Teri Castillo talks budget pain and those Mayor Jones memos
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Teri Castillo talks budget pain and those Mayor Jones memos

B1IntermediateJuly 28, 202645 min

District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo talks with the ENside Politics team about the many hard choices City Council will have to make in next year's budget and what it's like to serve under Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. Suggested reading: Mayor Jones proposes killing Ready to Work to close budget deficit Mayor Jones asks business community to fund nonprofits that rely on city dollars Hundreds of jobs, array of city services could be slashed without property tax hike Sign up here for our ENside Politics...

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Welcome to Inside Politics, our weekly podcast on nine things you need to know about San Antonio politics. I'm your host, Greg Jefferson. I'm joined today by City Hall reporter Molly Smith. Hello. And our special guest, District 5 Councilwoman Terry Castillo.

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Thanks for having me. Councilwoman, welcome. Thanks for having me. So you are near the end of your summer break, right?

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Like you're, you've got the Sunday scaries coming up. You're going back to council soon. I assume you got a lot of rest over the last three or four weeks. Did you? Did you make it out of town?

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