The sound, the fury, the arena vote that's not happening
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The sound, the fury, the arena vote that's not happening

B1IntermediateAugust 18, 202642 min
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  • Politics

District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez talks with the ENside Politics team about why she wants to ask San Antonio voters in November to reauthorize Pre-K 4 SA for another 20 years. Suggested reading: Mayor Jones again calls for city vote on Spurs arena funding Mayor Jones urges residents to tell City Council to order arena funding election Mayor Jones' push for vote on city's contribution to Spurs arena fails Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/<...

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Welcome to Inside Politics, our weekly podcast on 489 million things you need to know about San Antonio politics. I'm your host, Greg Jefferson. I'm joined today by City Hall reporters, Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith.

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Hello. Hi. Hey, how's it going? Now, so the city is facing a $158 million budget deficit over the next two years, City

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Council and the next month is going to have to agree on a set of substantial budget cuts. They'll have to decide whether to support a property tax rate increase. So it seems like the perfect time to talk about the Spurs Arena vote that will not happen in November.

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