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• February 9, 2021. Urgent Alert! Tell Council, "Don't put this hogwash on the May Ballot!" 
  Be polite and have fun!
   

• January 26, 2021. We won! SAWS just pulled their outrageous lawsuit attempting to stop
  this effort -- turning tail and running! However, they did put out the fabrication that we
  have missed the filing deadline for the May ballot. Not true. Read our quick report, keep
  petitioning and consider our timeline and things you can do to help here.
   

• January 18, 2021, Martin Luther King Day, 11 to 5 pm. Come celebrate Dr. King's Birthday
  and sign the Petition at Hardberger Park, 11 to 5 pm, near the entrances on either side of
  the Park near parking lots and restrooms. Social distancing and masks will be observed
  and this is all outside. Got questions? Call 210.807.7273. See map and more here.
  
  This email was also just sent this morning which includes information about tomorrow's hearing and how you can watch it on YouTube:  
   

• January 14, 2021. Got a better way to spend time on Dr. King's Birthday? Join us to celebrate the right to petition and the right to vote on MLK Day!
   

• January 11, 2021. Big News! Media Steps Up for SAWS Accountability! Thank you, Express-News!
   

• January 5, 2021. SAWS, What SAWS' Trantrum in Court Cost and Who Approved it.
   

• January 4, 2021. Breaking News Release! SAWS Holiday Surprise on Ratepayers -- SEE YOU IN COURT TODAY! 

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• December 31, 2020. SAWS Surprise! Monday Legal Attack on SAWS Accountability Petition! Read all about it here, with special thanks to coverage in the San Antonio Report!
   

• December 15, 2020. We honestly didn't expect it this soon, but landowners in the "donor communities" for Vista Ridge are "suckin' air", as they say in rural Texas. And, while SAWS sucks ratepayer wallets, we have serious obstacles to finishing this petition drive. One of them is the refusal of the City Attorney, Andy Segovia, to simply tell us the filing deadline. But, wait -- we pray for your action:  Read our full message and help, por favor! 
   

• October 28, 2020. The Greater San Antonio Chamber is running scared and funding a BIG dark money campaign to stop our petition. Read our release posted as an update on our online petition at Change.org/LIVSAWSAct. Spread the word and don't let these guys get away with it. We'll have more to tell you real soon! Meanwhile, we need lots more volunteers. Go to our contact page or give us a call, y'all!

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• October 12, 2020. Congratulations to all those who participated in Indigenous People's Day! Special thanks to Antonio Diaz and the Bexar County Greens for inviting us. See you at the polls, San Antonio! To find our petition teams, call 210.807.7273.
   

• October 8, 2020. Ready for the BIG PUSH!? Hundreds of thousands of voters will be flooding the early polls Oct. 13-30. We need your help waving signs to get folks to sign our petitions on the way out. More here.
   

• October 1, 2020. Join us at our curbside/drive thru petition effort THIS coming Saturday, Oct. 3, 11-3 pm, SAWS parking lot, 2800 US 281, SA, TX. More here.
   

• September 15, 2020. San Antonio Report's Rick Casey article, "Politics of Grievance? No, water off our backs."
   

• September 8, 2020. News alert from LIV (League of independent Voters, one of our endorsers). Enjoy, we guess: Homegrown Petitions IS News, NOT news is SAWS' Nose Grows on Vista Ridge...Again!
   

• August 24, 2020. The highly qualified, Robert Potts, pulls his name from consideration as a SAWS Trustee: https://sanantonioreport.org/water-conservation-expert-withdraws-from-saws-board-consideration/ 
   

• August 21, 2020. This is a humdinger from the San Antonio Report. Please note this issue will come up again likely at the next Council meeting:  Racial Tensions at Play as Split Council Vote Keeps Conservationist off SAWS Board.
   

• August 19, 2020. You might enjoy these two articles in the San Antonio Report today:
   

Texas Organizing Project Joins Petition Campaign Against SAWS.

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This is not a time for the SAWS Board to Maintain the Status Quo, by Jim Smyle

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                           August 19, 2010

 

TOP Endorses SAWS Accountability Act!

 

San Antonio, Texas: The SAWS Act PAC, which leads the petition effort for a public vote for the SAWS Accountability Act, issued the following statement about Texas Organizing Project’s endorsement announcement of the SAWS Accountability Act.

 

TOP’s endorsement can be found here.

 

Alice Canestaro-Garcia, active in TOP’s climate justice campaign said, “Taking on a billion dollar agency – SAWS – that has become a loyal cash cow for developer interests requires all communities to come together, so we welcome TOP’s endorsement. TOP’s values are the communities’ values, Agua Es Vida.” Alice also serves as the co-treasurer for SAWS Act PAC 

 

Reinette King, a spokesperson for SAWS Act PAC said, “We are excited TOP has endorsed the SAWS Accountability Act and the petition. In the midst of a very partisan election, we are conservatives and progressives working together in unity for one thing:  transparency at SAWS for 1.8 million rate payers.”

 

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For more information, call Reinette King at 210-241-2683 or email her at reinette3@gmail.com.

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