#bexar county

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Sherry Street, San Antonio, Texas.

[san-antonio-grim-reaper]

When I took up the mantle of San Antonio Grim Reaper, I swore I'd take down the menace who calls themselves 'The Bexar County Booty Bandit'.

I know you're out there, and i will find you...

[hoodfriendlyass-satx]

Absolutely , losing my motha-fucking mind... need my soul mate

[macwantspeace]

Judge tosses Ken Paxton’s lawsuit targeting Bexar County’s voter registration effort

The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.

I live in San Antonio. Voter registration application is available at Library, Post Office, and online [to be printed & mailed] at the Sec State. Appl gets vetted by State, sent back to county. "illegals" voting is near nonexistent. edited: this Sec State form is to be mailed

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Criminal investigation launched into DeSantis asylum seeker flights

Texas county sheriff says it seems evident that asylum seekers had been ‘lured’ to travel to Martha’s Vineyard ‘under false pretenses’

A criminal investigation has been launched in Texas into whether dozens of asylum seekers were illegally flown from the state to Martha’s Vineyard, as new evidence continues to emerge suggesting they were misled.

The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, said on Monday that his office was investigating the flights, chartered on behalf of the Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, which brought dozens of migrants to the island in Massachusetts.

While Salazar did not name possible subjects in the inquiry, he said: “Everybody on this call knows who those names are already,” according to NBC News.

Salazar did not discuss what specific laws might have been broken, but said it seemed evident that asylum seekers had been “lured under false pretenses”, with a recruiter given a “bird dog fee” to gather dozens of people who were outside a San Antonio migrant resource center.

“They were promised work,” said Salazar. “They were promised the solution to several of their problems.”

Many of the asylum seekers were given pamphlets advertising cash assistance, help with housing, job training and other resources if they came to Massachusetts.

But the promised benefits are only available for refugees, a specific categorization under US immigration law that the asylum seekers do not currently fall under.

Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based group representing 30 of the recent arrivals, shared links and images of the brochures on Twitter.

“This is additional evidence that shows in writing that those false representations were made in order to induce our clients to travel,” said Oren Sellstrom, the group’s litigation director, to NBC News.

The group has also called for a federal and state criminal investigation into the chartered flights.

A spokesperson from DeSantis’s office defended the flights and the brochures, saying that migrants were sent to “greener pastures” and to places that had more resources than Bexar county.

The flights are just one instance of a broader pattern of Republican officials sending thousands of asylum seekers to predominantly Democratic-voting areas, a stunt that Democrats have slammed as illegal and wrong.

“There is a process that is in place. And what they are doing is an illegal stunt, is a political stunt,” said the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.

[livefromphilly]

Passenger #13

[jadeestebanestrada]

Air quality and climate change guru

This week, my Glitter Political guest is Mario Bravo, candidate for San Antonio City Council, District 1.

Bravo says that his family history of community organizing, along with his passion for energy efficiency, put him on the trajectory to challenge District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño in the May 1 municipal election.

“My mom was the neighborhood association president, and she would volunteer us to do stuff all the time,” he recalls. Among other things, his assigned tasks included building the playscape at the neighborhood park and keeping the greenspace mowed.

In 2018, Bravo ran for Bexar County commissioner, challenging the late Paul Elizondo for his long-held Precinct 2 seat. The first-time candidate garnered 25% of the vote in the Democratic primary. Though it wasn't enough to advance to the runoff, he says he did learn how to better communicate with voters.

“I have a lot of policy experience, but it’s important to make sure that you really listen to the community and that you’re bringing forward their ideas,” he says. “I love running for office, because I get out and have these meaningful conversations about what people care about and how we can move forward as a community.”

Read the full story at sacurrent.com.

Photo: Jade Esteban Estrada/San Antonio Current

[americanbuildings]

Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur W. Stewart, Photographer April 6, 1936 NORTHWEST ELEVATION (WEST FRONT AND NORTH SIDE). - Jose Antonio Navarro Store, 232 South Laredo Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX