Your straps are showing: A sneak peek at how the city's PR folks keep it together
Why, it's worth asking, does a democratically elected government need
spinmeisters?
It's a question the Current poses in light of this Friday's City of San
Antonio Media Open House, where our government will introduce us to the
new Public Information Team (aka the people who have to call other
people before they call you back and relay a message, upping the
chances that something will be lost in translation). Refreshments will
be served, so rest assured it's a line item somewhere.
Meanwhile, courtesy of an open-records request regarding archeological
finds at the Main Plaza construction site, here's what one PR head is
up to when she's not interfacing with those bothersome journalists.