Puro Politics Podcast
1) COPS/Metro sees ball bouncing its way in Spurs arena vote | ENside Politics
COPS/Metro leaders Adrian Castro and Sonia Rodriguez make their case against spending any tax dollars on a new Spurs. Their bottom line in a conversation with reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jeffer...Show More
2) Spurs exec makes case for Prop B arena funding | ENside Politics
Bobby Perez, Spurs Sports & Entertainment's general counsel, talks public financing for a downtown arena and addresses relocation fears in a wide-ranging conversation with reporter Madison Iszler and ...Show More
3) Keeping up with Mayor Jones | ENside Politics
City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson discuss Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' ups and downs since taking office in June -- her strained relationship with some City Counci...Show More
4) Spilling the cowboy beans on the rodeo tax election | ENside Politics
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo CEO Cody Davenport talks with reporter Madison Iszler and host Greg Jefferson about the $192 million tax proposition on the Nov. 4 ballot and the huge rodeo expansion pl...Show More
5) Spurs' arena campaign heats up, Democrats cool on Abbott race | ENside Politics
Pollster Brannon Miller, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson discuss the campaign for tax dollars for a Spurs arena, why Gov. Greg Abbott has spooked big-name Democratic challengers...Show More
6) San Antonio council OKs a super confusing animal abandonment law | ENside Politics
City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith join host Greg Jefferson to talk about the confusion that is the city's new animal abandonment law, the on and on and ongoing fight between Mayor Jo...Show More
7) Excuse me? How an anti-pet abandonment vote at City Council became controversial | ENside Politics
City Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito, City Hall reporter Megan Rodriguez and host Greg Jefferson talk about an ordinance to penalize the abandonment of unwanted pets, council members' tense relati...Show More
8) A San Antonio Councilman's case for voting yes on Spurs deal | ENside Politics
District 4 Councilman Edward Mungia, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and host Greg Jefferson talk about the opposition to public financing for a Spurs arena, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' hard-edged tactics ...Show More
9) Breaking down Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ very rough week | ENside Politics
Political consultant Laura Barberena, reporter Megan Rodriguez and host Greg Jefferson discuss the highs and lows of Jones' handling of a looming vote on a Spurs arena and her push to unilaterally cha...Show More
10) District 5's Teri Castillo asks what's the rush on Spurs deal? | ENside Politics
The West Side councilwoman thinks a city-ordered economic analysis of Project Marvel is tainted — the consultant is owned by a company whose main backer is Spurs investor Sixth Street Partners — and h...Show More