Switch to the of this page.Editor’s Note: The following is CityScrapes, a column of opinion and analysis.It’s been a grim year for San Antonians, much less the world.The pandemic has cost an enormous number of lives, wreaked economic havoc, isolated families and loved ones, and dramatically shifted how we work and live. While the arrival of vaccines offers us hope for change in the coming months, the devastation from the public health and social dislocations of the coronavirus are likely to linger far beyond, perhaps for years.Yet, even as our political and civic leaders appear to have only...…Switch to the of this page.Editor’s Note: The following is CityScrapes, a column of opinion and analysis.It’s been a grim year for San Antonians, much less the world.The pandemic has cost an enormous number of lives, wreaked economic havoc, isolated families and loved ones, and dramatically shifted how we work and live. While the arrival of vaccines offers us hope for change in the coming months, the devastation from the public health and social dislocations of the coronavirus are likely to linger far beyond, perhaps for years.Yet, even as our political and civic leaders appear to have only...WW…

Editor’s Note: The following is CityScrapes, a column of opinion and analysis.Here San Antonio goes again. Looking to someone else for our future and our salvation. Hoping Washington will deliver the goodies and jobs to keep our city growing and prospering.In quest of “significant” economic impact, Mayor Ron Nirenberg flew off to DC to ask the Pentagon to grant us the new headquarters of the Space Command. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn joined in the plea, arguing that San Antonio is “Military City, USA,” “as patriotic a city as they come,” and “a natural fit.” Local business leaders joined the...…Editor’s Note: The following is CityScrapes, a column of opinion and analysis.Here San Antonio goes again. Looking to someone else for our future and our salvation. Hoping Washington will deliver the goodies and jobs to keep our city growing and prospering.In quest of “significant” economic impact, Mayor Ron Nirenberg flew off to DC to ask the Pentagon to grant us the new headquarters of the Space Command. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn joined in the plea, arguing that San Antonio is “Military City, USA,” “as patriotic a city as they come,” and “a natural fit.” Local business leaders joined the...WW…