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Garcia: Federal infrastructure overhaul a necessity, not a luxury FacebookTwitterEmail President Joe Biden unveiled a $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan this past week.Saul Loeb /TNS This past week, I had the good fortune of interviewing Ben Fountain, one of this country’s finest writers. The Dallas-based Fountain is a rare master of both the fiction and non-fiction forms and his work particularly his best-selling novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and his searing opus on the 2016 presidential campaign, “Beautiful Country Burn Again” has revealed more about the tortured soul of 21st century America than just about any writer you could name. ....
Podcast: Rep. Cuellar faults both parties for border challenges FacebookTwitterEmail Jerry Lara /Staff photographer Puro Politics is a weekly podcast hosted by columnist Gilbert Garcia, covering the drama and nuance of local government issues. Produced by Luis Vazquez and Joy-Marie Scott. The recent influx of Central American migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has not only overloaded our immigration system. It has prompted both sides of the political aisle to engage in the blame game. Republicans have accused President Joe Biden of inviting the influx with what they describe as an open-border policy. Democrats say Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, bears the responsibility, not only for a 2019 “Remain in Mexico” policy that forced asylum seekers to indefinitely camp out in Mexican border towns, but for failing to expand shelter space in late 2020 in the face of rising numbers of migrant arrivals. ....
Garcia: West Side council candidates laud plan to keep Alazán Courts families united FacebookTwitterEmail Children play at the Alazán Courts on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Much of Alazán Courts, the first public housing complex in San Antonio, was built in 1939 and people, mostly Mexican-Americans, began to move in during 1940.Billy Calzada /Billy Calzada Candidates started filing for San Antonio City Council elections on Jan. 13. A week later, some big news rocked District 5, which has 11 candidates competing for the seat being vacated by a term-limited Shirley Gonzales. The San Antonio Housing Authority abandoned its plan to partner with a private developer to raze the West Side’s historic Alazán Courts and replace them with mixed-income apartments. ....
Garcia: Abbott trusts Texans to self-govern, except when he doesn t FacebookTwitterEmail San Jose Hotel engineering manager Rocky Ontiveros, 60, wears a Texas mask on March 3, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new executive order that will end the statewide mask mandate and allow businesses to reopen at 100% capacity on March 10, 2021. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images/TNS)Montinique Monroe, Stringer / TNS There’s an argument to be made on behalf of Greg Abbott’s decision to eliminate the state’s mask mandate and social-distancing restrictions. I’m not talking about the “COVID-19 is a hoax dreamed up in the offices of the Democratic National Committee to destroy the nation’s economy and bring down the presidency of Donald Trump” argument. That one seems a little lacking in solid evidence. ....
Garcia: Legendary St. Mary s professor inspired three current City Council candidates FacebookTwitterEmail Charles Cotrell, President Emeritus, Professor of Political Science, Director, Institute of Public Administration, Politics and Public Policy at St. Mary s University.J. Michael Short/SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWS After 55 years at St. Mary’s University, legendary professor Charles Cotrell plans to step down at the end of this semester. His long tenure at St. Mary’s includes 13 years as university president, thousands of classroom hours as a political science professor and countless acts of mentorship for his students. Even as Cotrell prepares to step away from his university duties, however, the evidence of his massive impact can be seen in this year’s City Council elections. ....