Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is looking for fat to trim as the city deals with a $158 million budget deficit — and she’s starting with the award-winning San Antonio Botanical Garden. During a presentation last week on the city’s trial budget, Jones expressed alarm that San Antonio spends so much money subsidizing revenue-generating nonprofits. At that […]
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Mayor Jones wants to defund San Antonio Botanical Garden as city’s budget deficit looms
Jones also suggested pulling financial support from the San Antonio Book Festival and certain Fiesta events to help plug the city’s fiscal hole.
