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!â€
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.
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