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Gatekeep
San Antonio

A running record of the institutions asking for this city's trust, and what happens once we hand it to them.

We have all the time in the world to check the running record and see the patterns play out.

By Tiers État San Antonio, TX

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What This Is

Gatekeep San Antonio is a running record of the institutions asking this city for its trust, and what happens once they get it.

The format is a “case file”: one deal, whoever actually held the power in the room, one long look at what was promised versus what was actually delivered. No hot takes, no daily churn. Just the public record, laid out in one place, with the sourcing to back it up.

The Files

Case File No. 01

The Ethical Wall

San Antonio's "independent" economic study on the Spurs arena traces back to the Spurs' own ownership group in four passes, a give-and-go the stadium-subsidy industry has been running for twenty years.

San Antonio, TX · ~20 min read
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