This week in our Just This podcast, Rivard Report Editor-in-Chief Beth Frerking and former San Antonio news columnist Rick Casey discuss the latest skirmish in an ongoing war between City Hall and the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association. This round, the union is working to place propositions on the ballot that would give voters the right to consider capping the city manager’s tenure and salary; negotiate contracts through binding arbitration (if other avenues fail); and to make it easier to have citizen-led referendums that could impact City finances. City officials, including Mayor Ron Nirenberg, have drawn hard lines against the effort led by firefighters’ union chief Chris Steele.

City Hall vs. San Antonio Firefighters Union

A weekly conversation about the people and stories shaping San Antonio. Hosted by Rivard Report Editor in Chief Beth Frerking along with longtime columnist and newsman Rick Casey. Expect the show weekly every Friday and never over 20 minutes long.

News & Politics

Like chapters of a book, each episode of the “San Antonio Storybook” will tell a different tale about the city we call home. The stories likely are ones you haven’t heard before – narratives about the lives of the people behind the headlines, the sounds you hear, and the places you see as you drive around San Antonio.   Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts

Premiering March 4th: San Antonio Storybook

“Finding Medina” weaves together the events surrounding the Battle of Medina with the modern-day search for the battlefield itself. Despite being the largest, bloodiest battle in Texas history, the Medina battlefield has eluded archaeologists for more than a century. By the end of this podcast series, we hope to change that.   Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Premiering March 4th: Finding Medina

We may have been naive to be surprised that a San Antonio resort named La Cantera would be sued in 2018 for enforcing an "English-only" policy among Latino employees, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week filed just that lawsuit. Helping us understand the lawsuit and the procedures the EEOC goes through before filing such a lawsuit is veteran San Antonio employment attorney Chris Pittard, whose background includes four years as an EEOC lawyer. We also have a special announcement following our conversation.

El Problema Con La Cantera

What did you do on summer vacation? Some San Antonio high school students from the International School of the Americas magnet program spent it diving deep into the horrors of the Holocaust. Rick Casey talks to two of them, Sofia Fortuno and Claire Ferrell.  

City Hall vs. San Antonio Firefighters Union

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