EARLY POLL NUMBERS SHOW THAT SPURS HAVE SOME GROUND TO GAIN

          A telephone survey of 500 likely San Antonio voters
     conducted last week for the hospitality industry by
     Representatives of Citizens for Responsible Spending "shows
     that pro-arena forces" in San Antonio "are having a
     difficult time selling" Bexar County voters on the Freeman
     Coliseum site and "the deal between" the Spurs and the
     county, according to Cary Cardwell of the SAN ANTONIO
     EXPRESS-NEWS.  In the survey, 48% "opposed the plan to raise
     hotel-motel and car-rental taxes" to help pay for the arena,
     while 41% "supported the plan" and 11% were "undecided." 
     Arena supporters "were quick to dismiss the findings,
     calling the poll 'illegitimate' because the primary
     question" referred to the facility as a "new San Antonio
     Spurs Arena," while the ballot for the November 2 election
     "speaks of 'a multi-purpose arena, coliseum or other type of
     arena or facility'" (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 9/27).