That's why we have to run faster than the pack in order to close the gap and get ahead -- or be relegated to this (lower-tier) category indefinitely, ... If what we want to do is build the future, create better jobs, raise incomes and create opportunities for our children, staying in the lower category is not good enough. -Henry Cisneros

 

That's why we have to run faster than the pack in order to close the gap and get ahead -- or be relegated to this (lower-tier) category indefinitely, ... If what we want to do is build the future, create better jobs, raise incomes and create opportunities for our children, staying in the lower category is not good enough.


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One thing that the studies make very clear, ... is that the other cities who are already ahead of us are not standing still.

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You could argue that an N.F.L. team is less important now. But I'd like to think it would still be an asset, that it's still a positive for an up-and-coming city.

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I don't think we have any time to waste.

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It's like our moment has arrived. San Antonio seems to have hit the big leagues.

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This is not a critique, ... but just a recognition that as strong as we think our biotechnology and research sector is, we've got a long way to go — and other cities are not standing still.

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