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Self-Created Disaster-Austin Mayor Begs People to Go Out in Public After Cancelling SXSW Festival
RedState ^ | March 9, 2020 | Brad Slager

Posted on 03/10/2020 6:00:07 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat

...In the video above one of his aides appearing on camera with Adler states, ‘’We want everyone to know, it’s still safe and a wonderful thing to stand with Austin.’’ They also have announced there would be a fund set up, which residents could contribute to with donations, that would benefit those who are, ‘’hit the hardest by this, and the least likely to be able to come out of it.’’ So they are now asking residents to help bail out those who were directly impacted by the rash decision made by Adler.

What is evident here is that this video is a clear hail Mary in the CYA mode of politics, and it illustrates one of two factors to be in play, neither of which look for Adler. Either he is compelling his gentry to head out and congregate in the midst of a public health crisis, or he has realized the impetuous decision he made and sees the economic disaster he has provoked. Either the case, this appears to be a completely disqualifying maneuver on the part of the mayor...

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: austin; austinisdead; coronavirus; covid19; demonratcommies; idiotsonparade; keepaustinweird; texas
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The mayor cancelled an annual event that brings in 400 million to the city.
1 posted on 03/10/2020 6:00:07 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

A fund setup? /me shaking my head...


2 posted on 03/10/2020 6:02:09 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: CheshireTheCat

The spread of a pandemic be damned!


3 posted on 03/10/2020 6:03:39 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: CheshireTheCat

authoritarians don’t like peons to question their authority


4 posted on 03/10/2020 6:05:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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Couldn't happen to a more deserving city ...

From a Texan who avoids Austin as much as possible ...

5 posted on 03/10/2020 6:06:23 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: CheshireTheCat

400 million? Is this like the 150 million that die from gun violence per Biden?


6 posted on 03/10/2020 6:28:15 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

I think that is $, I hope.


7 posted on 03/10/2020 6:33:12 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: CheshireTheCat

How does someone like Adler even get elected in Texas? Are kids at the University of Texas campus voting idiots like this into office?


8 posted on 03/10/2020 6:50:24 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

What large city anywhere in the US has a Republican mayor?
Most are run by loony liberal lefties.


9 posted on 03/10/2020 6:54:09 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Austin has three major “industries”: politics, academics, and high tech. All three tend to run with “progressive” Democrats.

The tech sector is the worst because it has attracted immigrants from the Left Coast.


10 posted on 03/10/2020 7:17:52 AM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: CheshireTheCat

In order to teach President Trump a lesson, the mayor yelled “shark” instead of yelling “barracuda”. Now he has a panic on the fourth of July.


11 posted on 03/10/2020 8:15:54 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: CheshireTheCat

Wonder if he’s related to Jim Adler, “The Texas Hammer!”


12 posted on 03/10/2020 8:17:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The Coachella Festival is on the verge of cancellation, I am thinking.

Will Japan still hold the Olympics?

Will the Kentucky Derby be run without a crowd?

Will the Indianapolis 500 be run without a crowd??

I don’t even wish to go to my local RURAL post office for stamps!!!


13 posted on 03/10/2020 8:53:42 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Last year, that festival brought in over 400,000 persons, over many days.

Last year’s gross was listed at $388 million.

Large multiday music/film festivals bring LOTS of $$$ to any area.


14 posted on 03/10/2020 8:55:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: CheshireTheCat

The mayor’s moronic policies have led to an explosion of homeless camps. Horribly dangerous situation in Austin.


15 posted on 03/10/2020 9:03:43 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: VastRWCon

Is this a GoFundMe deal to take up the slack on canceling the SXSW?


16 posted on 03/10/2020 9:05:36 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: Skepolitic

I thought Music was a big industry there as well.


17 posted on 03/10/2020 9:06:30 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: ridesthemiles

Here’s a question for you, if this were football season what would happen?????????


18 posted on 03/10/2020 9:08:03 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Just saw The Ivy League cancelled their basketball tournament.


19 posted on 03/10/2020 9:09:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Wow. So is the NCAA going to cancel the tournament this year?


20 posted on 03/10/2020 9:16:41 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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