frequently absent from the office<\/a> during business hours and had failed to identify and address that his second-in-command was targeting and mistreating employees. <\/p>\nThe PIP noted that Wilson was unavailable to employees seeking to address concerns in the workplace.<\/p>\n
Wilson pushed back on the PIP, saying it contained \u201cfactual mischaracterizations.\u201d He instead suggested to county leaders that he develop a department action plan.<\/p>\n
Wilson pointed out that he almost immediately elevated concerns about Taguacta to the county\u2019s ombudsman, a staff member who investigates workplace conflicts and makes recommendations on how to move forward.<\/p>\n
Keith Wilson speaks with KSAT’s Dillon Collier. (KSAT)<\/p>\n
In early December, Wilson submitted the action plan along with a written grievance, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.<\/p>\n
One week later, Wilson was placed on paid administrative leave. <\/p>\n
The county brought in an outside law firm to further investigate workplace allegations against Wilson.<\/p>\n
This month, county officials released a five-page summary of the investigation, which determined six of the eight allegations against Wilson were substantiated.<\/p>\n
Among the substantiated findings: Wilson sent confidential county employee records to a third party without authorization or a valid legal basis and was insubordinate while challenging the validity of the October PIP.<\/p>\n
Wilson told KSAT he included his personal attorney when emailing his grievance, which included attachments of the ombudsman\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n
Wilson contends the Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s civil division chief transmitted the same attachments as part of the email thread. <\/p>\n
The investigative summary states Wilson\u2019s demeanor \u201cwas overly aggressive and confrontational.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson was also flagged for having inappropriate physical contact with a fellow employee while appearing visibly intoxicated during a county event.<\/p>\n
In an interview with KSAT Investigates, Wilson said the incident happened early in his tenure and that he was in a dating relationship with the woman at the time.<\/p>\n
Wilson, who described the encounter as him and the woman having their arms around each other in an embrace, said he and County Manager David Smith had already discussed the incident. Wilson said he was surprised the moment was included in an employment review conducted more than three years later.<\/p>\n
An analysis of Wilson\u2019s county-issued cellphone revealed he had used it for personal purposes and that the device contained metadata associated with a sexually explicit website.<\/p>\n
Wilson denied ever using the phone to look up sexually explicit content.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I did something, I\u2019d be the first one to say, \u2018Yep, I messed that up,\u2019 and I\u2019d kind of fade off into the sunset,\u201d said Wilson.<\/p>\n
The investigation also determined Wilson violated his administrative leave by meeting with a community partner and discussing county business.<\/p>\n
Wilson told KSAT he attended a meeting for a group he worked with prior to being hired as MVSD director. During the appearance, Wilson said he clearly communicated that he was there as a community member and could not speak on behalf of Bexar County. <\/p>\n
A separate substantiated allegation claimed that Wilson had a lack of on-site presence and departmental oversight.<\/p>\n
Wilson’s job duties included him being required to establish partnerships and develop relationships with outside agencies. (KSAT)<\/p>\n
Wilson pointed out that one of his primary listed job duties was to go out into the community and expand MVSD\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t spend a lot of time in my office. I have grown our department from two locations to 10 locations spread across the county,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cIt would be like telling a battalion commander or a brigade commander in the Army, whose forces are geographically dispersed across a battlefield, that he\u2019s got to sit in his command post the entire time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under Keith Wilson’s leadership, the Bexar County Military and Veterans Services Department expanded from two locations to 10. (KSAT)<\/p>\n
Wilson\u2019s sister, Stacy Stracener, echoed that sentiment while addressing commissioners on March 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nature of his job and the literal job description requires him to be out in the community, meeting with community leaders, veteran organizations and partner agencies across the county,\u201d said Stracener, while questioning the validity of the county\u2019s probe. \u201cWho determined that oversight was not provided without speaking to Keith or his team?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t speak more highly of it,\u201d an emotional Wilson told KSAT when asked about his sister\u2019s remarks at Bexar County Commissioners Court.<\/p>\n
Two other allegations \u2014 that Wilson was unresponsive to communications and that he used his position to interfere with county operations \u2014 were found to be unsubstantiated. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe kept people in their homes, and we kept the lights on and the water running,\u201d said Wilson, who pointed out the department increased its number of peer support groups and community partnerships while he was in charge of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw first hand every day the impact we had in our community,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cI fear that all this turbulence and all this shakeup is going to cause some of those things to get lost.\u201d <\/p>\n
Documents in support of Wilson include a letter authored by leadership of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince Mr. Wilson\u2019s appointment, the South Texas Veterans Health Care System has experienced a marked strengthening of partnership with Bexar County. Under his leadership, our teams have engaged in regular and productive collaboration \u2014 something that had not been routine in prior years. Mr. Wilson has worked closely with community committees, revitalizing discussions around Veteran needs, service gaps, and opportunities to improve care throughout our region. For these reasons and many more, we offer our full and unreserved endorsement of Keith Wilson. His integrity, leadership, and commitment make him an invaluable partner to the South Texas Veterans Health Care System and to the broader Veteran community.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Texas Veterans Health Care System Chief of Staff Dr. Heather Yun and Executive Director Dr. Julianne Flynn<\/p>\n
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and County Manager David Smith declined a request from KSAT Investigates to be interviewed about Wilson\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n
Wilson is contesting his termination and has filed two charges against the county with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.<\/p>\n
Read more reporting on the KSAT Investigates page<\/a>.<\/p>\nCopyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Fired Bexar County Military and Veterans Services Director Keith Wilson said county commissioners used a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[698,7269,12940,4041,4976,3025,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-270126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bexar-county","tag-bexar-county-commissioners-court","tag-bexar-county-district-attorneys-office","tag-grant-moody","tag-ksat-investigates","tag-peter-sakai","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}