San Antonio Express-News

Business leaders have outraised the firefighters’ union in their push to get voters to strike restrictions on the city manager’s pay and tenure. The Renew San Antonio PAC raised nearly $419,300 in the last month, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday. That brings their total amount of cash raised to date to just over $544,000. However, that’s nowhere near the PAC’s goal of raising at least $1 million to get voters to pass all six city charter amendments that are at the bottom of the stacked Nov. 5 ballot. “We will continue right up to the very end to raise money and to wage an aggressive campaign on behalf of these amendments,” said Kelton Morgan, Renew SA’s campaign consultant. The group’s focus is on passing Proposition C, which would undo the caps on the city manager’s terms of employment and give the City Council the authority to decide how much to pay that person and how long to employ him or her. The city manager is the only city employee overseen by the mayor and council. The Vote Against Prop C Committee brought in about $177,215 from Sept. 27 through Oct. 26, according to its latest report. All of those contributions came from the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee, with the exception of a $3,117 donation from the union. The firefighters union came out against Prop C on Oct. 7, two weeks before the start of early voting. https://bit.ly/3NIxqBo

Samantha L. Mueting tried to withdraw her guilty plea for her role in a real estate scheme, but the judge rejected her request.

Port of Corpus Christi getting $105M, the biggest Clean Ports Program award of four given to Texas facilities.

Starting in the spring, Spirit Airlines will offer daily flights to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The project just outside Helotes would include 4 acres devoted to outdoor activities, such as hiking and hiking trails, a pool and a dog playground.

Despite a string of plant outages, CPS Energy still posted its highest wholesale revenue summers ever, making $169 million more than it expected selling energy.

Leaders of the Valor Club wanted to turn a closed San Antonio golf course and land around it into into a community for active military personnel, veterans and their families.

The Institute of Texan Cultures building has been designated a state antiquities landmark, throwing a wrench into plans to raze it and potentially make way for a new Spurs arena. ⁠ ⁠ The designation means the University of Texas at San Antonio — which owns the structure — must consult with the commission to get the green light to make changes, including demolishing it, a spokesperson said.⁠ ⁠ “It’s good news,” said Lewis Vetter, president of the Conservation Society of San Antonio. “It proves that a lot of concerned citizens working together can be effective.”⁠ ⁠ The society, which has pushed for preservation of the building that was erected as the Texas Pavilion for the 1968 World’s Fair, nominated it for the designation. The Texas Historical Commission approved it on a 7-2 vote.⁠ ⁠ UTSA leaders said they intend to proceed with their plan to tear down the structure at 801 E. César E. Chávez Blvd. and build a new home for the Institute of Texan Cultures, either near the Alamo or on property the university owns downtown. To pay for it, they have said they will seek proposals for developing the 13½-acre site it now occupies.⁠ “UTSA has always acknowledged the historical significance of the Texas Pavilion, which is reflected in our efforts to honor its history with extensive documenting and storytelling in our new museum,” spokesperson Joe Izbrand said. “The university continues to look at how to best maximize and monetize the resources of the Hemisfair Campus to support the temporary and future, permanent homes of the ITC. The university will continue its redevelopment plans.” ⁠ The possibility of a Spurs arena at the site surfaced last year. https://bit.ly/3A7TySS

Samantha Mueting, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam.

UTSA wants to demolish the Institute of Texan Cultures building — potentially to make way for a new Spurs arena — and construct a new home for the museum.