Abbot threatens removal of state grant funding if city passes ceasefire resolution

SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL

At the last San Marcos City Council meeting, there was an agenda item for “a possible resolution calling for the immediate and permanent ceasefire in occupied Palestine,” which prompted a letter from Governor Greg Abbott to San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson stating that he has “proudly signed legislation prohibiting government entities from supporting efforts to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel.” At the previous meeting, the council decided to move forward with placing the resolution on the agenda for a vote at the next meeting on May 6. Abbott’s letter threatened removal of state grant funding if it were passed.

Abbott’s letter cited the laws that he believed the resolution “seems calculated to violate.”