Texas city sparks fury by trying to divert millions from ambulances and firefighters to the homeless
Story by Maryann Martinez, Texas Bureau Chief For Dailymail.Com • 10h
Voters in Texas' capital overwhelmingly rejected a plan to raise taxes to pay millions for homeless services last week, but that isn't stopping local leaders from looking for the money in other places.
The City of Austin is now proposing cutting millions in funding from the fire and ambulance services to give it the city's unsuccessful program for people on the streets.
'It's a slap in the face because they really aren't listening, and they really are steamrolling, whatever they want to do, and continuously trying to undermine the public will,' local public safety advocate Cleo Petricek told Daily Mail Tuesday.
In a Friday night dump, Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax released a new budget proposal that calls for over $7 million in cuts to public safety.
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