Testy exchange between mayor, councilman over $10K per month PR consultant contract

Testy exchange between mayor, councilman over $10K per month PR consultant contract

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and one of her main city council opponents clashed again Wednesday — this time over the mayor’s use of an outside communications consultant. During an afternoon budget work session, District 10 councilmember Marc Whyte asked about a KSAT Investigates story highlighting Jones’ use of Washington, D.C.-based Frontwood Strategies to, in part, handle her media communications. The contract, which costs taxpayers $10,000 per mont…