Another one of those silly quality of life issues that no one wants to pay for:
MySA.com: City Council

Ranking near the bottom among Texas’ six largest cities in the amount of per-capita funding it receives, San Antonio’s library system is in dire straits, with $17 million worth of maintenance needs it can’t afford, the City Council [...]

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Politicians can look beyond the next election.
MySA.com: Metro | State
AUSTIN — A bill designed to avoid bitter partisan battles over congressional redistricting, such as Texas witnessed in 2003, was given tentative approval, 21-9, by the Senate on Monday.
One more vote will send the measure to the House, where similar legislation died two years ago.
Senate Bill [...]

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So two Republicans have introduced legislation that would allow the formation of a library district that could be funded by a sales or property tax and Roddy Stinson doesn’t like it.
MySA.com: Roddy Stinson
“If voters want to have financial support for the library system, they can vote for it. If not, they can vote against it [...]

Posted in HJR 88, Jeff Wentworth, Joe Straus, Roddy Stinson, SJR 34, San Antonio, accountability, community development, disabled homeowners, libraries, library districts, public spending, senior homeowners, slash and burn republicans, tax and spend 1 Comment »