Podcast: Prop B exceeds expectations, but falls short of victory
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Fix SAPD organizers react to early voting numbers during a watch party for election results in San Antonio on May 1, 2021. Proposition B received more than 73,000 votes, but fell short of victory by a margin of 2.3 percentage points.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographer Puro Politics | Episode 142: Election Recap
Puro Politics is a weekly podcast hosted by columnist Gilbert Garcia, covering the drama and nuance of local government issues.
Produced by Luis Vazquez and Joy-Marie Scott.
The top race on this year’s San Antonio election ballot was the mayoral contest between Ron Nirenberg and Greg Brockhouse. But that wasn’t really the top race.
The Mendoza Line: Corrupt cops celebrate defeat of San Antonio’s Prop B with weekend crime spree Posted By Corbin Mendoza on Tue, May 4, 2021 at 11:21 AM click to enlarge Pexels / Kat Wilcox Police officers stretched this crime scene tape around the scene of a crime committed by other police officers in celebration of Prop B s defeat.
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After San Antonio voters turned down Proposition B in Saturday s election, corrupt members of the city s police force went on a weekend spree of drunk driving and do
A sign at the pro-Prop B watch party on Election Night.
In a surprisingly close election Saturday, a proposal to repeal the San Antonio Police Officers Association’s right to collective bargaining fell short by a couple percentage points. Also somewhat surprising: the wide coalition of support for the initiative, from moderate reformists to radical abolitionists. Despite the defeat, supporters feel emboldened.
“The message is still the same,” said Abram Emerson Jr. “(We) want police to be held accountable.”
Emerson Jr. attended a pro-Prop B watch party at the Friendly Spot in Southtown. His family moved to San Antonio in the late ’70s, and over the years, he’s watched as officers accused of misconduct have been rehired at one of the highest known rates in the country. More than 60% of
Proposition B defeated by a narrow margin in San Antonio
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Danny Diaz, president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association, tips his hat to his family after announcing that Proposition B, the ballot initiative that would have repealed the police union’s right to collectively bargain, was defeated in the May 1. 2021, election.Billy Calzada /Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Opponents of Proposition B celebrate the defeat of the charter amendment, which would have stripped the San Antonio police union of its right to collectively bargain with the city. The celebration on May 1, 2021, was held at Blue Cares, the nonprofit community outreach arm of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Billy Calzada /Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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