On May 27, Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert Jr. helped serve 700 families at the Ella Austin Community Center. Volunteers gave away hand sanitizer, PPE, cleaning supplies, seven days of food, and in collaboration with Travis Park United Methodist Church, books for young people to read over the summer. Participants were able to social distance by popping their trunk in … [Read more...] about United Effort: Resource Drive Thru
Bexar County
HALT System Bexar County Installs Additional Sites
Photo at right: Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff discusses the HALT system upon the completion of the first 52 locations in January 2013. This particular spot on Shepherd Road in Southwest Bexar County is where a flooding death occurred in 2007. How HALT Works Bexar County’s HALT System – High water Alert Lifesaving Technology – is a tool to warn drivers when … [Read more...] about HALT System Bexar County Installs Additional Sites
County Auditor
Prior to the late 19th century, the prevailing legal opinion of the day, that judicial courts had no power to review the political acts, made the determinations of the commissioners court absolute and final, except in cases where the result was clearly outside of the jurisdiction of the commissioners court, or a clearly capricious act, and therefore void. However, an amendment … [Read more...] about County Auditor
Controversy Continues Over E-mails
A Travis County district judge has ruled that a Bexar County commissioner must release e-mail messages about county business from his private e-mail account. The court ruling confirms a 2010 AG Opinion that e-mails concerning public business from private accounts are not exempt from the Texas Public Information Act. Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson has stated that he … [Read more...] about Controversy Continues Over E-mails
Indigent Defense Task Force Sets
Counties seeking their share of some $12 million budgeted by the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense (Task Force) for FY2007 must submit their applications online by Oct. 23. Bell County Judge Jon Burrows, who serves on the Task Force and its Grants and Reporting Committee, said he "is pleased with the new budget for the Task Force" approved at the Task Force's August … [Read more...] about Indigent Defense Task Force Sets