On April 4, 2025, Attorney General Paxton’s office announced it was suing San Antonio to stop its illegal abortion trafficking fund. This is welcome news, and it’s not the only lawsuit the AG should take up against the lawless San Antonio City Council.
In March, Chalmers Adams attorney Jerad Najvar wrote a letter on behalf of Friends of SAFA, requesting that Attorney General Paxton stop the City’s plan punt millions of tax dollars to VIA Metropolitan Transit, severing any political accountability for how sales tax dollars are spent by VIA bureaucrats. The letter explains that San Antonio City Council’s “interlocal agreement” with VIA violates not just the state Transportation Code, but also San Antonio’s own charter.
By way of introduction, the letter states that
“San Antonio is working with VIA Metropolitan Transit (VIA), a metropolitan transit authority created under Chapter 451 of the Transportation Code, on a “bus rapid transit” system. Like other massively expensive attempts by agitated activists to re-order Texans’ transportation preferences, nobody wants this system and nobody will use it even if it is built. Houston’s barely-used light rail and bus rapid transit lines are prime examples.”
It goes on to explain the legal deficiencies. So far, no word on whether the AG will jump in to protect taxpayers from this transportation boondoggle.