Taking lessons from the Spurs

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by TechDigger

MySA.com: KENS 5: Sports

Hickey confirmed UTSA would ask for $50 million from the county to help fund an on-campus athletics complex.
UTSA is expected to deliver the message at her presentation to a county athletics facilities committee hearing Sept. 25.
The UTSA athletics complex is planned as a facility to be shared by the university and the [...]

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The “visitor” tax

Posted on August 6th, 2007 by TechDigger

MySA.com: Metro | State

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 [...]

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