The city moves toward “Zero Based Budgeting”

This week On The Record, host Randy Beamer talks with District 10 City Council Rep Marc Whyte about the city staff approval for “Zero Budget Balancing”, which he championed. Find out what it means for the city and why he says it will work better than the current budgeting. Next, Dr. Jennifer Sharpe Potter, vice president for research at UT Health San Antonio and founding director of its Be Well Institute on Substance Use and Related Disorders, discusses the dangers of fentanyl- what you need to know about where this deadly drug is being found these days. On Reporter’s Roundtable, Economic Reporter Ramzi Ghalioum with the San Antonio Business Journal, details what the conflict is about regarding the city’s development plans around the Toyota plant on the city’s southside.  On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or online via the PBS app and on our Facebook page.  Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/ Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.