The San Antonio City Council was bickering over the veteran housing proposal.
The real issue is finding ourselves having to encourage or even reward landlords, businesses and others to do what they should be doing in the first place.
Re: “Council mulls property tax hike,” Front Page, May 8:
In the paper was a very concise article about how the city of San Antonio is in a major budget crisis and may have to raise property taxes and even cut some programs, and I assume defer various infrastructure repairs or updates.
Right below it was an article about how the City Council voted to give away $6 million to manage construction and infrastructure upgrades as part of Project Marvel, and an additional $350,000 to study the cost of providing traffic, security and emergency services.
Several studies should have been done before Project Marvel was even considered.
So are we serious about tightening our belts, or do we only cut back on what affects the common San Antonio resident? Or are we more interested in giving away more city money to benefit the millionaire investors who want to build their new playground?
It’s typical for City Council to consider a property tax hike and San Antonio Water System to soon request a significant rate hike while both the city of San Antonio and Bexar County pour hundreds of millions of our tax dollars into the new Spurs arena, Mission ballpark and consultants.
At least we know their priorities.
They ignore old gas pipes and water pipes, sidewalks that need repair and other infrastructure that needs maintenance. It’s much more important that wealthy private sports team owners secure their finances.
Al Pohovich, Braun Station West
Seeing the centerpiece photos of Spurs Victor Wembanyama getting tackled, it looks like this is the year they should start playing in full pads.