Show me the “other services” to cut

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District 9 Councilman Kevin Wolff, who’d called for a 1-cent reduction to the rate, dismissed the argument that a tax cut could affect the city’s basic services.
“It angers me when I hear that argument, and it angers the people I represent,” Wolff said.
The proposed budget for the general fund, he noted, allocates […]

The “visitor” tax

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The committees were given a heads-up by consultant Michael Sculley that the venue tax would now be referred to as the “visitor tax” to remind local voters that tourists, not residents, will pay it.

“Visitor tax,” you gotta love it. People in San Antonio figure it’s okay to tax people for infrastructure as […]

The ends justify the means

Had I met Diane Cibrian before she started her campaign for District 8, I think I would have admired her and maybe even liked her.
She exposed the sexual harassment of the former VIA Chairman Arturo Sanchez. During the court case she (naturally) had to endure claims by Sanchez’s lawyers that she sought out his attention. […]