We need to elect leaders who will stand up to Tesla & Elon Musk.

Vote for @amandamarzullo.bsky.social for Travis County Commissioner precinct 2.

Thank you, Zo! My councilmember 🥰

City Council’s Budget Reflects a New Fiscal Reality • The Austin Chronicle Austin City Council finally passed its new austerity budget. Approved on an 11-0 vote last Thursday, the budget removes close to $100 million in spending on public safety, homelessness, and other serv...

City Council’s budget reflects a new fiscal reality, but advocates aren’t giving up.

He should be ashamed. I'm so disappointed in Lloyd rn.

He should stop now. It's time to let the younger generation have a shot.

Austin considers civilian staff to fill police roles amid officer shortage Austin police leaders delayed publication of a consultant report recommending the hire of more civilian staff as City Council prepares to adopt next year's budget.

The more we talk about civilianizing parts of their workload, the more it gets considered. Let’s keep talking about it!

Can't wait until the decline in violent crime starts being reflected in public budgets.

Here’s the Metric’s (lol) take:

1. Generally, Manager should pay for their lunch out of pocket.
2. Budgeting for staff events or Council office food expensing is fine. Just nothing extravagant.
3. 1st class flights on public dime is typically a 🚩
4. Maybe City Hall needs a public, cheap cafeteria

Thank you for your important insights. Do you have any reaction the City Manager's protein shake budget?

One of the El Gamal children suffered a serious medical emergency in ICE detention this week and he suffered needlessly due to ICE incompetence

Thank you for being there, Zo. My council member 🥰.

This is cringe. I appreciate that Brigid Shea is supporting "these people" (she means immigrants). But her life is so whitebread that she only knows immigrants as servants.

probably smugly driving her tesla around west austin

where's that lady who scoured Doug Greco's filings for suspect zip codes last year?

Robert E. Lee Elementary Is Now Russell Lee Elementary Austin’s Robert E. Lee Elementary school has a new name: Russell Lee. The Austin School Board voted 8-1 to change the name Monday night. But for some…

I mean . . . www.kut.org/education/20...

alternative headline: stick-in-the-mud NIMBY candidates are 1-11 in the last 2 years

@austinsanders.bsky.social 🫡