Austinites Launch Effort to Force Mayor, City Council Members to Resign

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard by Jacob Asmussen September 17, 2020

After Democrat local officials enacted an onslaught of harmful policies against citizens, the community is fighting back.

AUSTIN — “We don’t have another minute for you, Mayor Adler or council! Your minute is up! We are taking our city back!”

As citizens in Texas’ capital city languish under the harmful decisions of the all-Democrat Austin City Council, local business owner and single mom Becky McMillian announced Wednesday she’s organizing an effort to remove the officials from office.

Your Minute Is Up is the name of McMillian’s new political action committee, and she and a group of community volunteers are now seeking to gather enough petition signatures from across the city to kick out Mayor Steve Adler and three city council members.

“Over the past six months, our jaws have dropped at the stunning disregard for and rapid degradation of our quality of life in Austin as displayed by our Council and Mayor,” McMillian wrote in a press release.

McMillian detailed several of the council’s recent and ongoing decisions that enflamed chaos in the community and hurt citizens, including last year, when the council decided to allow homeless individuals to camp in nearly all public spaces across the city.

“The homeless are now migrating into neighborhoods and endangering the lives of citizens and themselves,” McMillian said.

The decision sparked an increase in violent crime and ignited a wildfire of public backlash, where over 111,000 citizens signed a petition demanding the law’s reversal and a slew of local, state, and national law enforcement and elected officials spoke out against the council.

Last month, the council defunded the local police department by one-third and hit already struggling citizens with even higher tax bills and a record-high $7 billion rail and bus proposal that would only address a small portion of transportation issues—but could raise property taxes an estimated 25 percent.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/local/austinites-launch-effort-to-force-mayor-city-council-members-to-resign/

[Idiot]

Texas Scorecard by Jacob Asmussen September 17, 2020

After Democrat local officials enacted an onslaught of harmful policies against citizens, the community is fighting back.

AUSTIN — “We don’t have another minute for you, Mayor Adler or council! Your minute is up! We are taking our city back!”

As citizens in Texas’ capital city languish under the harmful decisions of the all-Democrat Austin City Council, local business owner and single mom Becky McMillian announced Wednesday she’s organizing an effort to remove the officials from office.

Your Minute Is Up is the name of McMillian’s new political action committee, and she and a group of community volunteers are now seeking to gather enough petition signatures from across the city to kick out Mayor Steve Adler and three city council members.

“Over the past six months, our jaws have dropped at the stunning disregard for and rapid degradation of our quality of life in Austin as displayed by our Council and Mayor,” McMillian wrote in a press release.

McMillian detailed several of the council’s recent and ongoing decisions that enflamed chaos in the community and hurt citizens, including last year, when the council decided to allow homeless individuals to camp in nearly all public spaces across the city.

“The homeless are now migrating into neighborhoods and endangering the lives of citizens and themselves,” McMillian said.

The decision sparked an increase in violent crime and ignited a wildfire of public backlash, where over 111,000 citizens signed a petition demanding the law’s reversal and a slew of local, state, and national law enforcement and elected officials spoke out against the council.

Last month, the council defunded the local police department by one-third and hit already struggling citizens with even higher tax bills and a record-high $7 billion rail and bus proposal that would only address a small portion of transportation issues—but could raise property taxes an estimated 25 percent.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/local/austinites-launch-effort-to-force-mayor-city-council-members-to-resign/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I wonder if the decline in students on campus will translate into less liberal votes in Austin?

[Smokin Joe]

I wonder if the decline in students on campus will translate into less liberal votes in Austin?

Probably not. Now, instead of being indoctrinated in person, they can become virtual idiots.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Probably not. Now, instead of being indoctrinated in person, they can become virtual idiots.

If their home is not in Austin, they cannot legally be registered to vote there.

[Elderberry]

If their home is not in Austin, they cannot legally be registered to vote there.

https://www.campusvoteproject.org/stateguides/texas

Students have a choice about where to register to vote.
Students attending college may register at their campus address or choose to remain registered or register at their permanent or home address.
You may only be registered and vote in one location.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

https://www.campusvoteproject.org/stateguides/texas

once again, a student that does not reside in Austin cannot vote.

Enrolling at UT online and living in Dallas does not mean he is attending school in Austin.

One must be physically living there.

[Wingnut]

Hope the normally weird folk of Austin have woken up to the destruction of what their city use to be.

[dfwgator]

And replace them with what?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

And there is now this supporting the lower impact of students in elections
Coronavirus restrictions and remote learning may hamper college student voter turnout
Campaigns, political organizations and students at schools across Texas say they’re worried and frustrated that pandemic health restrictions are stymying efforts to register and turn out students to vote.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/25/texas-college-voter-turnout-coronavirus/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=4390bb2fb1-trib-newsletters-top-story-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9a68d8efc-4390bb2fb1-101231773&mc_cid=4390bb2fb1&mc_eid=6276fc82d6

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Website for anyone interested.
https://stopadler.com/?fbclid=IwAR2IpKOJGK_rcgWzBm20oOb6yvs3JbJFuEMBnS6QYKxGurbICMInaFEaQL4%2F