Councilman Marc Whyte makes case against San Antonio property tax hike
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Councilman Marc Whyte makes case against San Antonio property tax hike

B1IntermediateSeptember 9, 202642 min

District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte talks with the ENside Politics team about cuts he wants to see to the city budget to avoid a property tax increase and why he's OK diverting tax revenue from the general fund. Suggested reading: 'Unacceptable': San Antonio nonprofits rally against proposed $5.1M cut to city grants In controversial vote, board approves millions for Spurs arena land purchase Longtime SAPD lawman Jesse Salame is City Manager Erik Walsh’s pick for police chief Sign up here for our ENside Politics ne...

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Hello and welcome to Inside Politics, your weekly podcast on everything you need to know about San Antonio politics. I'm City Hall reporter Megan Rodriguez and today I am joined by my fellow City Hall reporter Molly Smith. Hello. And our guest today is District 10 Councilman Mark White. Thank you so much for being with us. Thanks for having me. So we're

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talking with you just over a week before the City Council votes on quite a few actually really monumental items with the new police chief, with the police union contract, and coming up this week, and then next week coming up with the actual budget

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for fiscal year 2027, which starts on October 1st. So I think I wanted to start off with the property tax rate increase that could come with that and the budget item.

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