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From KSAT:

“Many of our families are experiencing layoffs from their jobs. And families are being squeezed with cuts to SNAP and Medicaid. And here you are proposing a venue tax for yet another arena?" said Debra Garrett, a COPS/Metro leader with Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, who urged the county to spend money on raising county wages, affordable housing and infrastructure.

From San Antonio Report:

COPS/Metro leader Arturo Rodriguez said that money could be better spent, “in ways that could lift up the residents of Bexar County.” He said sports venues are not a good use of public dollars and called for more public input and discussion.

“One of the reasons that San Antonio and our Bexar County is so poor is because too often we have given our money away to people who have plenty of it,”

Rodriguez said. “We’re tired of this saying, ‘build it and they will come.’”

[Photo Credit: Robin Jerstad, San Antonio Express-News]

County Favors Tax Revenue Increase for Coliseum and Spurs Arena.  Voters Could Decide in November, San Antonio Report [pdf]

Bexar County Tax Hike Could Send $175 Million Toward Spurs Arena...Spurs Contribution Still Unknown, KSAT [pdf]

County Moves Forward with Arena Plan, Despite Lack of Spurs Details, San Antonio Express-News [pdf]

Silence Marking Advisory Group for East Side, San Antonio Express-News [pdf]

COPS/Metro City-Wide Accountability Session Prioritizes People Over Projects, West/Southwest IAF