COPS/Metro celebrates 50 years of advocacy, unveils new decade-long strategy
Read full article: COPS/Metro celebrates 50 years of advocacy, unveils new decade-long strategyMore than 2,000 people gathered at the Henry B. González Convention Center for the announcement of the organization’s initiative, “Public Money for Public Good.”
Spurs arena plan opponents call foul on Prop B town halls, file ethics complaint
Read full article: Spurs arena plan opponents call foul on Prop B town halls, file ethics complaintProposition B opponents have filed an ethics complaint with the City of San Antonio, alleging some city council members have used town hall-style meetings to push a pro-Spurs arena viewpoint ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
Game time for Prop B; voting on downtown Spurs arena funding starts Monday
Read full article: Game time for Prop B; voting on downtown Spurs arena funding starts MondayProposition B will ask whether to use the county’s existing venue tax on hotel stays and short-term car rentals to help fund up to $311 million of a new arena’s construction. It would also raise the hotel tax of the tax from 1.75% to 2%. The short-term car rental tax would stay flat at 5%.
San Antonio group rallies against Bexar County tourist tax funding for Spurs arena
Read full article: San Antonio group rallies against Bexar County tourist tax funding for Spurs arenaCOPS/Metro gathered on the steps of City Hall on Friday to protest Proposition B, a measure that would allocate Bexar County dollars to help pay for a new Spurs arena if voters approve it in the Nov. 4 election.
WATCH: COPS/Metro hosts press conference in opposition to Proposition B on November ballot
Read full article: WATCH: COPS/Metro hosts press conference in opposition to Proposition B on November ballotThe nonprofit organization COPS/Metro hosted a press conference on Thursday in opposition to Proposition B, which appears on the November election ballot.
COPS/Metro hosts weekend forum for mayoral, city council candidates ahead of June runoff
Read full article: COPS/Metro hosts weekend forum for mayoral, city council candidates ahead of June runoffThe East Side-based nonprofit COPS/Metro asked candidates simple yes or no answers to inform neighbors at its 2025 Accountability Session.