SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio is getting ready to break out the budget machete and could consider property tax raises.
City staff are recommending both tactics as part of a plan to combat a growing budget deficit in the general fund, which could balloon to more than $250 million within five years.
“It’s not lost upon me that the city hasn’t increased the tax rate in 33 years,” City Manager Erik Walsh told council members during a Wednesday budget briefing…