Texas State Republican Executive Committee votes to express concern about any plans to “reimagine” the Alamo. GOP committee also urges more financial transparency from participants in efforts to restore the Alamo area.
Texas Republican Party leaders expressed concern Saturday that Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s leadership of the effort to restore and “reimagine” the Alamo is lacking in transparency and a singular focus on the 1836 battle that makes the historic site in downtown San Antonio the most sacred shrine in Texas.
In a 57-1 vote, the Texas State Republican Executive Committee voted to call on Bush and the General Land Office to keep the Battle of the Alamo its central focus in redeveloping the site and to require that nonprofits that are joining in the effort comply with public records laws.
“The Alamo’s been more than the battle, but the battle has to be front and center and we have to remember the Alamo,” said Jeremy Blosser of Arlington, the committee member from Senate District 10 in Tarrant County.
A multimillion-dollar plan to restore the 250-year-old mission and renovate three nearby state-owned buildings to serve as a museum is in the early stages.
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