As the race for state representative in Central Texas-area House District 19 heats up, a five-year city council debate has emerged as a point of contention between Republican candidates Ellen Troxclair and Justin Berry. The Austin Police Association, in a statement...
As 2021 enters its sixth week, beleaguered Austinites hoping for a respite from 2020’s multi-decade high in violent crime are being disappointed. Tragically, the city has already seen eight homicides this year. By this time in 2020, that number was five; in 2019, it...
Newly re-elected Democrat Austin City Councilmember Alison Alter is facing pushback following an email exchange with the city’s police chief over the recent events that occurred on January 6 in Washington D.C. In an email to Police Chief Brian Manley last week, Alter...
AUSTIN — In a time when local elected officials are spending so many words to describe their efforts to “save lives,” why are they then spending so much money on taking lives? Last week, the all-Democrat Austin City Council voted unanimously to defund the local police...
As the all-Democrat Austin City Council prepares to slash the local police budget, citizens are warning them of the harmful consequences. This week, the council is beginning to finalize next year’s city budget, and they are currently preparing to cut over $150...
AUSTIN — Which is better, funding local police or killing children? At least one city councilmember in Texas’ capital city unquestionably prefers the latter. Austin City Councilman Greg Casar, a self-proclaimed socialist, this week proposed cutting as much as $123...
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 police and even demolish their headquarters. This week, three...
