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The headlines right now are scary: "Cutting deep," "Education nonprofit fights to keep city funding," "San Antonio pitches 3. 9% property tax increase as budget woes worsen." Sign up San Antonio faces a shortfall in its general fund budget for the coming fiscal year - a deficit on the order of $158 million.

What's not clear is how City Council will deal with it.