SAN ANTONIO — Three San Antonio City Council members are responding to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' decision to pull an item from consideration on this week's meeting agenda, a tactic that effectively prevented council from voting on a new ordinance that would have implemented fines for those who dump dogs and other animals.

A spokesperson for the mayor said the item was pulled because it stemmed from a policy proposal – formally called Council Consideration Requests, or CCRs – submitted before the new council was inaugurated in June. Jones' office also said all CCRs filed before her administration must be refiled, potentially erasing months of work undertaken to get them to where they are now.

Calling it an "attempt to obstruct our legislative process," three senior council members – Distr

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