Residents protest Floresville apartment complex

[Video below] FLORESVILLE — “All of us gathering today is not something that should be skipped,” resident Joseph Burton told the Floresville City Council during their Aug. 14 meeting. Community members filled the council chamber at City Hall that evening in opposition to a rezoning request for a property at 1918 B St., for an 18-building, 432-unit apartment complex. Burton, who attended with his wife, Brenda, asked the room for a quick poll: “How many of you are against the rezoning?” Nearly every hand in the audience was raised. Infrastructure consequences, traffic and school safety, environmental concerns, an existing gas...

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