San Antonio City Council voted 9-2 Thursday to postpone a discussion of a proposal by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones aimed to boosting local voter turnout.
Council was initially set to approve Jones’ request to form the Mayor’s Commission on Voting without discussion as part of the consent agenda. However, that derailed after District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur pulled the item for discussion.
Jones first floated the idea of creating the commission during a Feb. 27 press conference — the same day council cast its historic vote to censure the mayor over what members allege was a profanity-filled tantrum she delivered against Kaur…