Word: antonios
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Antonio 101, Houston 96 (Series tied...
Houston 123. San Antonio...
...from 650,000 to 788,000 in the past decade, making it the ninth largest city in the U.S. (Hispanics now account for 53%.) Four new hotels have sprung up along the city's "Riverwalk," a charming, Old World district of shops and cafes along the San Antonio River. So far, seven high-technology electronics firms have announced plans to build or expand in the city; they could create as many as 5,000 new jobs...
...growth has also created new problems for San Antonio and an increasingly visible rift between Cisneros and COPS. The new mayor hammered away at the need for economic development during his campaign but refused to promise that new building would be confined to inner-city neighborhoods. "You can't give mixed signals to business," he says. "We can't say we want growth but only in certain areas." He believes, for example, that residential water rates must be raised in the city if new water sources are to be developed to attract industry. To the chagrin of COPS...
Like other cities, San Antonio faces cutbacks under the Reagan Administration's new budget. The city's economy still benefits from two important sources: Government spending generated, in part, by the large military installations at nearby Lackland Air Force Base and Fort Sam Houston; and federal funds for hiring municipal workers and low-level workers in San Antonio's important tourist industry. Cisneros feels he must wean San Antonio from its dependence on Government money. He also concedes that the costs may end up being borne by the Hispanic working people who helped elect...