Leading SA: SA Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Council Chair on top priority bills in the Texas Legislature
The chamber’s president and CEO has testified before state leaders to discuss COVID-19 economic recovery
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SAN ANTONIO – Cities across the country and across the world are still dealing with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and leaders from the Alamo City have testified before state leaders to prioritize local efforts in the state’s recovery.
Jaymie Mangelsdorf, the public policy council chair for the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, joined Leading SA to discuss some of the chamber’s top priority bills in the state legislature.
Commentary: Modernize the infrastructure, or face future of more failures
Henry Cisneros and William Fulton, For the Express-News
Feb. 19, 2021
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A worker in Dallas seeks to restore power during the arctic blast. A failure to invest in infrastructure is a failure to invest in our present and future.Smiley N. Pool /Associated Press
The loss of electrical power in neighborhoods across Texas last week has been attributed to breakdowns in the ERCOT system.
ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, was set up to share and distribute power across the interconnected utilities of Texas. The failure of the statewide electrical system resulted in emergency conditions for families huddled in cold homes, separated from all the electrical devices upon which we have come to depend. That meant doing without heat, personal communications, emergency news reports, recharging of cellphones, hot water and medical contacts.
Leading SA: San Antonio Chamber of Commerce CEO says diversity of SA’s economy is its blessing
The Chamber of Commerce has several initiatives in the works
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SAN ANTONIO – Families, businesses and communities are still dealing with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
To break down the state of the Alamo City’s economy, Richard Perez, president and CEO of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, joined Leading SA on Sunday to discuss the community’s unique set of circumstances.
“Well, I would say the state of the economy is growing. It’s stable, and it seems to be showing some very, very strong signs, particularly in the tourism and hospitality area,” Perez said. “But I will say there are other areas of the economy like construction, health care, cybersecurity, manufacturing, those all seem to be going very, very well and strong. And so, you know, the diversity of our economy is our blessing.”
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In mayoral rematch between Nirenberg and Brockhouse, San Antonio s pandemic recovery and police reform will take center stage
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San Antonio City Councilman from District 6 Greg Brockhouse, left, shakes hands with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, right, after a mayoral debate hosted by The Rivard Report at The Spire in St. Paul Square in San Antonio on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.Matthew Busch / Contributor, Contributor / For The San Antonio Express-News
Two years after a bruising battle between San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and former City Councilman Greg Brockhouse, the two men will likely face each other once more for the mayor’s seat in a race defined by the human and economic toll wrought by COVID-19 and cries from activists for police reform.