Bexar County

Bexar County voters will vote on two propositions that would send new venue tax revenues to the new San Antonio Spurs arena and improvements to the venue complex surrounding the Frost Bank Center.

There is a backlog of 34,000 Bexar County voters waiting to be registered.

The sheriff also wants to add a helicopter to fight crime.

Policy protects sensitive county data.

The county property tax rate appears likely to remain the same as last year's

He said sophisticated rings of criminals surveil banks and high-end shopping centers in the area and target people who appear to have a large amount of cash on them. They then trail those targeted victims to their homes, where there are fewer witnesses to see what happens next.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said while the county cannot match the City of San Antonio's density of patrol officers, added patrols are necessary in outlying areas because, he said, there has been a displacement of crime out of the city and into the county.

Violators of the burn ban can be fined up to $500.

Commissioners are working to keep the property tax rate the same at nearly 30-cents per $100 valuation to fund next year's nearly $3 billion spending plan.

The first Temple Beth-el was built downtown in 1874 and had 44 chartered member families