GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales uses campaign dollars to fight off progressive measures in San Antonio, El Paso
. He has also hosted news conferences with local opponents, including business leaders and conservative advocates.
Proposition K would lay down new rules to combat climate change in El Paso, including banning the use of city water for the fossil fuel industry and further embracing clean renewable energy. The advocates who proposed the measure want the city to use only clean renewable generation by 2045., reduce pollution and invest in long-term renewable energy projects. Gonzales, along with local business groups, say the measure will kill energy jobs and raise utility bills.
“Change is scary for a lot of folks,” Ananda Tomas, the executive director of the police reform group Act 4 SA,. “It was scary for a lot of folks when we were fighting for civil rights and for women’s suffrage. We met a lot of opposition and a lot of misinformation out there, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not the right thing to do. I think the misinformation that they’re putting out there is fear mongering.
In that way, Gonzales has again found himself an ally of some Democrats — San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg also'These are not victimless crimes': Why Mayor Nirenberg opposes Prop A
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