhoods, set noise rules, and flatly ban these facilities over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, which is where the city's drinking water comes from.
For context, San Marcos banned data centers in every zoning district back in June, the first Texas city to do it.
Council voted 7-2 to send a 20-year extension of Pre-K 4SA to the November ballot, so voters decide whether the early childhood program keeps going.
We start in San Antonio, where the city council and Mayor Gina Ortiz-Jones are having a polite fight about the next bond.
This week, council voted to slow down the mayor's picks to lead the bond committee, because council members want a say in who runs the discussions about which projects make the cut.
The money at stake is real.
City Manager Eric Walsh has presented a recommended bond package of $442 million for the May 2027 ballot, aimed at streets, sidewalks, bridges, and drainage, and built to avoid a property tax rate increase.
Expect the argument over what gets in and what gets left out to run for months.
Next Thursday, October 29, Council votes on new zoning rules for hyperscale data centers.
The proposal, led by District 6 Councilmember Rick Galvin, would require 500-foot buffers from neighborhoods, set noise rules, and flatly ban these facilities over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, which is where the city's drinking water comes from.
For context, San Marcos banned data centers in every zoning district back in June, the first Texas city to do it.
Council voted 7-2 to send a 20-year extension of Pre-K 4SA to the November ballot, so voters decide whether the early childhood program keeps going.
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