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Fri., Aug. 9, 2002
Speaking of Alamo City water, the San Antonio City Council last week officially pulled the plug on PGA Village after the Professional Golf Assoc. itself bailed from the proposed mega-resort rather than defend it at the ballot box. Environmentalists and community activists fiercely opposed the 2,800-acre project in northern Bexar Co., and led a successful petition drive to put the deal before voters. S.A. Mayor Ed Garza says that the PGA is still committed to San Antonio, but "felt an election wasn't the best way of getting the job done." -- M.C.M.
Activists are pressuring the United Nations Children's Fund to cancel "McDonald's World Children's Day-- (Nov. 20) -- a PR and fundraising joint venture -- noting that the fund's mission is (or should be) to protect children from unwholesome food, corporate manipulation, and other McDonald's specialties. -- M.C.M.
San Francisco is poised to become the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of naming rights to public property. City-owned Candlestick Park was "3Com Park" until 2001, and city officials had proposed reselling the naming rights to the stadium through 2008 -- until five of the 11 members of the city's Board of Supervisors objected. "It is not the proper role of San Francisco, or any other city, to act as an agent of public relations firms, prop up tarnished corporate identities, or otherwise become an advertising venue for corporations," says the ban's sponsor. -- M.C.M
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