SAN ANTONIO —
One step closer to banning this from downtown streets in SA
A public survey was sent out to San Antonians about horse drawn carriages downtown and most everyone who answered said they want the longtime attraction to go away.
A plan to do away with these carriages was put in place in 2022. Now the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee – which is chaired by District 9 City Councilman John Courage – unanimously voted for San Antonio city staff to develop a plan to phase out the carriages over a period of one to three years.
Once the plan is complete it will be presented to City Council in a B-session meeting no later than Oct. 30. Eventually, full council scheduled a time to discuss and vote on the issue.
Free speech advocacy group suing Ken Paxton
There are at least two lawsuits seeking to prevent a new Texas law that would require platforms like Instagram and Facebook to register the age of all users and get consent from a parent or guardian before minors create an account.
The latest comes from The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech advocacy group.
Two tech industry groups, the Computer and Communications Industry Association and NetChoice, also sued last month to block the age verification law which will go into effect Sept. 1.
Tourism tragedies
According to a CBS report global tourism is expected to hit record numbers in 2024 since the Coronavirus Pandemic.
There are many "anti-tourism" protests happening because of the influx of visitors in certain areas and aparently people used water pistold to douse tourists in Barcelona in July.
Venice, Italy, in April, became the first city in the world to charge day tourists a fee just to visit its historic canals and other attractions on peak days. The measure is designed to counter overtourism and mitigate the deleterious impact large crowds can have on some of the city's fragile sites, while also persuading some tourists to visit during less busy times of the year.
