NIOSA is canceled. Now a fight is raging over why.

When DeAnna Keesee and her fiance George set their wedding date for April 28, 1984, George’s stepmother was incredulous.

You can’t get married during Fiesta, she told DeAnna, who grew up in the Houston area. But the couple did, and DeAnna soon became what she calls A Night in Old San Antonio die-hard.

She’s volunteered at the annual four-day celebration for the last 42 years. She’s assembled chalupas, tied balloons, scooped ice cream and served as the event’s chairwoman and then treasurer…

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