Are voters in danger of 'bait and switch' on the East Side?
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Are voters in danger of 'bait and switch' on the East Side?

B1IntermediateJuly 7, 202633 min

The head of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is warning that a conceptual development plan for the East Side could collide with his organization's expansion — and that tax dollars voters OK'd for the rodeo's designs could wind up paying for some of those clashing projects. Reporter Madison Iszler and host Greg Jefferson discuss. Suggested reading: Rodeo says East Side development plan clashes with expansion Housing, hotels or horses? A fight brews over Frost Bank Center land. Voters approve plan to renovate Frost Bank Center, expand rodeo events ...

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Welcome to Inside Politics, our weekly podcast on three to six things you need to know about San Antonio politics. I'm your host, Greg Jefferson. I'm joined today by rodeo and metaphysics reporter, Madison Isler. Madison, welcome. Thank you. How's it going? So you're our rodeo reporter and the rodeo is upset. The rodeo is very upset. What is Cody Davenport,

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CEO of San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, so honked off about. So the Rodeo pitched a massive expansion to voters last year in the lead up to Proposition A, which was on the ballot. When Judge Sakai and other officials learned that the Spurs were in discussions about leaving, they had to figure out what do we do? What do we do to prevent the Frostbank Center from

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becoming the Astrodome was the comparison that Judge Sakai made? What's going to happen to the grounds when our marquee tenant leaves. The rodeo came forward with a plan to expand. Right now, they run shows for about two weeks every year in February. But other than that, they're pretty limited with what they can do with the grounds and their access to the grounds. And so Cody pitched

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