Opinion: Today's message is simple: voting in bond elections is just as important as voting to choose elected leaders.
centers to go with it, creates continuing demand for new streets, sidewalks, drainage and flood control infrastructure.including downtown and the many neighborhoods that ring the urban core — has its own long-standing needs, with many areas suffering from decades of public underinvestment.
Yes, voters will go to the polls twice in the next month. I’ll look at local runoff races in a column in the coming weeks, but today’s message is simple: voting in bond elections is just as important as voting to choose elected leaders, yet if theIn the case of the 2022 bond, the future trajectory of San Antonio and many quality-of-life issues are at stake.
Capital needs keep rising, and inflation and supply chain issues, coupled with a shortage of skilled workers, means future construction projects will cost more and take longer to complete. The 2017 bond, for comparison, totaled $850 million, the 2012 bond totaled $596 million and the 2007 bond totaled $550 million. That first cycle and those that followed reflect the modern fiscal measures put in place by former city manager Sheryl Sculley that continue today under Walsh.
I see the growing bond investment over the last three bond cycles as a measure of the city’s growth and needs, as well as local government’s inability to control and regulate sprawl. The successful management of these bond cycles by city staff is a measure of good stewardship, even amid the pandemic. The outcome of bond elections is ultimately seen as a measure of citizen confidence in local leaders.of San Antonio’s $327 million American Rescue Plan Act funds to augment the $1.
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