With Early Voting in Full Swing, COPS/Metro Leaders Press on To Defend Public Money for Public Good
October 27, 2025
While the Spurs are pouring millions into mailers to boost Prop B - public funding of a new luxury stadium - COPS/Metro leaders have been organizing for over a year to prioritize neighborhoods over corporate handouts, and are ramping up their Get Out the...
Read MoreFormer COPS/Metro Presidents to Cisneros: 'We're Still Waiting' on a Team for the Alamodome
October 20, 2025
[Op-Ed excerpts by former COPS/Metro Presidents Sonia Rodriguez and Beatrice Cortez, originally published in the SA Current] We are writing in response to former Mayor Henry Cisneros’ recent editorial in the San Antonio Express-News, in which he argues the Spurs could leave if voters...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Leaders: There is Little Public Benefit to a Publicly Funded Arena Downtown
October 18, 2025
[Op-Ed excerpts by COPS/Metro Leaders Beverly McClure and Rev. Dr. Jerry Dailey originally published in the San Antonio Express-News] Make no mistake. Bexar County’s Proposition B regarding funding for a new Spurs arena downtown is not about basketball. It’s a test of our values....
Read MoreThe $3 Billion Lie: The Real Cost of Prob B
October 13, 2025
[Excerpts] COPS/Metro Alliance held a press conference on Friday to shed light on what they say is the real cost of Prop B. Organizers say the proposed $1.3 billion Spurs arena downtown will put an extra burden on area taxpayers... Ruben Arciniega is with...
Read MoreKENS5 Podcast Features Second Generation COPS/Metro Leader on Project Marvel
October 09, 2025
COPS/Metro Leader Adrian Castro from Our Lady of Guadalupe-Helotes joins KENS5's "Locked On Spurs" Podcast to confront misinformation surrounding Project Marvel and the proposed arena tax. Castro delivers a sharp economic analysis of the plan to hand the Spurs $811 million in public funds...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Doubles Down: Public Funds Should be for the Common Good, Not 'Play Toys' for the Wealthy
October 06, 2025
[Excerpts] During Bexar County’s last venue tax election, voters in 2008 OK’d devoting $415 million to updating the River Walk, building youth sports facilities and the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, and renovating the Frost Bank Center and Freeman Coliseum. Now, with another...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Leads the Charge in Urging Voters to Defend Public Money for Public Good
September 11, 2025
[Excerpts] Less than 24 hours after the Spurs launched their campaign to persuade Bexar County voters to approve using tax dollars for a downtown arena, COPS/Metro Alliance held their own kickoff (through the Defending Public Money for Public Good PAC) to kill the ballot...
Read MoreCOPS/Metro Leaders Bring Clarity to a Complex Public Funding Scheme for Private Development
September 04, 2025
Despite San Antonio facing a staggering $5 billion infrastructure shortfall, many elected leaders are poised to spend $800 million in public funds to finance another Spurs basketball arena. COPS/Metro, seeing through the project’s complicated funding structure, continues to be a leading voice for using...
Read MoreAtanacio Garcia Natatorium Honors the COPS/Metro Leader who Championed its Creation
August 13, 2025
In the 1960s, the West Side of San Antonio had few recreational opportunities for families. COPS/Metro Leader Atanacio Garcia worked tirelessly to change that. Last week, the San Antonio Natatorium was officially renamed to honor his legacy, ensuring his story—and the power of persistence—will...
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