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Hours before deadline, City Council will debate whether to call second Spurs arena vote
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San Antonio Report
San Antonio City Council is headed for another heated debate over its plans for a new downtown Spurs arena.
The Spurs owners’ spent more than $9 million campaigning for that election, and the arena funding reached just under 52% support among voters who live within city limits.
But Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones says the county vote was taken before taxpayers had a clear picture of the city’s tough financial straits, and put her call for a separate city vote on Monday’s agenda.
“Last November was the county’s vote on the county’s $311 million [arena contribution], but the city’s separate contribution, I think, is also deserving of a vote by city voters,” Jones said on TPR’s The Source this week.
In order to put the idea before voters, Jones would need six votes from the council.