Think City Hall fight over affordability ended with tax hike? Nope.
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Think City Hall fight over affordability ended with tax hike? Nope.

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202639 min
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Political consultant Andrew Solano talks with the ENside Politics team about the coming fight at City Council over whether to once again raise San Antonio's tax rate to underwrite a big bond package. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones says no — but it's complicated. Suggested reading: City staff proposes $442 million bond to avoid property tax hike, but some council members eye $1 billion San Antonio leaders weigh stormwater fee hike to pay for flood projects Who wants San Antonio bond money? City, nonprofits, developers seek $5.8B Sign up here for ou...

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Welcome to Inside Politics, our weekly podcast on a small handful of things you need to know about San Antonio politics. I'm Greg Jefferson, your host. I'm joined today by City Hall reporter Molly Smith. Well, hello. And our very special guest, San Antonio political consultant Andrew Solano. Yes, welcome. Okay. So the theme of this week's episode is affordability. So let's

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Let's look back, by now it's like four weeks since City Council, a fractured City Council, approved the first property tax rate increase in more than 30 years. Two days from now, this being right around 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, in two days City Council is likely, I think, correct me if I'm wrong, likely to approve a rate increase

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for the San Antonio Water System. in a period where everybody is reeling from inflation, the higher food and gas costs, and now their tax bills are going up

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