City Council trimmed the requested promotional funding for four tourist activities in half but provided full promotional funding for four other tourist events last week, triggering a prediction that one cutback will weaken a prized tourist attraction in Bandera.
That attraction is the Cowboys on Main, an entity that provides funds for the Bandera Cattle Company Gunfighter performances, a cowboy chuckwagon exhibit, appearances by a massive, longhorn steer that is regularly included in photos visitors take in Bandera and other cowboy-related activities.
The Bandera Business Association, as the sponsoring agency of the Cowboys on Main, had sought $10,000 in Hotel Occupancy Tax,