At one time San Antonio, Texas, was a somewhat backwater city, trailing behind its sister Texas cities of Houston and Dallas with pre-war populations in the 2-300k area for all. Its touchstones were the Alamo and being a military home, at one time considered for the US Air Force Academy. Now it is far from small, ranking #7 (1.5million) in US Cities by population with only Houston as larger in Texas by population #4 (2.3million).
So, this is a case of a big city power structure going after a classic “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” amateur. Also remember that this is ALSO the same City that went to deny Chik-fil-A a store at the Airport for the founder’s charities and implied views. As a former resident of Alamo Heights, a separate and sovereign city surrounded by San Antonio, I am ashamed at this behavior!
Oops, my bad, Castle Hills, not San Antonio itself.