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Austin's police chief and mayor say that if Austin had license plate readers it could have helped with today's manhunt and shootings This incident is going to re-open that debate , recently some city council members have been fighting hard against this type of surveillance tech
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Caleb Hammer on Rogan talking about how he wants a good subway system in Austin, but the homeless and criminal justice problems make it a non-starter Many public transit advocates are coming to the same conclusion, We have to enforce the camping ban and replace our DA!
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City council dropped the requirement they keep logs of meetings with lobbyists Harper Madison defended the change, saying filling out the forms is a lot of work and causes staff to miss citizen calls Dang, how many lobbyists are yall meeting with for that to be an issue? 😅
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BREAKING: Ryan Alter gets the homelessness team to confirm the Austin camp clean up data EVERY single homeless person was offered shelter Out of 1200 , only 8% accepted and stayed in shelter This data is horrific for the city, no amount of money can possibly fix this issue
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Waymo called Austin 911 almost 100 times for people passed out in their vehicles. Councilman Siegel is asking about prosecuting Waymo for False 911 reports for this but is it False? If someone died in the back of a waymo and they saw and didnt call 911, it would be bad!
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San Antonio has a similar budget crisis to us in Austin One of their council staffs prepared a binder of all the things they should cut And first amongst them is Sister Cities 😂 Its so funny how all these Texas cities waste money on the same stuff. BTW I like this guy!
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Austin Mayor and Bill Bunch clashed yesterday over a very weird $5 million bond payment tied to an un-named developer Bunch challenged council to explain what this was all about, cause the staff explanation makes no sense Later, the Mayor came back to say Bunch is right. Total Bill Bunch Victory!
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Austin Police chief gives more info on the new ICE policy Officers can still call ICE if they find someone with an admin warrant But, they will also need to call an APD boss, who will tell them they don't have time to wait for ICE to show up and the person will be free to go
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Austin’s economic development team just dropped a new hype video Do everything in your power to move to Austin
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Maybe one of the most important Austin mayoral speeches of our time Today, he called out a decade of financial ‘drift’ He highlighted steps they are taking to fix (audit, expense reform, etc) and warned against throwing it out the window to get a 2026 bond election
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BREAKING: Austin CapMetro CEO says that the homeless bus pass program was hit by major fraud and abuse They recently put in changes to stop the fraud and it drove a decrease of 450k rides in the recent quarter This would imply a multi-million dollar fraud over past few years!
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Austin's homelessness director wants to build a new $150 million 1,200 bed shelter The $25m for homelessness in the bond will go to some planning of this. He has been talking to a few high net worth individuals whom he says are really interested in contributing 👀
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At the tourism commission today they gave an update on the rebrand of Dirty 6th We are now calling it 'Old 6th' Stream Realty, which owns 20+ 6th street buildings is doing a major investment to update the area. It will preserve and restore the historic buildings.
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later, Ryan Alter , dejectedly, asks staff what is the plan for homeless that refuse shelter ( theres no plan ) You can see him becoming radicalized He might be MAGA by end of term, I always say the fastest way to make a young man conservative is to involve him in local govt🤣
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