{"id":8834,"date":"2024-08-08T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T21:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/san-antonio-mayoral-hopeful-calls-fellow-council-member-a-poverty-pimp-during-pay-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T21:09:12","slug":"san-antonio-mayoral-hopeful-calls-fellow-council-member-a-poverty-pimp-during-pay-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/san-antonio-mayoral-hopeful-calls-fellow-council-member-a-poverty-pimp-during-pay-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio mayoral hopeful calls fellow council member a ‘poverty pimp’ during pay debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a contentious debate Thursday over raising pay for San Antonio elected officials, Councilman Manny Pelaez \u2014 a mayoral candidate \u2014 called council colleague Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and local social-justice advocates “poverty pimps.” “Poverty pimp” is a derogatory term used to describe people who exploit the vulnerability and suffering of marginalized communities for personal gain. Pelaez’s verbal broadside came during a discussing of six charter amendments council approved at the meeting to go before San Antonio voters this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During a contentious debate Thursday over raising pay for San Antonio elected officials, Councilman Manny Pelaez \u2014 a mayoral candidate \u2014 called council colleague Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and local social-justice advocates “poverty pimps.” “Poverty pimp” is a derogatory term used to describe people who exploit the vulnerability and suffering of marginalized communities for personal gain. Pelaez’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}