Plenty of big money interests are opening their wallets wide to try to convince you to vote for that $850 million bond issue on the San Antonio ballot next month, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
OneSA Political Action Committee, which is pushing for approval of the largest bond issue for any governmental entity in San Antonio history, says it has received $568,000 in contributions, according to forms required to be filed with the City Clerk's office thirty days before election day.
Not surprisingly, much of the money comes from the planners, architects, engineers and contractors which stand to grab large contracts to design and build the streets, parks, and other infrastructure which the city plans to borrow money to build.
OneSA has only spent $164,000 so far, which leaves them with $429,000 in the bank to spend in the last month of the campaign.
Some of the money has been spent with a San Francisco based fundraising firm, Piryx. There are also expenses for printing and for polling.
Large donors include the Centro Alliance, which has kicked in $20,000. Critics have complained that the bond package is too heavy on downtown projects, including the proposed Hemisfair Civic Park.
Individuals who have donated to the OneSA PAC include former Mayor Phil Hardberger and Red McCombs.
In the race for Mayor, incumbent Ivy Taylor holds a narrow edge in fundraising, with $126,000 raised so far, with Ron Nirenberg raising $122,000. Manuel Medina's campaign finance reports were not immediately available.