Editors note: This is an unedited transcript of the online conversation that took place online at NOWCastSA next to the video of the live Webcast of the SA2020 launch event on Sept. 25, 2010. The chat involved 2,000 comments during the four-hour livestream. We did not require anyone to log in or use their real names, but a lively community of friends quickly emerged:
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20100925T054138Z User_9443 whats up
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20100925T054949Z charlotteanne we're getting ready for SA2020!
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20100925T130901Z User_2530 test
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20100925T131614Z darthclue Any of the NCSA crew here?
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20100925T131831Z darthclue Good luck today NOWCastSA.
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20100925T132541Z surgemu03 Looking forward to hearing about the great ideas San Antonians have in their back pocket!
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20100925T132609Z David Darth - Congrats on new gig. Better than a bait shop
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20100925T132918Z User_7380 update
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20100925T134511Z VoxLive Good tunes...
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20100925T135102Z User_7380 any updates
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20100925T135118Z User_7380 this is a feed from yesterday
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20100925T135134Z charlotteanne we will be going live with today's program in about 10 minutes
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20100925T135228Z User_7058 Lost my babysitter... thanks for putting this online so I can participate
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20100925T135701Z User_7358 Love the: Do not panic.
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20100925T140051Z User_7058 LOL
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20100925T140508Z HeatherDiMasi Speakers gathering on stage. Should start any moment
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20100925T140718Z @juanhijo Alright! great work Nowcastsa. Thanks for the info and service.
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20100925T140808Z VoxLive Good job NC.
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20100925T141413Z NOWCastSA Yay for the Edison Band!
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20100925T141540Z User_1348 hello
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20100925T141624Z User_1348 more parking in the future of san antonio
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20100925T141749Z surgemu03 More parking, affordable parking and a campaign around it so that citizens of SA come downtown more often.
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20100925T141804Z User_1348 was there a target for 2000? or 2010?
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20100925T141824Z MicheleBrown and for those of us who work dowtown that have to deal with the monthly price
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20100925T141856Z surgemu03 Yup, correct Michele! And for attracting future employers
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20100925T141939Z User_1348 tear down the alamodome and build another dome with retractable roof
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20100925T142023Z User_3062 San Antonio Social Media users kick butt!
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20100925T142040Z User_1348 all 50 of us...lol
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20100925T142048Z User_7024 proud, proud of Mayor Castro
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20100925T142125Z User_1348 doesn't the changing background distract you all?
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20100925T142149Z MicheleBrown click fulls creen and it disappears
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20100925T142152Z surgemu03 Yup, attract and retain talent!
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20100925T142236Z MicheleBrown and keep businesses we want IN SA
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20100925T142255Z User_1348 potholes...
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20100925T142350Z User_3062 nonprofit and government collaborations can help with problems.
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20100925T142406Z User_1348 an NFL team!
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20100925T142407Z MicheleBrown ..and private business
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20100925T142507Z User_3062 yes
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20100925T142525Z User_1348 kinda ironic. no parking, there, but don't we have bus transit system?
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20100925T142604Z MicheleBrown actually we do have a bus system that stops right at TriPoint
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20100925T142609Z User_3062 I'm clapping at home
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20100925T142618Z User_1348 I wonder how many took the bus to this event
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20100925T142633Z MicheleBrown but they are attending. that is the first step
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20100925T142710Z User_3062 User 1348 do you use the bus/
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20100925T142712Z @juanhijo Castor said Cloud Computing Huzzah!
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20100925T142719Z User_1348 as long as you have a law degree you can succeed in SA
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20100925T142807Z MicheleBrown clapping!
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20100925T142808Z @juanhijo Build education pipeline for tech companies
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20100925T142833Z User_7380 fanatic support
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20100925T142846Z surgemu03 Amen Rackspace! Great example in companies investing in SA!
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20100925T142853Z NOWCastSA by the way, this livestream is hosted by Rackspace, as is NOWCAStgsSA
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20100925T142859Z MicheleBrown YEA!!!
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20100925T142911Z MicheleBrown Thanks RAX
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20100925T142942Z User_7024 good to know, thanks for that info
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20100925T142943Z @juanhijo Graham gets it
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20100925T142946Z User_1348 close down Ingram Park Mall and move Rackspace in there
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20100925T142947Z User_7380 thanks IT
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20100925T143108Z MicheleBrown Member of Darryl Bird Fan Club!
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20100925T143233Z User_7024 If you haven't been to the Pearl, go! Fabulous reinvention of what our city can be
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20100925T143255Z User_3062 The Pearl is 09er heaven
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20100925T143307Z User_1348 an NFL team
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20100925T143426Z User_7792 NFL in San Antonio. It's time.
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20100925T143527Z User_1348 Make SAC...a University....UofSA
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20100925T143642Z User_7792 Build a lightrail system that runs through the Medical Center.
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20100925T143727Z User_1348 build a light rail from the airport to downtown
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20100925T143813Z User_1348 mild applause
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20100925T143822Z AmySanchez Infuse $$ and businessess in the East, South and Westsides oftown.
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20100925T143847Z User_1348 make living downtown living afordable
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20100925T143908Z User_1348 build a new jail
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20100925T143910Z geekettebits create programs to teach young students about robotics, programming, and other technically related fields! :D especially girls!
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20100925T143918Z User_1348 don't throw people in Jail?
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20100925T143930Z MicheleBrown yeah geekettebits!
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20100925T143935Z AmySanchez clapping for @geeketbits
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20100925T143936Z User_7024 geetettebits: Yes!
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20100925T143950Z User_7792 Mentally ill should not be in a jail.
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20100925T143959Z MicheleBrown community wellness
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20100925T144004Z VoxLive I agree User_7792
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20100925T144017Z AmySanchez An H-E-B downtown for residents!
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20100925T144017Z geekettebits me too voxlive! :)
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20100925T144038Z User_7792 Subsequently, more funding for mental health.
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20100925T144039Z VoxLive Hi Geekettebits :)
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20100925T144043Z MicheleBrown Eastside Promise Neighborhood!
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20100925T144050Z User_1348 everything can't go downtown
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20100925T144059Z geekettebits :)
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20100925T144117Z MicheleBrown clapping
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20100925T144215Z User_1348 i wonder if Tommy Adkisson is going to talk...
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20100925T144226Z User_1348 He's always has something crazy to say
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20100925T144256Z User_7792 I'd like to hear Councilman Clamp talk about major league sports.
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20100925T144317Z User_1348 Chan for Mayor
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20100925T144425Z User_7024 WOOHOO
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20100925T144432Z geekettebits yay! for us!
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20100925T144436Z User_1348 yay...all 55 of us
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20100925T144440Z User_7380 yay for 54 users
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20100925T144502Z @juanhijo thanks Nowcastsa - this is brilliant
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20100925T144505Z NOWCastSA on Twitter we see this is being watched in Denver, Austin and further
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20100925T144522Z surgemu03 watching from Madison, WI
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20100925T144527Z geekettebits i just tweeted about it! is there a hashtag?
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20100925T144548Z @juanhijo Shout to Denver - who's online?
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20100925T144551Z NOWCastSA welcome Madison - -the hashtag is #sa2020
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20100925T144602Z geekettebits lol, shouldve known that
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20100925T144604Z surgemu03 #SA2020
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20100925T144611Z User_1348 oooh slam
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20100925T144623Z geekettebits aww i like him
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20100925T144629Z ImageFreedom Yikes. Many Bothans died to setup those chairs!
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20100925T144630Z User_1348 more comfortable chairs in the future of San Antonio
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20100925T144631Z surgemu03 Love Ed Whitacre and the Texas humility he brings to business
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20100925T144633Z User_7792 Welcome Denver! I have lots of family in that area.
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20100925T144700Z User_1348 AT&T used to headquartered in SA...now it's Dallas
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20100925T144701Z @juanhijo Any Rackers watching?
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20100925T144707Z User_1348 :|
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20100925T144720Z geekettebits did someone else hear facebook is coming here?
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20100925T144722Z ImageFreedom Heya Geekettebits. =)
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20100925T144742Z MicheleBrown FB is expanding in Ausstin...
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20100925T144743Z geekettebits yay! all my tweeps are politically interested :)
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20100925T144752Z User_4719 French TV is there
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20100925T144753Z ImageFreedom lol who else is here?
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20100925T144757Z @juanhijo ATT moved in part because our airport is subpar
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20100925T144800Z surgemu03 yes, unfortunately AT&T moved when Ed left and Randall Stephenson took over.
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20100925T144800Z geekettebits voxlive
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20100925T144811Z User_7792 @User_1348. So what? AT&T is a shrinking company.
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20100925T144816Z User_7380 facebook is in austin
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20100925T144825Z User_1348 less pages sticking together in the future of SA
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20100925T144826Z MicheleBrown AT&T also left becuase they could not get good folks to move to SA to take jobs
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20100925T144839Z MicheleBrown and they could not find the skillsets here
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20100925T144905Z User_7792 AT&T moved its hq because of a lack of amenities. Like NFL and MLB.
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20100925T144911Z geekettebits that's why we need to promote technical programs in the schools and in the community - we used to go into high schools as computer science majors
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20100925T144927Z ImageFreedom the problem is the corriculum.
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20100925T144933Z MicheleBrown @geekettebits AMEN
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20100925T144938Z User_1348 damn...more chairs in the future
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20100925T144938Z geekettebits and encourage students to seek degrees in cs and math, baby boomers retiring soon, lots of opportunities
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20100925T144940Z ImageFreedom You can't teach someone in two years something that won't be out of date at the end of four.
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20100925T145003Z geekettebits u can teach them to learn tho, the thought process, logical thinking
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20100925T145012Z User_1348 a bigger place for next meeting in the future
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20100925T145025Z MicheleBrown they are at TriPoint AND SAWS
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20100925T145031Z ImageFreedom I was bit by an ant.
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20100925T145035Z ImageFreedom I am ornery because of this.
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20100925T145049Z User_1348 GM almost went broke
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20100925T145055Z ImageFreedom GM did go broke lol.
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20100925T145100Z MicheleBrown how awesome that this many people care engouh to take their SAT to help out
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20100925T145100Z ImageFreedom GM is still broke lol.
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20100925T145108Z colleenpence Thank you to NowCastSA for the livestream!
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20100925T145108Z @juanhijo the nefarious matrix management
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20100925T145119Z geekettebits colleen! :)
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20100925T145119Z ImageFreedom Hey it's Colleen!
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20100925T145125Z colleenpence Hey, Matt!
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20100925T145125Z MicheleBrown Morning colleen!
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20100925T145131Z User_1348 unless the gov't bails you out
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20100925T145134Z colleenpence Hi, Michele!
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20100925T145145Z AmySanchez Hi Colleen!
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20100925T145148Z User_4719 Now Cast this is great
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20100925T145201Z geekettebits nowcast it really is, i <3 this
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20100925T145203Z MatthewEgan And Amy!
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20100925T145213Z AmySanchez Morning Matt!
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20100925T145245Z MatthewEgan Ed has a really tough job, I don't envy him that.
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20100925T145248Z colleenpence Hi, Amy!
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20100925T145301Z User_1348 Pontiac died...Saturn died...Hummer died
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20100925T145307Z MatthewEgan Is that Van Jones?
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20100925T145309Z MicheleBrown @Matthew.. and how lucky we are that he accepted the job. They are in such a better position now
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20100925T145333Z MatthewEgan I was reading about what GM shares would have to sell at to repay the government bail out and its a sad proposition.
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20100925T145334Z AmySanchez Thanks NowCastSA; great live streaming!
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20100925T145335Z surgemu03 @ User_1348: That was before his time. He came in to fix the company you may recall.
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20100925T145336Z User_1348 Go Ford!
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20100925T145337Z MatthewEgan I think mySA ran the article.
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20100925T145400Z User_1348 Yay for Ford-- no gov't bailouts
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20100925T145407Z NOWCastSA There are 672 people watching this online this moment
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20100925T145407Z User_7792 What does GM's plan have to do with SA2020.
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20100925T145417Z HeatherDiMasi I'm just saying hi...and thanks everyone for watching! :)
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20100925T145425Z MatthewEgan Hi Heather. =)
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20100925T145429Z MicheleBrown Hi Heather!
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20100925T145433Z colleenpence Awesome job, Heather. NowCastSA team ROCKS.
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20100925T145436Z surgemu03 Thank you NowCast...great way for displaced San Antonians to be involved!
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20100925T145438Z @juanhijo Heyo Heather!!!
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20100925T145448Z MatthewEgan Heather I got bitten by an ant.
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20100925T145453Z MatthewEgan I don't like it.
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20100925T145456Z User_1348 ironic...more and more cars....so do we need more highways or light rail?
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20100925T145502Z @juanhijo Clear concise vision - what's SA's?
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20100925T145509Z User_7380 thanks time warner for the internet
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20100925T145512Z HeatherDiMasi Thanks everyone for watching!
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20100925T145517Z geekettebits yay! its great!
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20100925T145518Z User_7792 Ok, now he's tying it together.
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20100925T145532Z User_1348 we need toll roads...lol
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20100925T145543Z User_7380 tripoint has the fastest free internet in san antonio
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20100925T145606Z User_1348 Austin, Dallas and Houston have toll roads...San Antonio?
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20100925T145625Z User_7792 San Antonio will get toll roads, eventually.
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20100925T145628Z HeatherDiMasi Matthew, you're just hear to see the video of yourself in a little bit ;)
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20100925T145648Z MatthewEgan I am in fact ONLY here (hear?) to see myself in the video, yes.
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20100925T145707Z MatthewEgan But I was also factually bitten by an ant.
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20100925T145728Z HeatherDiMasi Iwould also like to add that, if you're not already, follow us on Twitter @NOWCastSA and 'like' us on Facebook www.Facebook.com/NOWCastSA
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20100925T145731Z User_1348 we have a lot of car lots
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20100925T145744Z geekettebits i have!
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20100925T145757Z HeatherDiMasi Matthew, I know, I made a boo-boo lol. Sorry to hear about your bite.
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20100925T145800Z User_7792 San Antonio needs more venture capital from out of state.
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20100925T145806Z User_1348 how are we going to pay for all that?
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20100925T145853Z MatthewEgan San Antonio has a prospering economy, with Military Dollars and the industrie swe do have San Antonio is in a good place.
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20100925T145906Z MatthewEgan We could manage the funds to create better public transit.
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20100925T145908Z User_1348 higher taxes
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20100925T145948Z MatthewEgan Not always.
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20100925T150004Z User_1348 but usually
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20100925T150016Z geekettebits “Strategic planning is worthless -- unless there is first a strategic vision.” -John Naisbitt quotes
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20100925T150022Z MatthewEgan Is he taking a long pause, or did it freeze?
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20100925T150028Z MicheleBrown long pause
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20100925T150043Z User_1885 revitalize downtown
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20100925T150049Z User_1348 castro looks frozen
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20100925T150051Z VoxLive Matt: There's a few freezes...depends on your connection.
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20100925T150100Z MicheleBrown clapping
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20100925T150111Z MatthewEgan He took a brief pause for some meditative breathing exercises.
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20100925T150113Z VoxLive I think he is taking some pauses though. Great message there as well from GM
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20100925T150119Z User_7380 Bexar County Court on Frio = Organized Crime ~ Eric Burns
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20100925T150119Z User_7792 @user_1348, he's in awe of Whitacre.
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20100925T150128Z geekettebits i i agree
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20100925T150138Z MatthewEgan Who is Sonny Melendrez?
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20100925T150153Z User_1348 let's party
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20100925T150154Z surgemu03 ya! Was wondering where the HEB connection was...
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20100925T150200Z MicheleBrown Sonny used to be an air personality in town on KTFM
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20100925T150205Z User_1348 it's 2 hours to lunch time
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20100925T150210Z MicheleBrown he now has a web show
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20100925T150221Z geekettebits eating mcd bfast
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20100925T150227Z User_7792 JCCI?
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20100925T150243Z MicheleBrown meeting facilitator
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20100925T150247Z MatthewEgan Ugh, Alphabet Soup!
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20100925T150248Z AmySanchez Matt here's his site now. http://www.sonnyradio.com/
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20100925T150257Z User_7792 Ok, he just explained it.
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20100925T150258Z User_1348 Jacksonville Community Council Inc
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20100925T150310Z surgemu03 http://www.jcci.org/
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20100925T150316Z User_7792 thx
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20100925T150325Z User_1348 oh no...here comes powerpoint
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20100925T150337Z geekettebits those are nice rules, very reasonable
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20100925T150340Z MatthewEgan Attack the problem, Not the Person. What if the person is the problem?
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20100925T150350Z geekettebits in firefox this chat doesnt word wrap on windows...but it does on a mac
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20100925T150355Z User_1348 we outsourced to some company in Jacksonville?
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20100925T150355Z MatthewEgan Is it then appropriate to throw a chair?
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20100925T150416Z User_7792 @Matt, what problem?
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20100925T150426Z surgemu03 Who provided the barbacoa tacos for the event?!
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20100925T150426Z MatthewEgan I dunno. The problem?
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20100925T150428Z MatthewEgan Look at the slide.
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20100925T150459Z @MySAWS Im on firefox on Windows... word wrap is fine for me.
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20100925T150507Z MicheleBrown same here
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20100925T150513Z geekettebits fail me :(
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20100925T150519Z User_7380 taco bell
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20100925T150538Z User_7792 Las Palapas.
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20100925T150558Z bettervideo maybe MatthewEgan is the problem. ;-p
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20100925T150618Z geekettebits will someone ask our questions from the chat?
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20100925T150626Z User_1348 zzz....
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20100925T150631Z User_7792 Good question.
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20100925T150650Z User_7380 yeah
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20100925T150730Z User_7792 Is renovating the Alamodome feasible?
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20100925T150740Z geekettebits im sure they will for the new football team
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20100925T150754Z User_7792 Excellent.
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20100925T150819Z MicheleBrown they did some renovations for Final Four
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20100925T150823Z AmySanchez @geekebits THE new football team? Are we getting one?
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20100925T150826Z User_1348 tear down the Alamodome and build a new one with retractivalbe roof
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20100925T150836Z User_7792 It needs more skyboxes.
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20100925T150846Z geekettebits oh, college football Amy, utsa!
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20100925T150847Z geekettebits :)
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20100925T150852Z MicheleBrown and a larger area for the traveling press corps that come with national teams...
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20100925T150854Z geekettebits im still waiting for nfl
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20100925T150858Z User_1348 haha...saturday morning homework
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20100925T150859Z User_4719 JUlian and his staff and city staff have done a tremendous job of putting this together
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20100925T150904Z AmySanchez Me too! (NFL)
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20100925T150907Z geekettebits :D
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20100925T150908Z User_7792 It's coming geek.
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20100925T150909Z NOWCastSA I will ask the facilitators to check out your questions and your anssers!
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20100925T150911Z MicheleBrown @4179 you are right
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20100925T150915Z JenniferMilikien keep waiting geekettebits...jerry jones isn't going to let it happen
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20100925T150922Z MicheleBrown Hi Jennifer!
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20100925T150928Z JenniferMilikien Hi Michele! :)
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20100925T150931Z colleenpence Hey, Jen!
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20100925T150931Z geekettebits thanks nowcast
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20100925T150935Z JenniferMilikien Hey Colleen!!
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20100925T150936Z User_7792 @Jenn. Jerry Jones doesn't that kind of power.
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20100925T150940Z User_1348 one problem...this webcast is not compatible with iphone....boo
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20100925T150942Z JenniferMilikien yes...yes he does
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20100925T150953Z User_7792 @Jenn, like how?
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20100925T151002Z User_4719 Gracias nowcast
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20100925T151007Z colleenpence Wishing that unnamed "users" on this chat would identify themselves
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20100925T151014Z JenniferMilikien he's the reason we don't hae a team now. it would take away from his #2 market for the cowboys...wich is SA
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20100925T151017Z colleenpence hard to take your critical comments seriously otherwise
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20100925T151027Z MicheleBrown Challenge: education we need pre-k for all and a strong emphasis on catching kids in MIDDLE SCHOOL so they graduate chigh school AND college
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20100925T151037Z Jeff Morales Jerry Jones is only one owner.
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20100925T151037Z User_7380 we have the camp
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20100925T151038Z colleenpence Michele, agreed!
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20100925T151043Z User_7380 go cowboys
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20100925T151050Z Jeff Morales The camp sucks.
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20100925T151052Z NOWCastSA Folks - during the break, we will be showing community videos and doing live interviews
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20100925T151056Z Jeff Morales I'm not even a Dallas fan.
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20100925T151101Z AmySanchez @Colleen I'm with you!
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20100925T151112Z User_1348 they should have just used the convention center or alaomdome or
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20100925T151117Z Jeff Morales Cowpigs are going 0-3.
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20100925T151117Z User_1348 freeman colliseum
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20100925T151125Z User_4719 eliminate poverty,raise education level create more local jobs
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20100925T151129Z geekettebits challenge: remaining competitive as IT driven city in the US, always competition to be most attractive
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20100925T151135Z AliciaArenas Challenge - education.
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20100925T151141Z Jeff Morales How do you eliminate poverty.
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20100925T151143Z JenniferMilikien hey alicia!!
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20100925T151143Z MicheleBrown Challenge: We need a stronger focus on schools being the heart beat of neighborhoods. Strong schools produce strong,vibrant neighborhoo
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20100925T151144Z User_7380 get to work!!!
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20100925T151146Z AmySanchez Morning Alicia!
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20100925T151150Z User_1348 why didn't they have this event downtown?
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20100925T151154Z AliciaArenas Hi Amy!
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20100925T151156Z MicheleBrown parking
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20100925T151157Z surgemu03 make sure you submit your ideas to the sa2020.org website
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20100925T151210Z Jeff Morales Poverty will always be present.
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20100925T151216Z User_1348 but we have a bus transit system
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20100925T151218Z bettervideo Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! (I'm serious. Could put them right up the medians on 281, 35 & 10.) #SA2020
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20100925T151229Z JoeRuiz Violent crime, child abuse, energy, education funding, pet population.
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20100925T151230Z Jeff Morales No matter what you do to alleviate it.
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20100925T151242Z AliciaArenas Challenge: If San Antonio continues to grow, we've got to have a better infrastructure for traffic. Our public transportation system is inefficient
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20100925T151246Z MicheleBrown Chalenge: How do we take places like The Harlem CHildren's Zone and replicate this in all our neighborhoods
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20100925T151247Z geekettebits making san antonio attractive to young singles while remaining family oriented too
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20100925T151300Z User_1348 too many animals put to sleep every day
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20100925T151312Z Jeff Morales No kill 2020.
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20100925T151316Z geekettebits i feel like they have been improving the animal shelters
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20100925T151326Z User_8885 What a great way to experience community inolvement
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20100925T151328Z User_7380 they should have closed the YMCA
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20100925T151341Z User_8885 this is really a joint effort
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20100925T151342Z User_4075 geekettebits....you are exactly right on that
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20100925T151350Z User_1348 presses button
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20100925T151351Z colleenpence i'd love to see the bilingual programs extended to all public schools
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20100925T151405Z AliciaArenas Geekettebits - we're getting better but we still kill the most animals of any city in the US.
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20100925T151407Z colleenpence Matt!!!
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20100925T151409Z surgemu03 @geekettebits...agree! Building a contemporary city that is attractive to young professionals!
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20100925T151411Z bettervideo Hi Matt!
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20100925T151413Z User_4719 continue to build a first rate public library system and reduce illiteracy
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20100925T151414Z User_7024 I agree. this is really exciting. Everyone, stay involved! Go to the forums
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20100925T151418Z geekettebits i agree - i think it can continue to improve
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20100925T151427Z geekettebits but im glad to see its already important
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20100925T151428Z MicheleBrown Challenge: bringing white collar jobs to SA and not call centers
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20100925T151436Z User_1348 why can't we allow animals to outdoor earing area like in Ausint?
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20100925T151436Z Jeff Morales Reducing illiteracy, now that is a noble goal.
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20100925T151437Z User_8885 We need to focus on public educaiton
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20100925T151437Z AmySanchez Matt way to represent transplants! whoo hoo
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20100925T151441Z AliciaArenas Colleen - love the idea of expanding bilingual programs.
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20100925T151450Z KrystalJones This is so great. Just moved to SA and am impressed by the collaboration.
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20100925T151453Z geekettebits matt! great job
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20100925T151455Z Jeffrey Kahl Improvement in advanced education and improved work force to bring new high tech industry into the san antonio region
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20100925T151457Z surgemu03 Amen Michelle! If we get another call center paying an "above average" wage I am going to scream!
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20100925T151506Z colleenpence BMPR represent!
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20100925T151511Z geekettebits i think service jobs are important too though
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20100925T151523Z User_8885 We have to make sure all kids have an opportunity to a great education
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20100925T151525Z JoeRuiz @colleenpence Indeed. :D
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20100925T151530Z AliciaArenas Woo-hoo Nora Frost & Dos Culturas, Matthew Egan & Melanie Gonzalez. BTW, they are all Sanera Campers!
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20100925T151538Z Jeff Morales Too many service jobs in SA.
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20100925T151543Z JenniferMilikien Texas has more than 10% of Fortune 500 companies in the country...we need to focus on getting more of them here
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20100925T151547Z geekettebits its going to be balance - continuing to bring in new jobs and remembering the old
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20100925T151556Z User_1348 too much gov't in SA
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20100925T151558Z geekettebits yay for hugh!
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20100925T151609Z bettervideo Where'd they get these GREAT interviews? :-)
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20100925T151621Z geekettebits lots of cystic fibrosis events coming up!
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20100925T151629Z AliciaArenas Yea Colleen Pence!
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20100925T151631Z JenniferMilikien great job colleen!
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20100925T151637Z User_7380 get the iPhone off ATT so I can have phone calls to make business deals
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20100925T151641Z colleenpence thanks!
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20100925T151643Z David Nowcast did the ineterviews
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20100925T151644Z surgemu03 All types of jobs are important to our city. But, regional company HQs or company HQs are important as they provide an influx of high wage jobs
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20100925T151650Z User_1348 extend the riverwalk to the airport...LOL
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20100925T151653Z colleenpence i love sa
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20100925T151656Z geekettebits thank legislation has already been passed - iphone only w/ SA
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20100925T151659Z User_4185 Ha, what the hell is a social media mentor???
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20100925T151700Z geekettebits i mean att
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20100925T151702Z JoeRuiz I had a convo w/ Donna Tuttle, Krys Theilen, Nora Frost my last day in SA last month... this community is so supportive of each other, they're really a great chance
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20100925T151706Z surgemu03 riverwalk to airport is the best ideas all day. :)
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20100925T151709Z User_8885 I love this city, but it saddens me that education is not value by a large sector of our population
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20100925T151717Z HeatherDiMasi Thanks to our video producer Antonio Rodriguez and intern Andrew Delgado for putting these videos together so quickly!
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20100925T151723Z Jeff Morales This is true 8885
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20100925T151726Z AliciaArenas Great job nowcast!
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20100925T151731Z geekettebits excellent job!
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20100925T151737Z bettervideo Monorail!
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20100925T151740Z JoeRuiz I can't tell you how much it warms my heart to know my community does stuff like this to try and better itself. Thx, NOWCast.
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20100925T151744Z HeatherDiMasi All you interviewees did great :)
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20100925T151747Z JenniferMilikien hey joe!!!
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20100925T151751Z HeatherDiMasi Hi Joe!
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20100925T151755Z ClotheslineSA Judge Wolff rocked his speech.
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20100925T151759Z surgemu03 very true 8885. And even by some of the local employers
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20100925T151801Z JenniferMilikien ohey derba!!
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20100925T151804Z MicheleBrown Hi Derba
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20100925T151811Z Jeffrey Kahl support for orgnaic growth of medical orgnaization focused on commercalization of new medical products e.g. drugs, devices, diagnostics
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20100925T151815Z User_7024 Please identify Donna Tuttle, Krys Theilen, Nora Frost . Who are they? Thanks
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20100925T151815Z MicheleBrown HI Jeff!
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20100925T151818Z JoeRuiz Hi Jennifer and Heather.
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20100925T151820Z Jeffrey Kahl preventative care, etc.
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20100925T151820Z AmySanchez Morning Derba!
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20100925T151824Z User_1348 san antonio shot down light rail in 2000
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20100925T151830Z Jeff Morales Let's not play second fiddle to Dallas anymore. NFL and MLB in SA.,
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20100925T151834Z ClotheslineSA Nowcast! Stand up and take a bow! This is SO cool!
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20100925T151839Z AliciaArenas Great to see so many from the SA social media community participating in this.
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20100925T151847Z Jeffrey Kahl Hey Michele
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20100925T151847Z AmySanchez Ditto @Jeff Morales!!!
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20100925T151901Z AliciaArenas BTW, I didn't know this was happening until I saw it on Twitter. Twitter rocks.
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20100925T151906Z ClotheslineSA Morning all. I've got goosebumps about this event!
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20100925T151909Z Delilah :D
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20100925T151916Z JoeRuiz NFL and MLB would be nice (hell, it'dbe great), but what can SA offer to them to bring thiem in.
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20100925T151916Z surgemu03 Let's not THINK we play second fiddle to Dallas. SA has its own identity and characteristics we are proud of
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20100925T151919Z User_1348 all the big leaders probably left already
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20100925T151923Z Jeff Morales Major league franchises are huge and important amenities.
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20100925T151944Z JohnClare So appreciate this effort and vision
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20100925T152003Z Jeff Morales @JoeRuiz, cheap land , a hungry audience etc
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20100925T152003Z JoeRuiz I agree with @surgemu03. We have our own identity. We're too concerned about slights or perceived slights by other cities.
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20100925T152013Z ClotheslineSA I'm so ready for light rail.
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20100925T152015Z Delilah what have they talked about?
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20100925T152026Z colleenpence Heather - geekettebits - Happy birthday!!!
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20100925T152033Z AliciaArenas Derba - I'm with you. I don't understand why it didn't pass.
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20100925T152044Z geekettebits thanks colleen! its been a great day so far
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20100925T152050Z AliciaArenas It's Heather's (geekettebits) birthday? Happy birthday my friend!
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20100925T152051Z Jeffrey Kahl quality of life is imortant and a major sporting frnachise would bring SA to the forefront - but education is a must to be recognized a true leader
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20100925T152057Z JenniferMilikien happy birthday heather!
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20100925T152058Z JoeRuiz I use the light rail here in Seattle to go to the airport from downtown and maybe to go to Safeco/Qwest Fields.
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20100925T152058Z Jeff Morales Jerry Jones cannot stop the inevitable.
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20100925T152100Z MicheleBrown @ Jeff AMEN
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20100925T152101Z surgemu03 @joeruiz. exaclty
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20100925T152108Z User_1348 it probably didn't pass cause it was way too expesnive
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20100925T152110Z geekettebits :D thanks
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20100925T152115Z User_1348 for how many people would use
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20100925T152119Z User_1348 it
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20100925T152120Z User_1818 This is a wonderful way to be ble to attend this event.
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20100925T152123Z JoeRuiz Can't say I know how efficient the light rail is and cost benefits, but it's a good system for my uses.
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20100925T152124Z Jeffrey Kahl education will set the tone for inovative leaddership in our great city
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20100925T152138Z geekettebits i think thats something for the entire state to consider
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20100925T152143Z geekettebits education i mean
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20100925T152144Z ClotheslineSA Ed Whitacker! I could'nt write fast enough
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20100925T152159Z User_1348 taxi drivers would not like light rail from airport to downtown
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20100925T152201Z surgemu03 Alt forms of transportaion (light rail, etc) is comingn to SA. SA brought in a city official from Charlotte who made it happen there.
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20100925T152201Z JohnClare We have such a great base of Ed & Med here in ?SA
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20100925T152206Z ClotheslineSA Matt Egan! Awesome!
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20100925T152207Z Jeff Morales Light rail would bring density and development to the areas it serves
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20100925T152221Z Adrian Perez Our biggest weankness is education
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20100925T152226Z User_7380 IT is where its at you can have multiple jobs at one time if your good at it
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20100925T152233Z JoeRuiz <-- Nora Frost, for whomever asked earlier.
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20100925T152236Z User_1818 Let's try to be more in tune to pedestrian traffic. Let's have more sidewalks. Many neighborhoods don't have any.
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20100925T152237Z User_1348 is there going to fights on light rail like there is on buses?
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20100925T152246Z ClotheslineSA Nora Frost. Grerat joib!
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20100925T152253Z ClotheslineSA Great Job!
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20100925T152301Z colleenpence definitely more sidewalks ALL OVER town
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20100925T152308Z im_hungry There is always gonna be some commercial sector that suffers, 1348. We can't remain stagnant in fears of upsetting a non-developing, old-school commercial dem.
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20100925T152309Z geekettebits and bike paths
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20100925T152321Z Jeffrey Kahl Strategic planning for continued growth - infrastructure planing and forecasting
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20100925T152321Z User_1348 alamodome 2.0
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20100925T152326Z geekettebits tons of bike paths
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20100925T152326Z JoeRuiz Pedestrian traffic here in Seattle is GREAT. I will give them that. Bike community/sharing the road...
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20100925T152326Z im_hungry we need to move towards greener, more efficient metro transit, period.
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20100925T152329Z AliciaArenas I haven't seen anyone mention the obesity problem. More bike paths and walking paths would help.
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20100925T152335Z User_1744 is anybody else getting annoying beeps, randomly popping up.
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20100925T152339Z ClotheslineSA Thanks Geekettebits! Bike paths
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20100925T152345Z Jeff Morales Use WDC's Metro as an example. Very strict rules, no eating, fighting, loud music etc.
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20100925T152349Z JenniferMilikien heather - HUGE plan of bike/walking paths going in all over the city
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20100925T152350Z User_1818 no beeps.
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20100925T152350Z bettervideo Not LIGHT rail -- MONOrail!
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20100925T152357Z User_1348 everyone stop a moment and hug a tree
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20100925T152405Z surgemu03 Def green space. But, SA voters need to see the value in this and embrace a city budget that allows for them
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20100925T152406Z im_hungry Alicia, I don't think so. The desire to lose weight comes from within.
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20100925T152410Z Adrian Perez Yes!!!
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20100925T152424Z HMachado The streetcar system downtown is a s important as lightrail.
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20100925T152424Z geekettebits yay! do u know when Jennifer?
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20100925T152436Z im_hungry a couple of parks or paths isn't gonna change that will.
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20100925T152439Z ClotheslineSA Equal education across the city. Duh, YES!
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20100925T152443Z JenniferMilikien a lot of them already open...opening in phases
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20100925T152446Z Adrian Perez <==== Nailed it!
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20100925T152449Z AliciaArenas im_hungry I see your point, but for people who want to change, having more safer places to do it will help.
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20100925T152450Z geekettebits <>
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20100925T152452Z JenniferMilikien i'll send you info on Twitter...k?
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20100925T152458Z geekettebits great!
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20100925T152500Z JenniferMilikien :)
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20100925T152505Z User_1348 let's bring toll roads
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20100925T152514Z NOWCastSA you can send Twitter to #sa2020challenge and they will get it.
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20100925T152517Z bettervideo I did!
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20100925T152518Z User_1348 how many take the bus?
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20100925T152522Z Jeffrey Kahl infrastructure!
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20100925T152530Z AmySanchez HOV lanes! Carpool people; carpool.
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20100925T152532Z NOWCastSA Also, we will push questions from this forum to that hashtag
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20100925T152533Z User_7380 stop teaching the TASK test
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20100925T152538Z Jeff Morales I agree amy
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20100925T152539Z AliciaArenas Great idea Amy
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20100925T152550Z User_1818 Little kids cannot ride bikes in their own neighborhoods due to too many cars parking on the street and no sidewalks.
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20100925T152554Z surgemu03 Yup! Young professionals!
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20100925T152601Z im_hungry well at very least, i think it'd be a positive addition to our city. I often wish san antonio had more areas with trees, and nature.
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20100925T152602Z ClotheslineSA Traffic timing. Open schools AFTER we've driven to work.
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20100925T152609Z JoeRuiz (raises hand) for all three so far.
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20100925T152618Z User_1348 how people think that this event should have been downtown?
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20100925T152628Z geekettebits yes!
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20100925T152637Z geekettebits about health
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20100925T152639Z bettervideo Kids coming back = growth. How do you reconcile that with the no-growthers?
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20100925T152642Z im_hungry it kinda is downtown, 1348. maybe a mile north
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20100925T152647Z Jeffrey Kahl attracting experience and retaining the sucessful.
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20100925T152651Z JenniferMilikien heather: CoSA Greenway Trails
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20100925T152654Z User_1348 let's expand Fiesta
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20100925T152659Z surgemu03 1348: I agree but Mayor Castro indicated there was an issue of parking (how ironic)
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20100925T152704Z geekettebits <= @bedowntownsa on twitter
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20100925T152704Z surgemu03 mas fiesta! :)
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20100925T152717Z Jeff Morales Bring back La Semana Allegre.
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20100925T152718Z AliciaArenas If we want more top tier companies to come to San Antonio, we've got to continue to improve our airport and make it a major hub
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20100925T152720Z surgemu03 Amen to downtown!
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20100925T152726Z JenniferMilikien Heather: also called Salado Creek Greenway
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20100925T152728Z im_hungry tripoint is a great place, big parking lot, free parking
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20100925T152733Z JoeRuiz 1348, isn't this @ Tripoint. Not that far... plus, it's going on. Next time, maybe.
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20100925T152738Z JenniferMilikien miles of walking/biking paths
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20100925T152743Z ClotheslineSA We're great with infrastucture and impact fees. Replace our aging infrastucutre with renewable technology.
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20100925T152800Z geekettebits thats the biggest issue for students...interesting
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20100925T152810Z User_7380 free wifi @ tripoint its supper fast
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20100925T152816Z geekettebits i mean i understand that but i wouldnt have thought that was students first thought
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20100925T152825Z @MySAWS Water is HUGE! But I'm biased.)
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20100925T152825Z User_1348 should all city/county workers have treadmills that
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20100925T152829Z User_1348 power the grid?
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20100925T152829Z geekettebits lol
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20100925T152829Z ClotheslineSA Our electric poles are over 40 yrs old. Replace with NEW technology.
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20100925T152839Z AmySanchez Excellent indeed re:that comment on water issues!
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20100925T152904Z User_1348 whoa...crazy camera shots
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20100925T152905Z im_hungry we can't forget about teaching young parents. it's important to educate children and provice youth resources, but parents can't be forgotten.
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20100925T152906Z @MySAWS One fact wrong: We DO currently get water from Canyon Lake.
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20100925T152909Z geekettebits cps doesnt charge less for using windtricity...i see issues w/ that catching up until people really understand why
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20100925T152917Z ClotheslineSA @MySAWS got water? yes.
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20100925T152926Z AliciaArenas As someone who lives at Canyon Lake, that is true. Unfortunately for us.
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20100925T152958Z ClotheslineSA Geekettebits nailed it about windtricity
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20100925T153008Z JenniferMilikien im_hungry: lots of parenting classes avail through programs like the ones at Methodist Healthcare Ministries
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20100925T153008Z ClotheslineSA SA IS hip
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20100925T153014Z @MySAWS We essentially buy surplus water from Canyon. Water they don't need to meet their current peak demand.
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20100925T153015Z im_hungry do you guys think brain-drain is an issue in SA?
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20100925T153016Z geekettebits and NISD
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20100925T153024Z AliciaArenas Good point geekettebits. How will CPS react if we create our own power at our homes via windtricity or solar power?
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20100925T153030Z Jeff Morales Brain drain is a mjor problem.
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20100925T153044Z colleenpence all one side of town - AGREED
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20100925T153044Z JoeRuiz For those asking about people "staying in SA," what needs to be done?
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20100925T153045Z Jeffrey Kahl Solar energy - energy rebates for inovative ways to utilize reusable energy resources
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20100925T153045Z im_hungry Jeff, others -- how do we keep talent here?
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20100925T153046Z geekettebits oh shes good
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20100925T153053Z User_1818 Agreed on that!
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20100925T153059Z Adrian Perez Nice! All one place!
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20100925T153110Z Delilah hip!
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20100925T153111Z surgemu03 im_hungry: Yes, I dont have empirical evidence but I see it in me and my friends.
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20100925T153112Z Jeff Morales More high-tech companies = more quality jobs.
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20100925T153122Z User_7380 west siders need to stop shooting their guns
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20100925T153132Z im_hungry is it a pay issue? i work in ITfor THEleading ITcompany in SA and I am very underpaid according to my experience.
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20100925T153134Z AliciaArenas West siders need better education
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20100925T153139Z JenniferMilikien @Jeff - we have one of the fastest growing Hispanic owned tech companies in the US right here in SA
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20100925T153139Z surgemu03 user_7380: Keep it positive
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20100925T153140Z Jeff Morales Which means we need more venture capital
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20100925T153151Z User_1818 YAY! SIDEWALKS
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20100925T153157Z geekettebits make it a place ppl who left their families to come here want to stay and are enagaged by the city, it's hard when u dont have ppl here
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20100925T153200Z User_1348 who's going to pay for all of this?
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20100925T153202Z Delilah yes build more sidewalks and light rail!
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20100925T153205Z User_8885 Our community improvement depends on quality education
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20100925T153206Z Jeff Morales Mir Imran is a pioneer.
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20100925T153211Z geekettebits USAA is #1 in IT by Computerworld
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20100925T153214Z colleenpence AMEN
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20100925T153219Z geekettebits yay!
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20100925T153220Z colleenpence free wifi
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20100925T153222Z geekettebits wifi!
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20100925T153227Z JoeRuiz Good call on the WiFi.
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20100925T153227Z AliciaArenas Colleen - amen to what?
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20100925T153227Z Jeff Morales He's bringing companies and jobs from Cali
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20100925T153227Z AmySanchez I'm with that; free city wide wifi!
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20100925T153236Z User_1348 Im AT&T would love free W-fi for eveyrone....riht
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20100925T153242Z colleenpence amen to free wifi citywide
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20100925T153242Z User_8885 yes to wifi
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20100925T153244Z User_1818 free city wifi? YAY!
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20100925T153259Z ClotheslineSA We NEED to share the wealth from sales taxes with ALL of our districts. We will all benefit in the long run
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20100925T153301Z User_1348 ask time-warner if they like free wi-fi for everyone
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20100925T153305Z NOWCastSA SA2020 says that all comments here will be incorporated
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20100925T153305Z AliciaArenas Gotcha. I'll second that. There is a city just outside of Dallas, Addison that has free wifi everywhere. It's awesome.
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20100925T153317Z User_7380 they have Wi Fi but it never works
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20100925T153321Z bettervideo Free wifi sounds great. But at what cost? Rather have the streets...
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20100925T153334Z Jeff Morales @Clothesline, wealth redidtribution never works.
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20100925T153337Z HMachado I'm NOT a Time Waner customer. ;)
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20100925T153345Z colleenpence bettervideo: true. many issues to tackle to help peopple before free wifi
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20100925T153346Z im_hungry i wish the alamodome got more frequent use. stuff the city could attend cheaply.
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20100925T153347Z User_7380 managedtechs need to run their wifi
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20100925T153358Z User_8885 absolutely middle school is highly improtatnt
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20100925T153401Z JenniferMilikien there you go michele! :)
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20100925T153418Z geekettebits don't forget about hi-tech programs for kids inside and outside of the schools to teach them about robotics, programming, and seeking technical degrees in CS!
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20100925T153430Z JoeRuiz @bettervideo @colleenpence For sure, some issues
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20100925T153441Z User_8885 agree on local tv news
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20100925T153443Z Jeff Morales Blood and guts gets better ratings.
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20100925T153447Z ClotheslineSA Jeff Morales Thank you for responding. What would work? The whole city needs an edu
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20100925T153448Z AliciaArenas Joe, it's great to see you on the chat
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20100925T153458Z Jeffrey Kahl Jeff - there are other local investors and inovators leading the way. The city needs to think about invoation that is in our own backyard
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20100925T153502Z JoeRuiz some issues will be solved easier than others, but it's good to try the easy ones quickly, too.
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20100925T153519Z User_4075 so do most of y'all people here in chat know each other?
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20100925T153522Z Jeff Morales @Clothesline. Passing the big bond issue for the SAISD would help.
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20100925T153535Z JenniferMilikien 4075 if we knew who you were we might know you, too! :)
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20100925T153540Z User_8885 i don't know the people in the cat
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20100925T153542Z geekettebits it just feels that way 4075 - w/ 63 its probably 50/50
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20100925T153548Z JoeRuiz @Alicia, I got out of bed to come join in. This city means so much to me, my family and friends... I love SA.
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20100925T153552Z geekettebits thebmpr.com if you want to get to know us too! :)
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20100925T153601Z Delilah i don't know anyone
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20100925T153608Z bettervideo Good plug heather!
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20100925T153612Z User_8885 this is an awesome nowcast broadcast
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20100925T153613Z geekettebits ;)
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20100925T153617Z AmySanchez There are over 600 ppl on line!
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20100925T153620Z Jeff Morales @Kahl. That's why we lag other cities in high tech jobs and compnaies. You need VC to succeed
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20100925T153624Z JoeRuiz And for the media question... it's kind of chicken/egg.
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20100925T153624Z Delilah woah
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20100925T153633Z JoeRuiz People WATCH/READ/etc.
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20100925T153639Z JenniferMilikien joe - what was the media question?
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20100925T153639Z im_hungry Jeff, what's VC? Doh!
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20100925T153644Z JoeRuiz But do they watch/read b/c it's what we have?
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20100925T153647Z Jeff Morales That's why I said Mir Imran is a godend
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20100925T153659Z HeatherDiMasi 15 minute break but we're doing live interviews!
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20100925T153701Z User_4075 and that chicken/egg question seems to be the crux of alot of SA's problem, no?
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20100925T153704Z surgemu03 Live audience is getting to know each other, why don't we: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?id=847836
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20100925T153711Z Jeff Morales He's bringing much needed VC to SA.
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20100925T153727Z User_1348 the rich get richer and poor get poorer
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20100925T153735Z Jeff Morales VC = Venture Capital.
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20100925T153735Z Jeffrey Kahl @ morales - Agree, but the city ponnied up millions to support an out of state company/organization. There are several individuals addressing this
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20100925T153736Z geekettebits geekettebits.com -> great deals, local san antonio offers :)
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20100925T153739Z User_8885 she is correct..inequalities do exist just look at where public housing is placed
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20100925T153759Z User_1818 she is correct!
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20100925T153759Z Jeffrey Kahl very issue with very little support from the city.
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20100925T153804Z User_7380 managedtechs.com
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20100925T153813Z colleenpence http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=25321816
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20100925T153823Z JenniferMilikien hey, gang...i gotta go pick up my 6yo from cheerleader clinic. i'll be back later if i can. enjoyed chatting with all of you!
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20100925T153825Z User_8885 look at obesity levels in the poor sectors where large grocery stores are not available
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20100925T153825Z JoeRuiz We really need to solve chicken/egg problem. A lot of these problems are cyclical.
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20100925T153828Z Jeff Morales You don't get high wage jobs without skills
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20100925T153834Z User_1348 this broadcast not compatible with iphone or ipad
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20100925T153840Z User_1818 nothing but low income paying jobs for older folks too
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20100925T153845Z geekettebits bye jennifer!
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20100925T153848Z User_5735 targeting of community improvement and jobs/eco dev is are top HUD priorities that San Antonio City Admin cose years ago to stop focusi improvemen
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20100925T153851Z Jeff Morales There must be more emphasis on education
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20100925T153901Z Jeff Morales In inner city families
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20100925T153901Z User_1348 they pay higher taxes
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20100925T153912Z User_4075 the media to claim chicken/egg is a cop=out
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20100925T153937Z geekettebits my sister is working in public health right now - they are still doing lead screening in schools on the southsides of town because its STILL an issue
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20100925T153938Z managedtechs.com I have it working on my ipad
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20100925T153946Z User_8885 We need to maintain and strength public schools
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20100925T153954Z User_1348 Hook em Horns!
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20100925T153954Z Jeff Morales Prift based schools yield results.
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20100925T153956Z User_1818 We need to encourage entrepreneurship
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20100925T154003Z JoeRuiz 4075, how is it a copout? I'm not saying we should just let it go. I'm saying we should break the cycle and figure out where to go next.
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20100925T154004Z AmySanchez http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?id=65663769
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20100925T154007Z User_5735 COSA chooses to expand the city limits and choose sides, in which to invest public dollars that HUD specifically sends for targeting the areas and pop
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20100925T154008Z User_4075 there are news producers who make the decisions to choose to show those reports
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20100925T154012Z geekettebits i agree about paying teachers more
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20100925T154019Z User_8885 its about education and jobs
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20100925T154024Z im_hungry Our public HS teachers are a slave to standardized testing curriculum.
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20100925T154024Z geekettebits cannot imagine a harder job
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20100925T154024Z JoeRuiz 4075, yes... b/c that's what people watch.
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20100925T154032Z Jeff Morales Teacher pay is market driven
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20100925T154038Z surgemu03 Nice meeting you Colleen and Amy! Great to see the enthusiasm here.
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20100925T154038Z User_1348 yes, I can barely read that twitter feed
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20100925T154038Z HeatherDiMasi Thanks to Graciela Sanchez of Esperanza Peace &Justice Ctr for the interview
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20100925T154040Z User_8885 pay teachers more, but also increase teacher standards
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20100925T154043Z KAMerks Hi Joe!
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20100925T154046Z geekettebits same with elementary school - teaching to the TAKS
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20100925T154049Z User_4075 Joe, i agree exactly about breaking the cycle. the media CHOOSES to show those reports. why???
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20100925T154056Z User_1818 Just because a person does not have a college degree does not mean they are not educated.
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20100925T154106Z Jeff Morales Good point 1818
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20100925T154112Z JoeRuiz Hey, Kelly. :)
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20100925T154116Z geekettebits 1818 - i completely agree u dont have to have a college degree, sometimes ppl ned that structure though
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20100925T154119Z User_1348 more gentlemen's clubs!
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20100925T154123Z ClotheslineSA Matt Egan again Awesome sauce
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20100925T154126Z Jeff Morales It's good to have a degree nonetheless
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20100925T154130Z KAMerks Your tweet brought me here
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20100925T154146Z User_1818 Some of us older folks still have to work and we have lots of experience
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20100925T154203Z User_8885 TAKS is just a measurement...we complain, but a lot of kids don't even pass that
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20100925T154207Z JoeRuiz 4075, some of these stories simply can't be ignored.
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20100925T154208Z bettervideo Old guys need jobs too! ;-p
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20100925T154211Z Jeff Morales Everyone must prepare for retirement.
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20100925T154220Z JoeRuiz But yes, they do scramble b/c people are interested in them.
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20100925T154225Z geekettebits then we need to teach people what to expect in retirement
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20100925T154231Z User_1348 greeters at Wal-mart
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20100925T154236Z JoeRuiz #1 @ KSAT.com: School Principal Hit, Killed By Train
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20100925T154238Z surgemu03 You are on target 1818. We need to ensure our more senior residents have a great quality of life too.
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20100925T154238Z KAMerks oh yikes
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20100925T154258Z User_1818 Some retirement funds have gone bye bye due to the market
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20100925T154301Z Jeff Morales @geek, if you fail to plan, your planning to fail.
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20100925T154307Z User_3598 Hey My San Antonio from Yakia
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20100925T154315Z User_3598 yakima wa
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20100925T154322Z User_5735 user 1348 we need less gentlemens clubs and less alcoholic establishments and more education on responnsible citizenship
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20100925T154322Z User_1348 what's funny is that after this over, everyone drives in their cars
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20100925T154326Z User_4075 why does the video they're showing only show the "cool" places in SA. this is not a true representation of this town.
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20100925T154328Z User_1818 Even when the best plan is laid out, it you can't control all aspects
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20100925T154328Z geekettebits yakima! love washington!
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20100925T154329Z KAMerks Spot on, 1818. My folks had to do that.
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20100925T154329Z User_1348 back to the outlying areas
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20100925T154356Z User_3598 born on San Fernando street
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20100925T154402Z JoeRuiz Top stories: porn arrests, neglect/abuse/ plane crash,
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20100925T154410Z AmySanchez Thanks surgemu03!
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20100925T154412Z User_1818 I love working with the younger generation we both learn from each other
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20100925T154415Z bettervideo I say Monorail!
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20100925T154419Z geekettebits i just see smart people who were too busy to stop and plan retirement...some people just don't have those conversations and no one told them the importance to
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20100925T154423Z User_8885 watching this on nowcast..great job
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20100925T154424Z KAMerks Light rail!
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20100925T154432Z JoeRuiz If people don't want those stories, stop watching, stop reading...
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20100925T154436Z User_1348 higher taxes
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20100925T154447Z KAMerks I was so disappointed when San Antonians voted light rail down in 2020
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20100925T154502Z geekettebits i dont think san antonio is readuy for a light rail
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20100925T154502Z AmySanchez Lighy rail along the 35 corridor and MONO rail throughout the city.
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20100925T154504Z User_3598 I will be coming home to My SA
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20100925T154505Z User_5735 If it were my video being broadcast, you would not recognize it as san antonio, because i it would be the san antonio no one wants to see or admit is our reali
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20100925T154509Z JoeRuiz Ratings/page views equal money... it's how they get paid, how THEY survive...
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20100925T154514Z User_1348 uh...
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20100925T154517Z Jeff Morales San Antonio is a different place than in 2000.
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20100925T154527Z HeatherDiMasi Melendrez calling crowd back to tables to stay on track.
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20100925T154530Z bettervideo Yay Amy! Monorail!
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20100925T154530Z KAMerks Yes, I would pay higher taxes to have transportations choices other than the bus
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20100925T154538Z User_4075 the true chicken/egg is ratings. the ratings improve because people watch it and local newscasts want ratings.
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20100925T154546Z KAMerks Yes, it is different than 10 years ago
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20100925T154548Z ClotheslineSA Working at Clothesline. I'm missing the feeds, so if i don't respond, I just didn't see it.
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20100925T154548Z HeatherDiMasi 2 minute warning
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20100925T154554Z AmySanchez @bettervideo I'd use it DAILY!
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20100925T154555Z User_1348 was there a plan for SA for 2000 or 2010?
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20100925T154603Z JoeRuiz They want ratings b/c it brings in more money...
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20100925T154607Z User_8885 we've got to encourage students to stay in school and graduate
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20100925T154607Z User_3598 an example of SA school systm
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20100925T154614Z ClotheslineSA HeatherDiMasi FANTASTIC job!
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20100925T154616Z User_8885 decrease drop outs
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20100925T154616Z Jeff Morales I don't believe so 1348
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20100925T154620Z User_4075 exactly, ratings=money
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20100925T154620Z JoeRuiz I don't fault them for also trying to inform their community on what they seemingly want.
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20100925T154621Z User_3598 grad...
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20100925T154624Z bettervideo Monorail could use existing right-of-ways without grade crossings. What's not to loke?
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20100925T154626Z KAMerks Wasn't last event Target 90?
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20100925T154642Z bettervideo ...or like. =)
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20100925T154653Z User_4075 so do the local newscasts have a moral responsibility to the community or to themselves??
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20100925T154653Z JoeRuiz Love knowing people like @Dave_In-Sa are involved with this.
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20100925T154711Z JoeRuiz And Charlotte Anne... and Heather... and Victor.
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20100925T154712Z KAMerks 4075, probably both. They are members of the community too.
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20100925T154723Z User_1348 everyone left
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20100925T154739Z JoeRuiz We ALL have those moral responsibilities.
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20100925T154745Z Jeff Morales Short attention spans
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20100925T154750Z ClotheslineSA @Dave_In-SA Nice interview with the 12 yo. the future looks bright
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20100925T154754Z User_4075 the newscasts feed on low information people and perpetuate the problem?
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20100925T154805Z User_1348 tens of tens people on the internet
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20100925T154829Z bettervideo If you don't like what's on, unplug the TV. We did 10 years ago. Don't miss it a bit.
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20100925T154836Z HMachado Is "the biggest small town" idea an asset or liability?
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20100925T154836Z User_4075 too many low information, uneducated people here. proper education starts to break the cycle, no?
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20100925T154837Z surgemu03 1348: Yes, there should be more than 64 of us here.
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20100925T154843Z User_1348 band-aid would be the super street project
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20100925T154851Z User_8885 is it Victor Landa the columnist
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20100925T154901Z ClotheslineSA bettervideo We 're unplugged, too.
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20100925T154921Z KAMerks I am also unplugged.
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20100925T154929Z Jeff Morales You can thank Terri Hall for the delys
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20100925T154939Z User_4075 HMachado, I think "biggest/smallest" is a liability, and once that's realized, we might growup
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20100925T154942Z JoeRuiz 8885, Yes, but it's all the NOWCast team. Those are the ones I know.
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20100925T154945Z ClotheslineSA 281 and
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20100925T154946Z User_1348 someone from Jacksonville getting san antonioians get orgainzied?
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20100925T154956Z User_8885 he
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20100925T155006Z geekettebits it might not be a bad idea to have someone unbiased
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20100925T155010Z KAMerks 1348, I saw that and was skeptical also
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20100925T155022Z User_1348 of course, the riverwalk
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20100925T155022Z Jeff Morales The best thing Jax can do for us is to give us the Jaguars
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20100925T155027Z KAMerks But I guess there's something to be said about impartiality
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20100925T155027Z User_5735 San Antonio is only one of sseveral large cities in TX that are ignoring the HUD mandate to provide opportunities for helping people realize the american
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20100925T155029Z User_3598 SA FIESTA
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20100925T155030Z User_8885 Victor spoke to our org about nowcast...love his work with the community
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20100925T155035Z JoeRuiz 1348 and Kelly: I'm willing to hear from anybody willing to help.
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20100925T155049Z User_1348 expand the riverwalk from the airport to Totyota plant
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20100925T155050Z AmySanchez It's River Walk...two words.
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20100925T155050Z User_4075 this is a cheap town, that's what's good. that's it.
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20100925T155055Z KAMerks Help organize?
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20100925T155055Z geekettebits thats true
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20100925T155056Z User_1818 SA is family oriented and that is a great thing.
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20100925T155058Z geekettebits i like cheap
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20100925T155058Z ClotheslineSA 281 and Stone Oak traffic has dramatically improved with minor smart street implements
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20100925T155111Z User_2530 The Zoo
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20100925T155117Z ClotheslineSA geekettebits :-)
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20100925T155120Z geekettebits itll be nonsmoking zoo next year!
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20100925T155128Z KAMerks good
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20100925T155136Z ClotheslineSA good
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20100925T155137Z MatthewEgan thumbs up :)
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20100925T155138Z geekettebits august 2011
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20100925T155143Z User_4075 i don't get the "family oriented" thing. what's so "family oriented" about San Antonio? i mean....really. what??
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20100925T155201Z Jeff Morales Good point 4075
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20100925T155211Z User_5735 Stone Oak infrastructure was build on the backs of the inner city improvements that were ignored, in lieu of a developers responsibility
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20100925T155228Z User_4075 seriously. what makes san antonio more "family oriented" than say, Tampa, Florida, or Omaha, Nebraska. i don't get it.
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20100925T155229Z User_8885 Victor spoke to our group about nowcast
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20100925T155232Z KAMerks Regardless of community planning, developers always win in SA
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20100925T155241Z User_1348 money talks
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20100925T155242Z KAMerks I so hope that changes this time
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20100925T155257Z KAMerks Austin, by comparison, sticks much more closely to their planning goals.
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20100925T155306Z User_4075 User_5735, i agree 100%
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20100925T155307Z KAMerks Not saying SA should be Austin
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20100925T155324Z KAMerks But there are lessons to learn from both cities' experiences
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20100925T155327Z surgemu03 live in other unpersonal, uncommutable, high cost of living and you will appreciate SA a little more.
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20100925T155329Z User_8885 Our city is special, culture is great, so why don't we value speaking spanish
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20100925T155336Z geekettebits hugh! yay for supporting cystic fibrosis awareness - twitter.com/cfflsc
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20100925T155343Z User_4075 maybe not "be like Austin," but we need to be more Austin-like.
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20100925T155350Z User_5735 Austin is the only major city in San Antonio that respects HUD mandates to improve deterioratin g communities
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20100925T155403Z Jeffrey Kahl Military resources and hub
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20100925T155404Z geekettebits amy!
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20100925T155414Z User_1348 does this event really accomplish anything?
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20100925T155418Z KAMerks Exactly, 4075 and 5735
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20100925T155424Z User_8885 all of our public schools should provide vibrant bilingual programs
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20100925T155425Z geekettebits it does - it shows ppl are the same page
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20100925T155431Z User_4075 We will never be progressive like austin. i suppose that's the result of being a "biggest/small" town.
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20100925T155432Z AmySanchez What is she mubling about? :-) YAY Heather!
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20100925T155435Z KAMerks Yes, it gives the community a voice in how SA grows and changes
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20100925T155446Z User_1348 where are all the city councils members?
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20100925T155453Z KAMerks Ha... good question
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20100925T155458Z geekettebits :D
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20100925T155504Z bettervideo Heather! Family-oriented lives on!
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20100925T155510Z User_8885 are the superintendents there too
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20100925T155511Z Jeff Morales I haven't heard one thing about bring more pro sports teams to town.
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20100925T155515Z geekettebits :) nice note, good filming
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20100925T155520Z JoeRuiz A legit problem that needs to be solved first: Leaving our pre-conceived notions and previous battles at the door.
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20100925T155520Z User_1348 where are all the county commissioners
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20100925T155541Z User_5735 tru on the spanish speaking focus..like on this webcast..where/how are the spanish speakers participating.. lets hear the announcement
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20100925T155552Z AmySanchez Is there representation from the San Antonio Covention & Visitors Bureau?
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20100925T155607Z User_8885 There is mary alice
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20100925T155609Z bettervideo How about merging city and county governments? Lots of unnecessary overlap.
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20100925T155614Z AmySanchez Or Chamber of Commerce?
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20100925T155616Z surgemu03 @ Jeff Morales - Pro sports teams area costly initiative and not immediately accretive to the growth of SA. They won't do it alone
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20100925T155616Z User_1348 is Mary Alice sitting with Henry C.?
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20100925T155622Z KAMerks tax issues w/ merging
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20100925T155627Z User_1348 Go Spurs Go!
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20100925T155654Z User_5735 a merge city/count has been aattepted but no one wants to give up their power
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20100925T155656Z surgemu03 Leo Gomez in the house
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20100925T155659Z User_1818 The price of a ticket for a major sporting event is very expensive and many of the people here cannot afford it.
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20100925T155702Z bettervideo KAMerks Yes. But not insurmountable.
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20100925T155702Z User_1348 is Mary Alice still married to Henry C.?
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20100925T155710Z Jeff Morales Pro sports franchises enhance and contribute to the quality of life
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20100925T155711Z User_4075 SACVB?? what about grabbing people out of walmart and bussing them to this event, let's hear them. not the same group of business people who don
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20100925T155727Z Jeff Morales There is sucha thing as civic pride
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20100925T155731Z User_4075 ...business people who always attend these things
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20100925T155747Z User_5735 they can afford the event ticket, not affordable is the ticket and the alcohol the are expected and encouraged to consume
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20100925T155757Z surgemu03 @Jeff, fair and I agree but not as straightforward as we would all like
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20100925T155800Z User_8885 what about solving the gang problem in sa
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20100925T155807Z AmySanchez Mr. Butt!
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20100925T155811Z Jeff Morales I used to live in the WDC area
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20100925T155816Z User_1818 I agree that even a soda cost a lot at a major sporting event.
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20100925T155818Z User_4075 8885, excellent comment.
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20100925T155822Z User_1348 how much did this event cost the taxpayers?
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20100925T155832Z Jeff Morales And let me tell you, the Redskins really bring the town together
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20100925T155832Z bettervideo Gand problem is WAAAY better than in the '90s.
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20100925T155833Z surgemu03 Mr. HEB in the house too!
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20100925T155847Z bettervideo Meant "gang problem."
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20100925T155848Z Jeff Morales There is nothing like an NFL game
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20100925T155853Z KAMerks Probably didnt cost much taxpayer money
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20100925T155900Z Jeff Morales High school football cannot compare
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20100925T155915Z User_8885 depends on where you live..noticed the graffiti all over town
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20100925T155923Z surgemu03 I lived in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Spain. No other team brings a city together like the Spurs!
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20100925T155924Z KAMerks It's a worthy use of it, I think.
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20100925T155944Z User_5735 anxious to see the document this produces...It'll give some people a basis to hold their feet to the fire.
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20100925T155949Z User_8885 in the 90's, the increase in graffiti was a result in increase in gang activity
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20100925T155959Z Jeff Morales I agree surg, but the NFL is a much bigger affair
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20100925T155959Z User_1348 i think Wolff, Castro and whitacre went home already
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20100925T160007Z User_4075 8885, i'm lovin' your comments.
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20100925T160030Z geekettebits it could also be there are kids who have a lot of free time on their hands...and they want attention they're otherwise not getting
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20100925T160031Z surgemu03 I guess I am just too big a Spurs fan to share our town with another team! ;)
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20100925T160056Z Jeff Morales LOL< ok surg
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20100925T160101Z bettervideo Did I mention monorail?
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20100925T160104Z User_4075 people want the shiny "solutions" and don't want to really look at this town for what it really is
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20100925T160107Z User_1348 Say no to soccer
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20100925T160110Z JoeRuiz What's the hashtag for this event?
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20100925T160113Z User_1818 I would like to see a professional soccer team in SA. More
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20100925T160116Z geekettebits #sa2020
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20100925T160120Z JoeRuiz Gracias.
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20100925T160125Z Jeff Morales Soccer blows, kids game
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20100925T160126Z User_8885 It may be bored kids, but they cost a lot of money when they destroy property
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20100925T160132Z KAMerks and #sa2020right to tweet answers to questions
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20100925T160138Z geekettebits agreed, i dont think its ok
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20100925T160143Z surgemu03 I agree! No more chain restaurants and stores! Grow our local chefs!
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20100925T160152Z KAMerks here, here!
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20100925T160154Z geekettebits @jasondady!
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20100925T160156Z User_1818 Soccer, kids game? Not everyone wants football.
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20100925T160206Z Jeff Morales The NFL is king
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20100925T160206Z User_1348 wha...no more Jim's or Bill Millers?
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20100925T160208Z User_5735 in the 90s gang activities wee curtails with a local sting operation that is described in a book on san antonio history.. I think Mr. Peak was mayor at the tim
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20100925T160213Z Jeff Morales We should be apart of it
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20100925T160220Z KAMerks Bill Miller's and Jim's are pretty local
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20100925T160231Z KAMerks they are "chains" in that there is more than one
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20100925T160239Z User_1348 this technology doesn't work with iphones or ipads...lol
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20100925T160245Z Delilah san antonio always talks about what it should do to become better but never does it. It'll do, like one or two things, and then in a decade things are still the s.
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20100925T160247Z KAMerks Howard Pea!
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20100925T160248Z User_8885 speaking of peak ...wow
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20100925T160249Z bettervideo Speak of the devil!
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20100925T160251Z surgemu03 Jim's and Bill's can stay. Dtown can do without chain restaurants
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20100925T160255Z KAMerks Peak!
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20100925T160259Z Jeff Morales You don't think there aren't a few excited Texan fans this weekend
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20100925T160304Z User_8885 yes...education
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20100925T160307Z Adrian Perez Yes Peak!
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20100925T160308Z bettervideo Nice 'stache dude.
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20100925T160309Z User_1348 Where is Ed Garza? at home?
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20100925T160312Z Jeff Morales Reliant Stadium will rock.
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20100925T160314Z User_5735 they just showed Howard Peak the author on the book that described the gang initiative
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20100925T160328Z User_1348 Where is Bill Thorton?
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20100925T160333Z Adrian Perez That is our biggest weak spot
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20100925T160335Z Delilah *same. things are still the same
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20100925T160338Z surgemu03 Jeff, it's a good thing this didnt occur on a Sunday, we wouldn't be able to pull you from NFL games!
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20100925T160340Z User_8885 Peak is right...focus on decreasing drop out rates
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20100925T160344Z bettervideo 1348 Yikes!
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20100925T160352Z Jeff Morales LOL< you're right about that surg.
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20100925T160406Z User_1348 Where are the school district board members or Superintendents?
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20100925T160407Z User_4075 younger and poorer.
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20100925T160418Z User_5735 Garza is block walking in support of the SAISD Bond that is so necessary for San Antonio, but COSA should make a public commitment to SAISD neig
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20100925T160448Z Jeff Morales Ed Whitacre could afford an NFL team
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20100925T160450Z User_8885 pass SAISD bond
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20100925T160514Z Jeff Morales So could Howard Butt.
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20100925T160521Z User_1348 ironically...San Antonio is Toyota building town not a GM twon
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20100925T160521Z User_5735 If COSA could grow a backbone and verbalize support for the heart of san antonio the older neighborhood... the nation could better respect this 2
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20100925T160551Z geekettebits outdoors a/c!
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20100925T160614Z KAMerks Charles Butt? http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/charles-butt/
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20100925T160617Z petloonie United States Patent 5676977
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20100925T160618Z bettervideo :-/
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20100925T160624Z Jeff Morales Yeah Charles Butt
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20100925T160638Z User_1348 is that guy trying to watch the boardcast on his ipad?
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20100925T160644Z surgemu03 If SA got a NFL team how many years do you think it would take to rally support in the city so they are profitable and generate a rabid following?
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20100925T160658Z surgemu03 Mr. Butt is the man!
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20100925T160705Z geekettebits i think san antonio would be super supportive
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20100925T160706Z Jeff Morales It would happen overnight surg
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20100925T160707Z petloonie hgttp://www.drclark.com
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20100925T160710Z geekettebits they rally around everyone :)
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20100925T160713Z KAMerks He has a spcial place in Heaven
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20100925T160721Z petloonie http://www.drclark.com
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20100925T160743Z KAMerks Does SA need and NFL team?
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20100925T160748Z petloonie san antonio rocks http://www.getjaded.com
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20100925T160752Z KAMerks NFL doesn't want to open a 3rd franchise in the state
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20100925T160753Z JoeRuiz What's RIGHT about San Antonio?
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20100925T160756Z User_1348 where is Red McCombs?
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20100925T160758Z Jeff Morales San Antonio is regarded by the league as a major football hotspot
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20100925T160808Z bettervideo What we NEED is monorail!
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20100925T160815Z KAMerks Here, here!
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20100925T160821Z surgemu03 I see your enthusiasm Jeff for sure. And SA is great at that...throwing themselves behind great teams like the Spurs, etc. It could happen...
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20100925T160823Z User_1348 we need Toll Roads....lol
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20100925T160828Z Jeff Morales KAmarks you are totally wrong
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20100925T160841Z KAMerks we must have different info, then
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20100925T160849Z geekettebits unfortunately i have to go, great chatting guys!
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20100925T160851Z KAMerks i don't personally care if SA gets an NFL team
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20100925T160852Z Jeff Morales SA-Ausitn is the growth hotspot
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20100925T160901Z surgemu03 With Roger Goddell in place it could happen!
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20100925T160907Z User_5735 what we need is respect for people, and improve the wages in san antonio..then maybe we can afford a n NFL franchise.
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20100925T160918Z Jeff Morales The population trends point toward an NFL team in South Texas
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20100925T160919Z surgemu03 Goodell*
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20100925T160920Z ClotheslineSA By Heather!
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20100925T160939Z Jeff Morales New Orleans and Jax are both dirt poor
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20100925T160939Z Adrian Perez need high skills for high wage
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20100925T160941Z HeatherDiMasi sye!! :)
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20100925T160943Z User_1348 i don't think this event accplishes much in the long run
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20100925T160945Z geekettebits :) bye
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20100925T160946Z Jeff Morales Both have NFL teams
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20100925T160950Z surgemu03 oh yeah, for sure. Lots of growth in SA. Esp folks leaving the west coast.
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20100925T160951Z Adrian Perez education HAS to be number 1
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20100925T160956Z Adrian Perez always
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20100925T161000Z surgemu03 We need to find a solve for the ALamodome
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20100925T161001Z User_5735 if we continue low wages..we'll have upper class watching NFL while Low wage earners clean up after them
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20100925T161021Z Jeff Morales The Alamodome must be either done away with or refit
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20100925T161028Z bettervideo Cost of living IS GREAT!
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20100925T161034Z KAMerks Compared to other big tx cities, our highways aren't as congested
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20100925T161039Z User_1348 the cost of living is low, because the wages are low generally
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20100925T161043Z surgemu03 Great cost of living! yes, but it encourages compnies to pay below avg wages
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20100925T161050Z User_1348 boos?
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20100925T161051Z bettervideo 1348 I thinks it's the other way around.
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20100925T161053Z surgemu03 there you jeff!
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20100925T161056Z KAMerks yeah, wtf?
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20100925T161058Z User_8885 education concern has to be the number one issue
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20100925T161103Z Jeff Morales What a buch of naysayers
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20100925T161108Z Jeff Morales Why the boos
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20100925T161117Z surgemu03 yeah, not sure wht the boos were about
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20100925T161127Z User_5735 meanwhile the rents in san antonio for those who are not gettHO are getting too high
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20100925T161132Z User_1348 im ready for multiple wives...lol
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20100925T161145Z Jeff Morales Many older San Antonians are agianst any kind of change
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20100925T161147Z surgemu03 I wonder if The Admiral is in the house today!?
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20100925T161152Z User_8885 ease of transportation????
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20100925T161206Z KAMerks Yes, it's easier than in Dallas or Houston
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20100925T161210Z surgemu03 Come San Antonio! You dont know traffic!
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20100925T161211Z managedtechs.com thats the northside
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20100925T161214Z Adrian Perez Depends where you live
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20100925T161215Z KAMerks doesn't mean it's great, though
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20100925T161215Z Adrian Perez lol
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20100925T161222Z User_8885 this person has not seen the peopel lined up downtown waiting for a bus
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20100925T161223Z User_1348 hiss for Ney York
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20100925T161224Z bettervideo I'm old. I like change. Especially if it's two quarters and I can buy a tea refill at Bill Miller's!
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20100925T161226Z Pak is Richard! very agree SA living cost are low to compare other big city
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20100925T161228Z Jeff Morales Traffic is a breeze here.
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20100925T161237Z HMachado Boos are because Pro sports teams aren't priorities. Austin has none and is economically better off.
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20100925T161239Z surgemu03 haha @bettervideo
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20100925T161242Z Jeff Morales Traffic? Try Washingotn, DC.
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20100925T161248Z KAMerks http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-road-congestion/
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20100925T161252Z User_8885 traffic a breeze...what's your commute
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20100925T161253Z surgemu03 tea refills are $0.50 at Bill's these days! :(
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20100925T161257Z KAMerks TxDOT's study of most congested roads
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20100925T161305Z Jeff Morales Fairly short
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20100925T161308Z Pak bus system in need to improve...
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20100925T161318Z managedtechs.com 32 hour work weeks
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20100925T161321Z KAMerks Bexar County makes its first appearance at #23
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20100925T161322Z bettervideo Yep surgemu03
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20100925T161410Z User_1348 go spurs go
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20100925T161414Z User_3062 Cross fertilization??
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20100925T161425Z surgemu03 Can't wait for spurs to get back on TV!
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20100925T161435Z NOWCastSA All of your answers here are being incorporated
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20100925T161436Z KAMerks the river we can't get in...
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20100925T161442Z Jeff Morales Tiago Splitter will dominate.
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20100925T161448Z User_3062 Educational opps which half the population don't take advantage of.
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20100925T161511Z bettervideo Monorail!!!
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20100925T161520Z User_1348 oh brother
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20100925T161527Z Adrian Perez lol! Fiesta!
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20100925T161540Z User_3062 Clearly not getting the idea of strategic planning
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20100925T161552Z KAMerks Yes, many good museums
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20100925T161600Z Aaron Can we get to the negatives? I want to see some productive arguements!
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20100925T161602Z Pak SA LOVE ARTS
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20100925T161603Z managedtechs.com I have less than 20hr work weks cause I work As IT
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20100925T161609Z User_8885 sa doesn't appreciate the arts...think of the symphony
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20100925T161613Z Jeff Morales The arts! Whoopee do.
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20100925T161617Z surgemu03 Actually, 3062, this shows residents passion for events like these...which we need more of in the city to spur the arts.
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20100925T161636Z JoeRuiz Aaron, that was first up. But continue to talk about them.
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20100925T161647Z User_1348 let's expand to 2 weeks and do we can do no work for 2 weeks
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20100925T161648Z surgemu03 Jeff - doesn't DC have a couple of great art museums?
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20100925T161653Z managedtechs.com very nice
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20100925T161710Z Jeff Morales Oh yes, surg. DC's got a ton of museums
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20100925T161713Z User_1348 Let's expand Fiesta to 2wks so we can do no work for 2wks
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20100925T161716Z Jeff Morales BIg ones too
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20100925T161728Z surgemu03 exactly!
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20100925T161731Z User_3062 Fiesta where there are more DWIs than any other time of the year.
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20100925T161731Z Jeff Morales Natioanl Gallery of Art
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20100925T161734Z User_1348 russian commrade
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20100925T161741Z Adrian Perez aawwwww
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20100925T161744Z Adrian Perez i love it
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20100925T161744Z KAMerks Yay!
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20100925T161757Z surgemu03 Ukraine! Great seeing other cultures in SA!
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20100925T161806Z User_1348 except for fights on the VIA buses
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20100925T161809Z User_3062 Ok, all I can take, bye
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20100925T161813Z JoeRuiz We have one of , if not the most, friendly city in the NATION....
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20100925T161827Z JoeRuiz And this is coming from somebody living very far away right now.
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20100925T161835Z Aaron Oh, so the negative qualities were talked about first?
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20100925T161835Z surgemu03 slowly but surely the negative folks are leaving the chat. good to see.
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20100925T161837Z Pak Im from Hong Kong, I believe SA is a very friendly city, i love it
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20100925T161848Z User_1348 where else can you go to SAC for 4 years?
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20100925T161905Z Adrian Perez Economic stability!
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20100925T161905Z @MySAWS No one has mentioned drinking water quality as a current plus? I'm shocked and outraged! ;)
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20100925T161908Z Adrian Perez huge
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20100925T161911Z KAMerks Any other comm college...
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20100925T161916Z surgemu03 1348: Ease up on the negativity.
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20100925T161925Z Delilah lol 3062, I'm just coming on and leaving every once and awhile
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20100925T161933Z user check your iphone
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20100925T161944Z User_1348 ha!
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20100925T161949Z User_1348 mild applause
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20100925T162014Z Pak HAVEN FOR HOPE!!
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20100925T162021Z User_1348 where are the kudos for USAA and Valero?
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20100925T162031Z Adrian Perez H for H!
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20100925T162034Z Aaron Haven for Hope is a national example
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20100925T162109Z JoeRuiz @Pak and @Aaron: Agreed.
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20100925T162122Z User_1348 this guy is not even a san antonio resident
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20100925T162135Z @MySAWS Recycled water has also been huge in attracting companies like Toyota and Microsoft.
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20100925T162148Z KAMerks who isn't?
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20100925T162153Z JoeRuiz @1348: And?
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20100925T162208Z KAMerks Yay! Someone finally mentioned parks!!
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20100925T162211Z HMachado Sometimes it's better to have a fresh set of eyes.
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20100925T162231Z user FOOOOD
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20100925T162239Z User_1348 food is related to the obesity issue
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20100925T162307Z KAMerks Food is what is done right, but exercise programs are lacking
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20100925T162327Z KAMerks Many other cities have great food scenes but have an active community too
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20100925T162330Z @MySAWS MLK March! That IS a good one!
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20100925T162333Z JoeRuiz Cheers to remembering the MLK March.
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20100925T162335Z User_1348 city and county employees should have treadmills that power the grid
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20100925T162346Z KAMerks that... would be awesome
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20100925T162355Z Aaron That MLK march is crazy. How did we get the largest in the nation?
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20100925T162416Z JoeRuiz @KAMerks ... Seattle has great food and a relatively healthy community... To all: It can be done.
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20100925T162424Z @MySAWS Aaron: That's that multicultural thing in action!
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20100925T162425Z User_8885 why did the city go with an outside agency to facilitate this process
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20100925T162427Z User_1348 san antonio people love to party
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20100925T162430Z KAMerks Exactly. I'm thinking of Austin and NYC
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20100925T162438Z KAMerks (@Joe)
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20100925T162444Z Aaron Yeah, but we don't have the one of the largest black communities eve inTexas
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20100925T162457Z Aaron even in*
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20100925T162507Z User_1348 all the leaders are already gone?
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20100925T162522Z KAMerks I hope this was more charrette-style before I tuned in
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20100925T162525Z HMachado 8885: so there would be no bias?
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20100925T162526Z JoeRuiz @Aaron: The message transcends race. That's why. SA remembers that.
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20100925T162526Z NOWCastSA I think many of the city leaders are still here
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20100925T162529Z Adrian Perez : )
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20100925T162541Z NOWCastSA we will be interviewing lots of people during lunch
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20100925T162554Z User_1348 adrian perez...the via bus driver that texted?
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20100925T162601Z Adrian Perez lol
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20100925T162605Z Adrian Perez no
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20100925T162609Z User_1348 oh ok
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20100925T162620Z KAMerks SA2020 will hopefully create new community leaders
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20100925T162639Z Aaron Not leaders. But a more unified communiyt, I say.
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20100925T162644Z JoeRuiz Cheers to that college fair Sonny is talking about.
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20100925T162703Z User_8885 yeah to youth interested in college
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20100925T162718Z KAMerks @Aaron, why not both?
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20100925T162728Z bettervideo Monorail!!
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20100925T162736Z User_1348 new Alamodome!
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20100925T162748Z Adrian Perez Education Education Education
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20100925T162801Z User_1348 let's all drive back to the suburbs
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20100925T162834Z bettervideo No 'burbs for me 1348. I'm a city boy.
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20100925T162857Z User_1348 okay everyone else
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20100925T162909Z Peter French Transit, Job retention funding for existing businesses, rail connection to Austin
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20100925T162937Z Jeff Morales NFL in San Antonio.
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20100925T162938Z User_1348 now let's start planning for sa2030
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20100925T162954Z KAMerks Not a bad idea, 1348
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20100925T163017Z KAMerks Building on what is decided for 2020, of course.
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20100925T163040Z bettervideo Is someone webcasting lunch? Dominoes delivers!
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20100925T163042Z User_1348 what was the plan for 2010 ten years ago?
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20100925T163059Z User_8885 enough with nfl..jones will never allow it..sa loves the cowboys
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20100925T163113Z User_1348 Pro Baseball team!
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20100925T163115Z HMachado Go Texans!
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20100925T163121Z KAMerks Ask H. Cisneros and the Target 90 folks
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20100925T163129Z JoeRuiz Let's not forget to try and involve the higher ed facilities around the state/nation with large SA contingents. TxSt, UT, A&M, A&M-Kingsville, etc.
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20100925T163133Z KAMerks mid-1980s was last time SA did this
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20100925T163135Z User_1348 Bill Millers is unique san antonio chain
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20100925T163154Z NOWCastSA the mayor will be coming on live with us momentarily
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20100925T163210Z Adrian Perez Nice!
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20100925T163231Z User_1348 is that Julian or Joaquin?
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20100925T163238Z User_8885 is this group surveying young people ..what kind of city do they want to inherit
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20100925T163239Z ClotheslineSA Mayor Castro!
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20100925T163305Z User_8885 nowcast rocks
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20100925T163307Z Adrian Perez Im def going to the next one
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20100925T163307Z User_1348 Mr. Mayor why wasn't this held downtown?
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20100925T163324Z Aaron @8885 Castro has a lot of young high school &college interns whohave such dialogues with him frequently
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20100925T163328Z User_3025 parking
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20100925T163341Z ClotheslineSA Seattle doesn't have a non-toxic dry cleaner :-( Customers there mail their clothes to Clothesline
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20100925T163344Z Jeff Morales @8885, Jones does have the power to prevent SA from getting a team
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20100925T163349Z User_1348 i hear a sales tax referendum coming for light rail
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20100925T163407Z Jeff Morales Don't be so brainwashed by the Dallas Cowboy media machine
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20100925T163416Z Jeff Morales And I hate the cowpigs
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20100925T163425Z KAMerks A referendummeans you can say no, 1348.
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20100925T163433Z KAMerks referendum means*
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20100925T163434Z Aaron I'd rather have a pro Soccer team than football.
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20100925T163436Z JoeRuiz @Clothesline ... They don't? I have one trying to get me to use them all the time.
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20100925T163440Z Jeff Morales I menat Jones deos not have that kind of power
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20100925T163444Z ClotheslineSA SA did NOT have race riots, thanks to unifying leaders in the 60's
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20100925T163446Z User_8885 agree on soccer
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20100925T163450Z JoeRuiz Honestly, I go to the one right across the block... for ease of use.
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20100925T163455Z User_1348 if it was held downtown people take buses to the meeing
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20100925T163457Z Jeff Morales Soccer would never fly here
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20100925T163503Z JoeRuiz I'm sure you could tell me why I should be using non-toxic, though.
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20100925T163508Z Jeff Morales Not enough soccer fans
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20100925T163515Z User_5735 people are a product of their environment this includes the physical.. if you improve neighborhoods you improve lives in their entirety
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20100925T163516Z User_1348 say no to soccer
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20100925T163516Z JoeRuiz Tweet it to me, I'm stepping away from the computer to get breakfast.
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20100925T163518Z Jeff Morales NFL would be a smash hit
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20100925T163531Z User_8321 Thanks Mayor! you are doing a good job.
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20100925T163543Z User_8885 the culture of this city stems from its mexican roots ..that includes soccer
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20100925T163543Z User_1348 he's forgetting the dates...lol
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20100925T163549Z Aaron @5735 Totally agree! But, we are not products of our physical environment, we have the power to break free
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20100925T163603Z User_5735 better commnity breed success for the long term, poverty begets poverty
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20100925T163603Z Jeff Morales 8885, that's an ethinic stereotype
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20100925T163607Z User_8321 Yes we need a Soccer tea!!!!!
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20100925T163620Z Jeff Morales I'm Mexican and I hate soccer
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20100925T163624Z User_1348 build a new alamodome
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20100925T163630Z KAMerks And I'm white and I love it
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20100925T163631Z Adrian Perez second that Jeff
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20100925T163633Z ClotheslineSA JoeRuiz :-)
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20100925T163633Z Jeff Morales I was raised with the NFL
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20100925T163636Z User_8321 Socccer is played by all peoples of the world.
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20100925T163641Z User_8885 ethnic stereotype? did you check out the world cup
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20100925T163642Z User_3025 Thanks Mayor for letting the community be a part of this
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20100925T163650Z Jeff Morales This is not Peru.
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20100925T163712Z User_1348 Keep San Antonio Lame
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20100925T163713Z User_8885 we have more kids enrolled in soccer than in any other sport
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20100925T163725Z Jeff Morales I can't belive so many people fear Jerry Jones' pwer.
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20100925T163732Z User_8885 the us has the largest paid participation in soccer in the world
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20100925T163739Z KAMerks SA is far less lame than it was a decade ago
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20100925T163802Z Jeff Morales Yeah, soccer in the US. That's like NFL football in Europe
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20100925T163812Z Jeff Morales A big flop.
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20100925T163825Z Aaron Alright, let's get off the NFL soccer thing. Nobody's gonna win here
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20100925T163837Z User_1348 Let's build the biggest Bill Miller's ever
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20100925T163840Z Jeff Morales Just trying to open minds
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20100925T163845Z Aaron Yeah! Community gardens!
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20100925T163900Z User_3025 I'm interested to see how UTSA football does.
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20100925T163905Z User_1348 bring back the sky ride at sunken gardens
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20100925T163919Z User_3598 actually NFL is successful ther
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20100925T163922Z User_3598 ineurope
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20100925T163932Z Jeff Morales Now you're talking 3025. I'm a great supporter of UTSA football.
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20100925T163933Z User_3598 why no pro NFL SA?
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20100925T163942Z User_3598 Why No Pro NFL Sa?
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20100925T163943Z Jeff Morales Hope they can join the WAC<
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20100925T163948Z User_8885 let's talk about education
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20100925T163953Z Aaron Younger single people - so true! We need a better dating scene for straight and gay youth
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20100925T163956Z User_3598 Alamodome and no NFL
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20100925T164002Z User_3025 i loved the sky ride
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20100925T164014Z Jeff Morales We were beat out by Jax and Charlotte
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20100925T164020Z Jeff Morales In 1992
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20100925T164025Z User_3598 why..Jone and Houston
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20100925T164030Z Jeff Morales SA is much bigger now
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20100925T164031Z User_1348 Let's expand Fiesta to 2weeks and take 2 weeks off
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20100925T164032Z User_3598 Jones and houston
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20100925T164042Z User_3025 i hope we can find a way to bring down teen pregnancy
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20100925T164049Z User_3598 use rubber
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20100925T164051Z Jeff Morales Texans will crush the cowpigs
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20100925T164055Z Aaron How bad is teen pregnancy in SA?
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20100925T164113Z User_3598 Nope..DCBs wil take Texasn
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20100925T164114Z Pak @ Aaron: a better dating..lol agree scene..lol
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20100925T164128Z Jeff Morales Cowgirls season is over
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20100925T164129Z Pak I mean a better dating scene
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20100925T164131Z User_8885 we've got to inspire young people to envision a future...too many are marginalzied
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20100925T164133Z Aaron @ Pak Huh? Misunderstood.
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20100925T164138Z KAMerks Teen pregnancy is a serious problem
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20100925T164141Z User_3598 Nope ont over just starting
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20100925T164141Z Aaron Oh
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20100925T164145Z bettervideo Mr. Sinkin! #purosanantonio
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20100925T164149Z Jeff Morales 3598, LOL
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20100925T164155Z User_8885 teen pregnancy is out of control
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20100925T164202Z User_3025 its high. it reflects the low high school graduation rate
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20100925T164218Z User_8885 it reflects a lack of education and parenting
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20100925T164225Z Aaron On teen pregnancy: isn't it a matter of sex education, and an anti-abortion stigma?
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20100925T164234Z Jeff Morales Some of these urban problems are intractable
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20100925T164240Z User_3598 Level of education is bad due
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20100925T164250Z Jeff Morales In other words they'll never be alleviated
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20100925T164253Z Pak the teen pregnancy is really hugh in SA, its a problem heree i believe
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20100925T164254Z 3025 sarah jean sex education
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20100925T164255Z User_3598 to liberal dumbing down of
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20100925T164302Z User_3598 education standards
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20100925T164317Z User_3598 our kids know more of the owrd
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20100925T164319Z NOWCastSA Bil Sinkin! one of San Antonio's most fabulous treasures!
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20100925T164326Z Aaron Liberal dumbing down? Republicans would like ot see sex education eliminated.
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20100925T164332Z Jeff Morales New York, the richest city in the world has millions of poor people
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20100925T164334Z User_3598 world than we give them credit for
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20100925T164341Z User_8885 it's also kids thinking that they have no other alternative
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20100925T164353Z User_3598 dmocrats want ssex in the calsroom
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20100925T164359Z KAMerks Says who?
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20100925T164401Z Jeff Morales Poverty never goes away and has to exist
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20100925T164409Z Aaron @3598 Hope that was a bad joke
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20100925T164412Z Adrian Perez Bill Sinkin is the man!
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20100925T164412Z Jeff Morales It's the nature of Capitalism
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20100925T164421Z Pak & sorry to mention this, SA has a highest venereal disease rate in TX...
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20100925T164427Z 3025 sarah jean is there anything wrong with sex ed in the classroom?
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20100925T164428Z KAMerks Abstinence-only education does not work
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20100925T164437Z Aaron @Jeff So, let's get rid of Capitalism. Spanish Anarchism, anyone?
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20100925T164439Z User_3598 whole lot os screwing of the peopel is why
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20100925T164445Z User_8885 democrats don't want sex in the classroom...we want kids educated enough to make better decisions
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20100925T164458Z Aaron @8885 Thank you.
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20100925T164503Z Jeff Morales European socialism is the best idea
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20100925T164503Z User_3598 thier kids they don't make good decisons
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20100925T164507Z 3025 sarah jean yes safe sex
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20100925T164518Z User_3598 that s why they are called kids
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20100925T164522Z User_8885 of course they can make better decisions
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20100925T164524Z Aaron @Jeff Which kind, there are tons of examples?
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20100925T164525Z KAMerks That is a generaliation, 3598
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20100925T164540Z Jeff Morales I like the sustem they have in the UK
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20100925T164542Z User_8885 millions of kids go through the education system without getting preganant
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20100925T164549Z Pak agree safe sex..
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20100925T164549Z User_3598 and you wnat a disourse on a chat room?
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20100925T164553Z KAMerks Raise your hand if you were one of them
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20100925T164555Z Jeff Morales Free medical care for all
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20100925T164602Z 3025 sarah jean we are talking about SA here
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20100925T164612Z User_3598 get reall..this is not a good forum for debate
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20100925T164617Z User_8885 3025 what do you mean
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20100925T164629Z KAMerks 3598, SA has a legitimate problem with teen pregnancy rates
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20100925T164635Z Jeff Morales Yes, free health care for all San Antonains
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20100925T164645Z Aaron @Jeff I agree, but disagree with you rnotion that poverty must exist
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20100925T164652Z User_3598 I am looking on line and see whole ot of white folks nand no brwn
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20100925T164706Z Jeff Morales Then why has it never been alleviated
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20100925T164720Z Jeff Morales Poverty has been in the US since day one
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20100925T164725Z 3025 sarah jean SA has a problem with teen pregnancy and it's affecting other things with the youth.
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20100925T164728Z Jeff Morales And in San Antonio'
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20100925T164741Z User_3598 SA is not alone on teen preganncy it is nationwide
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20100925T164746Z KAMerks Droup out rates
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20100925T164751Z User_8885 agree on teengage pregnancy as a problem..Iit's not a simplistic issue
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20100925T164755Z Aaron @Jeff So because it has always existed, you believe then that it will never not exist? Bad logic.
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20100925T164758Z Jeff Morales Drop out rates are applaling here
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20100925T164806Z User_8885 lots of kids can't visualize a good future
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20100925T164812Z Jeff Morales But it will always be that way
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20100925T164816Z KAMerks 3598: http://www.sanantonio.gov/health/PW-TeenPregnancy.html
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20100925T164817Z User_8885 many kids repeat that which they know
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20100925T164823Z User_3598 what makes a great city is great schools..
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20100925T164831Z Aaron Thank you KA Merks.
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20100925T164843Z User_8885 absolutely...great schools will make a difference
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20100925T164847Z Jeff Morales SA should model its schools after Fairfax County
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20100925T164900Z Jeff Morales Higher taxes but the best schools in the nation
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20100925T164900Z User_8885 what is happening in fairfax
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20100925T164900Z User_3598 all successful cities have great schools sytems
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20100925T164901Z KAMerks @Aaron, welcome! Finding facts ain't hard.
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20100925T164929Z User_3598 but theagin population doesn't want ot pay taxes
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20100925T164939Z Aaron Good schools for everyone - not just rich north-siders!
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20100925T164941Z User_3598 and we are an aging country
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20100925T164946Z KAMerks Two things in life are certain: death and taxes
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20100925T164950Z Jeff Morales Fairfax sends like 90% of its students to college
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20100925T164954Z User_9483 3598, other problem is the number of school districts in the city.
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20100925T164957Z User_8885 we've got some great public schools here as well...they are not, however all good
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20100925T164959Z User_3598 were dying faster thatn taxes
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20100925T165014Z User_3598 going up
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20100925T165032Z Jeff Morales No income tax and nearly dead last on per pupil spending
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20100925T165036Z KAMerks You're right, and the population is only getting bigger
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20100925T165038Z User_3598 boomers are retiring thus they will pay less taxes and cost of medical carew ill go up
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20100925T165040Z Jeff Morales That's the probelm
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20100925T165047Z User_8885 our public schools suffer from the decisions made from our legislators and state board of education
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20100925T165110Z User_3598 if not for hispanics in us..US would be are ) population gorwth
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20100925T165125Z User_3598 zero population means we die as nation
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20100925T165132Z User_3598 look at Japan
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20100925T165141Z User_3598 no workforce and agin population
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20100925T165141Z Jeff Morales Not necessarily
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20100925T165149Z KAMerks They have negative pop growth
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20100925T165154Z Jeff Morales Vatican City has zero birthrate
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20100925T165157Z KAMerks zero pop growth is ideal, economically
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20100925T165211Z User_3598 but it kill you future workforce
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20100925T165224Z KAMerks No it won't, because the growth remains the same
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20100925T165240Z User_3598 dummy it cannot sustainitself
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20100925T165243Z KAMerks taxes go up to support growing population
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20100925T165303Z KAMerks and you know why Japan's economy is slowing...
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20100925T165319Z User_3598 no new minds
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20100925T165320Z KAMerks their boomers are aging, and they didn't have as many children to replace them
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20100925T165329Z User_3598 exactly!!!
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20100925T165329Z KAMerks shrinking workforce
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20100925T165337Z User_3598 yes/
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20100925T165337Z KAMerks so.... like i said... ZPG=ideal
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20100925T165348Z User_3598 we will fall to china from zero grwoth
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20100925T165356Z NOWCastSA NOWCast's newest team member, acclaimed journo Susana Hayward is interviewing Patti Radle
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20100925T165410Z KAMerks Not sure I agree with that, but it's possible
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20100925T165417Z KAMerks we don't have zero growth though
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20100925T165443Z User_3598 no but we demonize hispanic immigration and support muslim immigration..duh?
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20100925T165455Z User_8885 is she chewing gum while interviewing
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20100925T165502Z User_3598 Look at europe and the muslim population shift there
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20100925T165512Z Aaron I wonder if the tables are mixed by geographical location or age.
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20100925T165519Z AmySanchez Patti hit it about pollution. If we carpooled more or had a mono rail to utilize that would decrese pollution & increase air quality.
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20100925T165531Z User_1348 nice camera shot
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20100925T165540Z User_3598 monorails were popopsed inthe 1968 worlds fair
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20100925T165545Z User_3598 never expaned
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20100925T165551Z User_3598 how about subways
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20100925T165557Z KAMerks subways would be nice
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20100925T165602Z Jeff Morales Too expensive
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20100925T165604Z User_1348 no in texas
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20100925T165616Z AmySanchez Yes but don't think with the limestone and aquifer we could do it. Monorails need to be embraced.
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20100925T165616Z KAMerks we need an EIS to see if there would be any effects on aquifer
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20100925T165619Z User_1348 subways too expensive in texas i agree
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20100925T165625Z User_3598 highs speed raile from SA to Autisn to Dallas
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20100925T165633Z KAMerks cheers to that
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20100925T165644Z Jeff Morales A regional SA-Austin airport
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20100925T165650Z Aaron Can Texas land support a subway, I mean with our clay and rock
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20100925T165654Z bettervideo Monorail!!!!
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20100925T165654Z AmySanchez Perhaps and El like in Chicago?
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20100925T165657Z User_1348 im sure South West Airlines would not favor high sppeed raill
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20100925T165658Z User_3598 live in CC Tx and be at work in in 1hr via hs rail
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20100925T165718Z AmySanchez An el or L as in elevated.
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20100925T165719Z 3025 sarah jean go isaac
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20100925T165724Z User_3598 look at englans hs rail syste. peole don't live in london but work there
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20100925T165734Z KAMerks geography there is different too
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20100925T165736Z bettervideo Southwest could build it. How's that for outside-the-box?
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20100925T165749Z User_1348 but will they?
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20100925T165758Z KAMerks an EI Chicago-style could work
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20100925T165816Z NOWCastSA shout out to NOWCastSA, yay to our online folks!
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20100925T165818Z Aaron I'm inmassachusetts!
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20100925T165823Z AmySanchez YAY NowCast!
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20100925T165824Z User_3598 High Speed rail is faster ,moves more peole and cheaper thatn air travel
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20100925T165830Z bettervideo Yay NowCastSA!
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20100925T165855Z User_3598 you live 200 miles away from where you work but be there in anhour
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20100925T165900Z Jeff Morales Airlines will lobby against rail in Texas
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20100925T165904Z User_1348 except for trains derail
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20100925T165912Z User_3598 yes they will but the peole need to lobby for it
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20100925T165926Z bettervideo Monorails don't derail.
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20100925T165930Z Jeff Morales Airlines are richer and more powerful than people
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20100925T165940Z User_3598 High speed trins don't they use different system
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20100925T165944Z User_1348 is rail gong to have the same safety standards as the airlines?
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20100925T165953Z User_1348 body scans
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20100925T165959Z User_1348 xray luggage
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20100925T170009Z HMachado Houston and Dallas already Lightrail within SA is more of a priotity than state hispeed.
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20100925T170013Z User_3598 they don't need to fly and land..standars are pales and oranges
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20100925T170015Z Aaron As in security? You know in the US it would. But in Europe it is very easy to get on a train without being checked, and it feel stotally safe
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20100925T170024Z Adrian Perez Boom
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20100925T170026Z Adrian Perez yes
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20100925T170027Z User_1348 feels safe?
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20100925T170029Z User_8885 yes
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20100925T170045Z User_3598 I used rail in europe and they do search peole in paris and london
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20100925T170048Z User_8885 we still have to examine the drop out rate
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20100925T170102Z User_8885 focus on education
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20100925T170115Z Adrian Perez Education, the whole pipeline
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20100925T170116Z Jeff Morales Dropout rate will not be improved anytime soon
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20100925T170126Z Jeff Morales Pointless
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20100925T170126Z User_3598 you need a workforce that can suspport the techlogies that makw hs rail run
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20100925T170131Z Adrian Perez Pre-k through college
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20100925T170141Z Aaron @ Jeff I thought I was negative - damn!
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20100925T170147Z User_8885 it won't be improved if we don't focus on it...kids drop out for lots of reasons...including boredom
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20100925T170150Z Jeff Morales Just realistic
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20100925T170214Z Jeff Morales Same with teen-pregnancy etc
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20100925T170228Z User_1348 i wonder if all those cups and plates are being recyced there
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20100925T170228Z User_3598 aske the kids why they are bored..moreintersted in sex
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20100925T170235Z Jeff Morales I hate to say it must cities must move on
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20100925T170240Z User_3598 the distratgions of sex are eveerywhere
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20100925T170255Z User_3598 internt porn and teen exploitation are there
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20100925T170307Z User_3598 at a kids fingertips
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20100925T170315Z Jeff Morales New York, Seattle, Houston are all very prosperous
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20100925T170318Z 3025 sarah jean thats a parenting issue
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20100925T170327Z Jeff Morales But still have these intractable social ills
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20100925T170328Z KAMerks Agreed
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20100925T170330Z User_3598 so is education a paretning issue
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20100925T170336Z Aaron Let teens have sex, who cares? Just make sure they have sex education and access to good but cheap contrasceptives
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20100925T170337Z User_3598 parentin is the issue
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20100925T170340Z KAMerks to Sarah Jean
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20100925T170356Z User_8885 excellent..early childhood
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20100925T170406Z User_3598 12 year old having sex is ok with you ? how about 12 years olds with 50 nyear old men
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20100925T170410Z NOWCastSA hellow 1348, the lunch cups and plates are being recycled ;-)
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20100925T170416Z User_3598 where do you draw the line
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20100925T170450Z ClotheslineSA AmySanchez Radle? I missed it.
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20100925T170450Z ClotheslineSA NOWCAST! YaY!
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20100925T170452Z Aaron @3598 Not what I said at all. Did isay rape? No. The age of consent in Texas is 16.
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20100925T170457Z KAMerks Whoa, where did that come from?
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20100925T170519Z NOWCastSA sorry folks - audio should be improved now
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20100925T170540Z User_3598 sex eduation and allowing kids to decide about swex isnot a good solution
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20100925T170621Z KAMerks What do you propose, then?
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20100925T170625Z User_8885 I'm viewing from home and it sounds and looks great
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20100925T170644Z 3025 sarah jean you can't stop a teen from having sex
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20100925T170647Z KAMerks Some parents do not teach their children about sex at all.
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20100925T170651Z NOWCastSA Thank you 8885 - always good to have the feedback
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20100925T170658Z User_3598 Parenting support for single parents so kids are not alone during the hours they are ore like ly to engaenge in sex
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20100925T170659Z Aaron @3598 What is the solution? Reciting the Bible? If they are welll eduacted, they will make smart decisions.
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20100925T170722Z KAMerks Sex education is necessary today.
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20100925T170730Z User_3598 2:30 p to 6p is whenmost kids get introuble..when mom and dad are at work
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20100925T170733Z 3025 sarah jean agreed kamerks
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20100925T170736Z User_3598 when they are on thier own
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20100925T170755Z NOWCastSA Folks - can you please take a break on the sex talk for a few. Important yes, but other issues need some room here too
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20100925T170759Z KAMerks Those programs already exist
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20100925T170801Z Adrian Perez Yes, housing options in the inner-city
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20100925T170807Z Aaron Stop fearing kids who are alone. Youth are not designed to be troublemakers, its the choices WE give them.
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20100925T170819Z KAMerks Yay! Youth speaking on transit!
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20100925T170834Z User_3598 Looks like they are making good chices based on the current system?
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20100925T170839Z KAMerks Spot on, dude
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20100925T170856Z AmySanchez Nice to hear from our youth at today's forum.
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20100925T170911Z 3025 sarah jean grassroots!!
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20100925T170914Z User_3598 parent support and teaaching parent to be aprents so they can help thier kids make good choices not schools and teachers
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20100925T170941Z Aaron We totally disagree, so let's move on.
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20100925T171020Z KAMerks brownfield redevelopment is def an issue for the city
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20100925T171032Z AmySanchez I would like to see more parking options DT other than Central Parking monopolizing all lots.
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20100925T171047Z User_8885 is this a forum for discussion...why are some of you cutting off others and wanting to redirect the discussion...odd
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20100925T171106Z KAMerks 8885, NowCast equested we brek the sex ed convo for a few to discuss other things
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20100925T171111Z User_3598 8885 right on
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20100925T171129Z User_1348 ban mexican food?
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20100925T171139Z User_5735 brownfield work on forced on this city by the local environmental and eco, social justice coalition. as soon as we moved on , they defunded the initiative
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20100925T171149Z User_3598 how about the obesity issue
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20100925T171157Z Jeff Morales ban the fatburger.
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20100925T171158Z User_3598 related to health issue andosts
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20100925T171208Z KAMerks preventative health care
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20100925T171219Z KAMerks This girl's awesome!
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20100925T171220Z User_8885 amen
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20100925T171225Z User_1348 youth are having kids
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20100925T171227Z User_3598 mandate stron PE classes in schoool
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20100925T171230Z Adrian Perez nice
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20100925T171246Z User_5735 she's right we are still a town, fighting to become a city
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20100925T171250Z Aaron Yes! Disributed funds for schools
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20100925T171307Z Aaron Yes! Distributing school funds!
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20100925T171314Z User_1348 take from Judson school district and pay for SAISD sutff
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20100925T171317Z User_1348 ?
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20100925T171324Z KAMerks and how would we do that?
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20100925T171328Z User_3598 robin hood plan?
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20100925T171331Z User_1348 exactly
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20100925T171341Z User_5735 She is on target on local school districts working to fund the local education.. otherwise we are just doing wishful thinking out loud
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20100925T171346Z User_8885 pass the school bonds
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20100925T171402Z Adrian Perez yes ed = better pay
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20100925T171409Z User_5735 calling it robin hood, shows your mentality of continuing to divide this city
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20100925T171410Z ClotheslineSA workforce education.
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20100925T171413Z Jeff Morales Why should more affluent districts give money to pooer distrcits
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20100925T171415Z bettervideo pass the mustard.
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20100925T171432Z KAMerks I wonder if having one consolidated school district would work for SA
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20100925T171435Z Aaron @jeff Because that would be the right thing to do. THink outside Capitalism
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20100925T171446Z ClotheslineSA The districts combine to form one great city
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20100925T171449Z User_8885 jeff...all children deserve a equal education
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20100925T171453Z User_1348 free rainbows for everyone...e.veryday
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20100925T171455Z Jeff Morales The "right" thing to do? I don't think so.
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20100925T171458Z User_5735 give to other schools districts because that's what all these people are saying we have to do...work together for all
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20100925T171510Z ClotheslineSA SA needs to educated all of our children equally.
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20100925T171517Z Jeff Morales Yes, but all children cannot afford a good education
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20100925T171536Z Jeff Morales Sad but true
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20100925T171547Z Aaron @ jeff Why do some people deserve better education than others? This goes along with your idea on poverty. How do you think Poverty happens?
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20100925T171553Z User_3598 jeff where you go to school?
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20100925T171605Z User_5735 duh, that's what this forum is about, collective agreement for overall improvement
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20100925T171606Z ClotheslineSA Aaron good thinking
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20100925T171609Z Jeff Morales My school days are long past.
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20100925T171609Z User_3598 was it the school or was it you?
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20100925T171625Z KAMerks i agree with this guy.
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20100925T171633Z Adrian Perez yup
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20100925T171659Z User_3598 was it school or was it you
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20100925T171722Z Jeff Morales I actually agree with a unified school distrcit
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20100925T171731Z User_5735 vocational training is a top priority for northside district even though it sho
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20100925T171736Z KAMerks I wish our society valued vocational skill as much as it does intellect
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20100925T171743Z 3025 sarah jean vocational training in public schools yes..get certified to have jobs when u get out of high school
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20100925T171744Z User_3598 I went to Holmes whenit was three round buildings
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20100925T171748Z User_1348 buy toyota
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20100925T171801Z KAMerks Where would the intellects in S. TX be without HVAC?
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20100925T171813Z ClotheslineSA CEO working on Saturday? All the time!
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20100925T171821Z Adrian Perez That's on the list, but way down
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20100925T171825Z User_8885 jeff - brown vs board of education,
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20100925T171853Z User_1348 it was a zoo on the VIA bus the othe day
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20100925T171854Z User_5735 not everyone goes to college..many have successful vocational cr
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20100925T171855Z User_8885 well said
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20100925T171857Z bexarkat reform the SAZOO! 3 animals died in 6wks and more sick
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20100925T171859Z Jeff Morales What about it?
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20100925T171912Z Aaron True, SA Zoo is real bad
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20100925T171925Z User_1348 make a Fiesta in San Antonio every month
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20100925T171928Z User_1348 lol
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20100925T171934Z ClotheslineSA Solar panels on mass transit. On it.
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20100925T171943Z KAMerks Ahhh that would be great
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20100925T171952Z User_1348 free solor panels for every house...lol
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20100925T171956Z Aaron @ ClotheslineSA Very difficult and not all that usefull
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20100925T171958Z User_8885 unconstitutional not to provide equal eeducation to all kids
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20100925T172005Z User_5735 we already have a fiesta every weekend.. and plenty of alcohol prom
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20100925T172016Z KAMerks Solar panels at home would make a lot of difference
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20100925T172021Z Aaron @8885 Agree!
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20100925T172029Z bexarkat there is a vendor in MI that has solar monorail w
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20100925T172100Z KAMerks On with my day... thanks for participating, all!
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20100925T172106Z User_1348 build a 2nd airport at Port of San Antonio
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20100925T172133Z User_1348 or at stinson
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20100925T172135Z User_3230 we are working on the airport expansion now
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20100925T172135Z User_8885 great idea about port sa
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20100925T172144Z Adrian Perez Airport is important
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20100925T172145Z bexarkat how about a real train system
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20100925T172156Z Adrian Perez Yup
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20100925T172201Z Adrian Perez consolidation
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20100925T172212Z bexarkat woot! consolidation of 27 school districts
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20100925T172212Z NOWCastSA To all watching online - Mayor Castro asked about the online community numbers - you rocks!
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20100925T172216Z Aaron Wow! Didn't expect that cheer!
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20100925T172221Z User_1348 extend the riverwalk to the Airport and take river barges
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20100925T172222Z Aaron YEAH! SEXED
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20100925T172234Z User_8885 if you think districts are bad now, check out what happens in consolidated school districts Miamai Dade, Chicago consolidated
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20100925T172254Z User_3230 we need to be the leader in recognizing PRE-KINDER, it starts in school with 4 year olds!
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20100925T172300Z User_5735 consolidation of school district will never be allowed by the haves..it
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20100925T172300Z Adrian Perez yes
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20100925T172327Z User_9940 Re: Airport... At the very least,, get some organization with the rental car lots and agencies.
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20100925T172328Z bettervideo consolidation shifts power away from communities to educate their own.
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20100925T172348Z User_2504 is there embedding code to share webcast?
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20100925T172355Z User_5735 operative word... their owns
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20100925T172404Z User_3230 where are the leaders of the city? empty chairs behind the podium?
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20100925T172411Z Aaron @bettervideo So, best thing is let communities break away from state codes, etc?
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20100925T172411Z User_1348 Alamodome
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20100925T172414Z Adrian Perez education, transportation, jobs
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20100925T172432Z AmySanchez @9940 YES! We should have a centralized rental car area!
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20100925T172444Z User_5735 dont you love the empty chairs? that's par for the cours
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20100925T172446Z User_1348 smaller less gov't
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20100925T172455Z NOWCastSA 2504 - if you email news@nowcastsa.org I can send embed code
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20100925T172456Z bettervideo in my opinion: Yes!
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20100925T172509Z Aaron I agree
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20100925T172516Z NOWCastSA sorry - I don't see the embed code button on this player - my bad
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20100925T172523Z User_3710 Theme: embrace a culture of health - personal, environmental, economic
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20100925T172540Z User_1348 unrealistic themes for 10 years
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20100925T172606Z Adrian Perez nah, just right. agressive but just right
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20100925T172614Z User_3598 higsh spped rail from dallas to harlingen
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20100925T172614Z NOWCastSA Just so you folks know, we just went over 2,000 comments here (not counting Twitter)
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20100925T172617Z User_3230 yes, early preschool - prekinder is not recognized by the state as a grade!
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20100925T172618Z Aaron @1348 Need big grand plans, ans themes for the future, then we can have conversations about what we can do about them in 10 yrs
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20100925T172627Z bettervideo ...and monorail!
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20100925T172701Z NOWCastSA with 60 or so people online at any moment, I think total online traffic will be in the hundres
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20100925T172713Z bexarkat you could consolidate the administration and decentralize oversight of actual educaiton
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20100925T172713Z NOWCastSA make that hunDreds
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20100925T172715Z User_3598 I am in washingtonstate!
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20100925T172736Z User_6953 mass transit systems anyone?
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20100925T172743Z NOWCastSA yay Washington, Mass, Colorado - any other states?
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20100925T172821Z User_3710 Themes are SUPPOSED to be broad -- then we set specific, achievable objectives to complete within the 10 years
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20100925T172847Z User_9940 Promote and emphasize the musicians and music of SA. The Main Plaza shows are a great start.
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20100925T172915Z Adrian Perez Yes! Promote local arts
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20100925T172918Z @MySAWS Sustainable! Yay!
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20100925T172934Z 3025 sarah jean yes!!
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20100925T172939Z Aaron What is he the CEO of?
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20100925T172943Z User_3710 Hurray for sustainability!
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20100925T173030Z bexarkat courage and political will
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20100925T173032Z User_3598 why is SA not a hub city for airlines!!!
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20100925T173048Z User_3598 only Dallas and houston?
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20100925T173059Z Adrian Perez What?
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20100925T173105Z Adrian Perez displacing?
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20100925T173116Z User_3598 major corporations and the jobs they bring will come here for that oreason
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20100925T173121Z Aaron @ Adrian What are you confsed about?
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20100925T173132Z Adrian Perez how are they displacing anyone
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20100925T173135Z Adrian Perez ?
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20100925T173200Z Aaron Development trends - there are not many afforable condos or apartments downtown. Iwould live there, but can't afford it
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20100925T173208Z HMachado A good number of people think downtown is only for tourists. Silly but true.
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20100925T173211Z User_5682 I am extremely proud of Mayor Julian Castro and his staff!
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20100925T173217Z bexarkat Adrian, how many ppl live, work and hang out downtown - parking expensive, etc.
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20100925T173218Z User_1348 there is only so much space downtown
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20100925T173222Z ClotheslineSA investment in downtown. I'm there
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20100925T173226Z bettervideo HEB HQ is already downtown!
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20100925T173228Z AmySanchez H-E-B is downtown; their corp HQ are. There may not be a store but their HQ is DT.
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20100925T173235Z bexarkat there are lots of empty buildings downtown
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20100925T173235Z User_5735 Yay investment in downtown, but it goes beyond the buildings, it i
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20100925T173244Z Adrian Perez I disagree, there are affordable housing options. hell I live in Monte Vista
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20100925T173247Z ClotheslineSA 5682 I'm proud of this historic event
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20100925T173300Z Aaron I live in Monte Vista too, but that's not relaly downtown
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20100925T173318Z ClotheslineSA Courage to DO what we SAY we will do. got it
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20100925T173322Z User_3710 have they talked about making S.A. an active community? (more walking/biking trails, more parks with amenities and programs), sidewalks, etc
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20100925T173333Z Adrian Perez lol okay, i consider it a wider circle
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20100925T173342Z Aaron @3710 yes, with an emphasis on sustainability
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20100925T173346Z Adrian Perez root of my confusion
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20100925T173351Z User_5735 city knocks down historic homes without any recourse/accountability
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20100925T173353Z AmySanchez @3710yes; they've spoken of it in detail.
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20100925T173401Z User_1348 no more mexican food
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20100925T173410Z User_3598 young prfessionals want o live downtonuntil thyehave kids
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20100925T173417Z ClotheslineSA diabetes. education, prevention, cure.
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20100925T173431Z Aaron Hey! The guy from Urban 15
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20100925T173437Z bettervideo Did he say elepants are in the room?
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20100925T173438Z User_5735 Monte Vista is not "affordable" to many who need true affordability
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20100925T173439Z User_5682 also, to all who said that Mayor Castro had left back to his house, they just showed him in the room!
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20100925T173439Z User_3598 young professionals will live downtown unitl thye have kids
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20100925T173443Z User_3710 prevention of diabetes starts with active living and healthy eating -- let's not only focus on the treatment of this disease after people are already sick
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20100925T173507Z JoeRuiz @1348 Or a healthier kind of Mexican food. http://is.gd/fsKkP (Story from Seattle Times of a healthier Mexican food restaurant)
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20100925T173516Z bexarkat yes! stop privatizing our public resources
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20100925T173521Z User_3598 young professionals will live downtown until thye have kids
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20100925T173555Z User_3598 then it si soff to the suburbs for better schoools
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20100925T173556Z User_1348 quite too grand
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20100925T173620Z User_3598 Chicago is a good example
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20100925T173630Z Aaron No, if you have a mix income downtown, the schools will get better - if you want to continue that system of wealth in schools
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20100925T173630Z User_5682 teen pregnancy is an extremely important issue and the high rates in San Antnio are skyrocketing high! Should definitely be a priority
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20100925T173636Z User_3710 the problem is not the Mexican food but the enormous portions of this food so many people eat. It's all about moderation, not elimination
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20100925T173641Z User_3598 they made affordable innercity homes and condos for young professionals
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20100925T173646Z User_1348 better AV capabilities in the future
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20100925T173648Z User_5735 affordable is defined as 1.5 times 30 percent of disposable income. now
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20100925T173704Z User_3598 then within afew years when they started having kids of school age off they wnent to the usburbs
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20100925T173725Z User_1348 how many took public transportation to this event?
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20100925T173752Z User_5682 1348, who knows! but thatws why we need to work on that!
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20100925T173803Z User_5682 *that's
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20100925T173807Z User_7902 interesting
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20100925T173810Z User_1280 5682 I agree!
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20100925T173812Z Aaron @1348 I understand if you didn't. It could take an hour on a VIA what might take 15 minutes in a car
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20100925T173822Z User_5735 COSA can be challenged to grow a backbone, but no expec
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20100925T173854Z User_1348 is there recycle bins at this event?
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20100925T173857Z Adrian Perez I have to say, this was pretty awesome
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20100925T173904Z bexarkat CoSA can have a backbone if more people with one stand for office
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20100925T173929Z Aaron @1348 Who knows, but its a conversation to make all these issues better.
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20100925T173930Z bettervideo Eliminate styrofoam? Not all foam products are bad.
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20100925T173942Z User_5682 I also don't understand people's negativity on this convrsation. Every input is welcomed, everyone's iinput is important, but for the sake of a better ftre, wh
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20100925T173952Z bexarkat school lunches used to be on washable plates not disposables
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20100925T174010Z User_5682 future, why not be positive to the effort being put forth by our leaders
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20100925T174025Z Aaron @bexarkat Yeah, but some people would say that wastes water. The waste issue is huge, a whole other conversation on its own
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20100925T174051Z User_5735 it may not be negativity, it may be long tetm suffering that has remaine
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20100925T174112Z bettervideo ...and monorail!
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20100925T174124Z Adrian Perez lol
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20100925T174129Z User_5682 long term suffering how?
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20100925T174204Z User_5735 some people are happy with the status quo, other are unrelentin g i
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20100925T174204Z Aaron No more piecemeal design!
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20100925T174221Z User_5682 i see lol
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20100925T174229Z User_5735 unrelenting in bring needs and issues to the forefront
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20100925T174244Z bexarkat @Aaron - true but look at the whole production stream of that styrofoam
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20100925T174245Z bettervideo NowCastSA comes of age with this one! Congrats, guys!
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20100925T174246Z AmySanchez How do WE obtain a committment card?
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20100925T174311Z User_5682 Once again, I HAVE LOVED THIS!
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20100925T174313Z AmySanchez Outstanding job today all!
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20100925T174318Z User_5682 AWESOME JOB SAN ANTONIO!
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20100925T174318Z ClotheslineSA Thank YOU Ben Warner. Well done!
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20100925T174333Z NOWCastSA I will link to online comment card as soon as I find it
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20100925T174343Z User_5735 now more cake and punch gathering.. lets move on to putting ou
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20100925T174349Z JoeRuiz A great event, SA2020 and NOWCastSA.
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20100925T174401Z ClotheslineSA We knew you were still there.
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20100925T174408Z bettervideo Not sure about commitment card, but lots of resources online at http://sa2020.org/
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20100925T174419Z Adrian Perez Four more to go!
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20100925T174420Z User_5735 move on to putting effort where these mouths have been
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20100925T174425Z Adrian Perez This is great
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20100925T174427Z bexarkat would be nice if they waited for next forum to be held after election day
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20100925T174431Z NOWCastSA To all of you online, thank you so much! our team totally hearets you all!
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20100925T174442Z NOWCastSA make that hearts
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20100925T174444Z User_9483 NOWCastSA, thanks for the live-streaming. Great public service! Child-care issues kept me home, U kept me in the loop.
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20100925T174505Z bexarkat yes, props to NOWCastSA for providing community services that are much needed
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20100925T174510Z User_1348 how do we stop ATM thefts?
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20100925T174527Z @MySAWS Nice job NowCastSA!
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20100925T174527Z ClotheslineSA Thank you, Graham, for contributing today.
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20100925T174531Z User_5682 there will be forums after electioion day aswell!
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20100925T174537Z bexarkat 1348: availability of meaningful work
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20100925T174538Z User_5682 *election
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20100925T174604Z User_5682 WE OWN THIS
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20100925T174609Z User_5682 haha love it
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20100925T174611Z MicheleBrown great day!!
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20100925T174611Z ClotheslineSA We own this. we all own it
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20100925T174643Z 3025 sarah jean Darryl Byrd!
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20100925T174705Z ClotheslineSA Hi, Christine at the Saws building
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20100925T174719Z User_5735 Mr. Byrd gave up working on reinvestment efforts to work for high
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20100925T174727Z User_9483 JoeRuiz gets a shout out -- or at least Seattle did. ;-)
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20100925T174729Z ClotheslineSA Go Ben,
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20100925T174738Z Aaron @5735 Explain please
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20100925T174805Z HMachado Thank you, Mayor Castro!
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20100925T174808Z ClotheslineSA Mayor Castro! It all starts with people caring.
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20100925T174833Z User_8885 our mayor rocks
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20100925T174835Z Adrian Perez Way to go Castro! Keep it up!
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20100925T174850Z User_5682 AMAZING!
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20100925T174854Z HeatherDiMasi it's so great so many of you watched and participated!! hugs!!
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20100925T174905Z MicheleBrown Hope to see you all soon!
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20100925T174911Z User_5682 DID not know neary 1000 people were there!
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20100925T174911Z Aaron Don't hug me, I got mono
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20100925T174915Z Isaac H i'm proud to be your intern Mayor Castro!!!
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20100925T174922Z User_5682 hahahaa
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20100925T174927Z User_5682 ISAAAC!
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20100925T174929Z ClotheslineSA NowcastSA, You DID it! Way to go Dave and Heather!
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20100925T174941Z AmySanchez Enjoy the remaineder of your weekend everyone! Bye bye
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20100925T174948Z User_1348 hook em horns
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20100925T174954Z Aaron Thank you NowCast! Keep us upadated
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20100925T174956Z User_1348 go spurs go
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20100925T175006Z User_5682 great job in planning all of this along with the rest of the staff Isaac!
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20100925T175006Z bettervideo It's been real. Adios!
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20100925T175009Z bexarkat lol @Aaron
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20100925T175018Z User_1348 let's see who wins between texans and cowboys
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20100925T175023Z AlamoCityTimes thanks got the last part, let's connect next time @alamocitytimes
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20100925T175054Z User_1348 okay...back to usual in San Antonio
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20100925T175057Z User_5682 Toodles San Antonio! thank you again
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20100925T175109Z Isaac H It was great to be a part of this civic event for our city.
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20100925T175144Z User_1348 now every drives back in their gas cars to the suburbs
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20100925T175150Z Isaac H In Oct is the second public forum. Stay tuned!
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20100925T175416Z User_6510 I missed it
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20100925T180313Z ClotheslineSA gas cars for now. Sounds like we want to change, so I bet we DO!
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20100925T180851Z User_5735 Byrd used to work for Urban Renewal, never fought COSA shutti
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20100925T181044Z User_5735 COSA shut it down, Byrd resigned to work for 1604 developer
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20100925T181157Z User_5735 Byrd's only interest was his pocketbook; cant trust COSA for ur
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20100925T181245Z User_5735 Cant trust COSA in reinvestment work
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20100925T183604Z User_4743 To User 5735 - this forum is about the city not a person. Get on the positive track and focus on the issue at hand.
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20100925T205658Z User_1531 just starting to watch the nowcast. hope i can hear a few things of what we see the future of san antonio being. cant' wait.
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20100926T004629Z User_7432 Go UTSA!
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20100927T015942Z User_9106 just because a building is old
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20100927T220708Z Circlesofsa excited about next 2020 forum
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20100930T233302Z User_8762 impressed so far of what I hear from SA2020
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