“I’ve inherited a system that has done things a certain way,” Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai said in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday, which marked his 100th day in office. “They’re having difficulty looking at things in a new way.”
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai is presented with a wooden box from Harlandale ISD elementary students during an event highlighting his first 100 days in office.After decades as a county employee, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai had plenty of time to think about how he’d run things differently.
After spending his first months on the job listening and observing, Commissioners Court took an early step toward Sakai’s vision for modernization in March when its members unanimously approvedThe move called for County Manager David Smith, whose job was created by former Judge Nelson Wolff, to present explanations for the way every county department conducts business.
“We’ve got people that have apparently thought they were awarded money, and it turns out we have no documentation, so the procurement process is something I’m trying to unravel,” said Sakai, who suggested an outside consultant might have to be brought in. The students peppered him with tough questions like: how old he was when he first became a judge ; and how many problems had he solved since taking office? falling at the state Capitol several weeksHe was in Austin asking the state to help the county fund mental health beds to help move mentally ill inmates out of the jail. That money once seemed within reach but lately looks less likely to happen, Sakai said Tuesday.
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