Phil Hardberger
Phil Hardberger
Phillip Duane "Phil" Hardbergeris a former mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He took office in June 2005. He is a Democrat; however, as with all mayoral, city council, and school board positions in Texas, Hardberger was elected on a non-partisan ballot...
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No one told these fans to cheer for the Saints, ... They chose to do it, and I'm proud.
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Let Project Quest get back to work and train the citizens of San Antonio.
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Whatever we need to do, we're going to do, ... We're not going to wait for federal dollars to come in, we're going to write whatever checks that need to be written right now.
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This year's general-fund revenue, paid for by property-tax revenues, fines, fees and City Public Service income is $728 million. Last year was $620 million, which is (about) a 17 percent increase over last year. Phil's not doing anything different than what the rest of them (former mayors) do. That money comes from taxpayers' pockets.
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Financial services may soon be the largest industry in San Antonio,
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The basic framework of this deal is (the Saints) make the city whole, and they get to keep the revenue,
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It's always possible. It's a tough business and certainly that's not unknown that they leverage one city against the other. I don't believe so myself. I think they have some serious interest in San Antonio. But perhaps I'm of a trusting nature.
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We're not going to wait for federal dollars to arrive, ... We're going to go ahead and write whatever checks need to be written right now to take care of these people and let them know that people in San Antonio love them.
This is not going to be costing us a cent, and we will be getting a big return,
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I think it is legitimate to assume we're not talking about next week they're going to go home, ... The city of New Orleans is effectively closed.
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If (Tagliabue) was here today, he could not help but be impressed, ... I don't know if he would change his mind (about calling San Antonio a small market), but I think he would be impressed.
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We are going to pay more than we ever have for a city manager, but we have a lot more San Antonio than we've ever had, too,
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or at least give us the money to do it.
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I probably would rather be known for leaving a major park system in San Antonio,