A campaign to oppose three proposed City Charter amendments backed by the local firefighters union began Thursday with the forming of a political action committee expected to raise “well north of half a million dollars.” The PAC, called San Antonians for Fiscal Discipline, was set up soon after City Clerk Leticia Vacek told the City Council that the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association had collected enough valid signatures on its petitions to force a charter-amendment election.
The City Council now has until Aug. 20 to call a special election for the Nov. 6 ballot.
Kelton Morgan, a political strategist who managed Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s City Council and mayoral campaigns, will head the effort as a strategic consultant.