…much, and nothing.” Austin’s current homelessness policies are a great example of this axiom. Not only has the council’s 2019 decision caused an increase of violent crime from and within…
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Austinites Launch Effort to Force Mayor, City Council Members to Resign
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…
Will Dallas City Council Make Citizens a Priority?
…police—more than Austin—to fund their own interests, and city staff fighting against any significant cuts to their budgets. Last month, Dallas city staff proposed to city council a budget for…
Democrats’ Destructive Decisions Spark Austinites to Take Back City Government
…report revealed Austin currently has the highest year-to-year percent increase nationwide in homicides. Several of the city council candidates spoke on how the Austin City Council is following the same…
State Leaders Threaten to Freeze Property Tax Revenue for Cities That Defund Police
…defund police.” “When crime is on the rise, the last thing we should do is defund law enforcement,” Abbott added. Abbott cited a study naming Austin “the No. 1 city…
Austin City Council Votes Unanimously to Defund Local Police by One-Third
…a third of the local police budget. On Thursday, the all-Democrat Austin City Council voted unanimously to take away $150 million from the Austin Police Department in next year’s city…
Austin City Council Member’s Field Director a ‘Vulgar Marxist’
…pushing to defund local police and calling upon their “vulgar Marxist” friends to help. Democrat Austin City Councilman Jimmy Flannigan, who represents much of northwest Austin and is facing re-election…
GOP Congressmen: Austin Council Proposing ‘Legislative Death Warrant for Police Officers’
…referring to a boondoggle government bridge in Austin that is rarely used. The congressmen’s comments also come in light of Austin City Council’s controversial homeless policy last year, which allowed…
Pierson: Texas Cities Will Go the Way of Seattle If Biden Wins
…states and cities where Democrats hold power. New York City, for instance, impulsively disbanded the plainclothes anti-crime unit of the New York Police Department, one of its most effective crime-prevention…
Austin Council Members Want to Defund Local Police and Demolish Their Headquarters
After recent riots swept the nation and left behind a trail of burned cities, destroyed livelihoods, and murdered citizens, Austin City Council members are now pushing to significantly defund local…