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Feb. 16, 2025
Monday Musings #6: How Should We Cover the Mayor’s Race?
I’m starting this week’s Monday Musings with a question for readers, and I hope you’ll share your thoughts. How deeply should our bigcitysmalltown podcast cover the San Antonio mayor’s race? What might seem like a question w…
Feb. 10, 2025
Monday Musings #5: The U.S.-Mexico Relationship in Uncertain Times
Last Monday was Día de la Constitución in Mexico. As my wife Monika Maeckle and I gazed out the window of our northbound bus, entering the country’s Bajio on our way from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende, we passed the UNESCO…
Jan. 20, 2025
Monday Musings #2: San Antonio’s Next Mayor and the City’s Bold Visions
Several readers of my inaugural Monday Musings newsletter circulated last week asked me who I was voting for in the May 3 San Antonio mayor’s race. That’s a premature question since the one-month filing period for candidates only opened …
Jan. 12, 2025
Monday Musings #1: Who Will be San Antonio's Next Mayor?
Welcome to the inaugural Monday Musings newsletter from me, bigcitysmalltown host Bob Rivard. The weekly newsletter will arrive in your email inbox every Monday morning, an offering of comments and perspective on the latest local and regional…
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