Texas Monthly recently delivered a backhanded compliment to the community I serve as mayor, calling San Antonio “one of the loveliest, most welcoming—and poorest cities in America.” While I don’t dispute any of her facts, the article’s author, San Antonio native Mimi Swartz, selectively curates those facts to make her argument, blurring the lines of responsibility for various governmental functions and citing challenges for which the potential solutions lie beyond the city government’s full control. That’s a critical mistake if you’re serious about making change, because you need to know who holds the keys to funding, where accountability lies, when the ball is in your court to act alone, and when you must work as part of a coalition. If Swartz’s goal was to stir debate,…
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