Posted on 05/21/2010 8:47:18 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
Growing number vow not to do business in Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The city council’s decision to boycott travel to Arizona is resulting in organizations and individuals boycotting the city of Austin in protest.
A growing number of political organizations, including the Odessa and Burleson Tea Parties, have decided not to do business with the city of Austin until the council resends the Arizona boycott they passed a few weeks ago.
“We will try to minimize what the city gets from our stay there,” said Hood county Republican Party Chairman Randy Shelton. “We will not stay in hotels inside the city of Austin and we will not ride the city transit.”
Shelton says they will continue to support Austin businesses but try to prevent any dollars from going towards city revenue. Other boycotts are more extreme.
A search online showed many more individuals vowing not to do business in Austin, including one poster who says they will cancel hotel reservations and a Leander resident who says they will skip having lunch inside Austin city limits.
The boycott apparently is already being felt according to the Austin Hotel and Lodging Association who sent KXAN this statement:
“The AHLA is not a political association and does not in any way support travel boycotts of any kind. Hotels in Austin are now beginning to experience concrete evidence from the many visitors now canceling their leisure or business plans to Austin.”
. KXAN was told some of the cancellations include riders who normally take part in the Republic of Texas (motorcycle)Rally.
They should also eat at restaurants and buy gas outside the city too!
This is great news.
Absolutely
Good Job! Haha! Talk about being hoisted on their own petards...
I haven’t sent emails to anyone, but we usually spend about three days in Austin each summer. It’s a fun place. Not this year.
BTW: We Arizonans are Americans. The illegal aliens are not. Whose side are you on?
Ha-ha! Keep Austin wierd...and broke!
Hey Austin, perhaps all those illegals can support your local economy.
I’m not going to spend a single dime in Austin from here on out. Already cancelled plans to attend a collectors’ convention which I’ve routinely gone to for years. I’ve had it with all these sanctuary-city traitors.
I especially like the “broke” part...;-), and I would include the state government too.
Austin seems to be quite an arrogant city injecting their assinine beliefs into a law that doesn’t affect them! (or does it...)
I heard the same thing was happening to San Diego
Resends?
Maybe they mean rescinds.
Texas has a lot of crap RINO slime like Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. Spineless open-borders RINOs.
You obviously haven’t been paying attention. The Austin City council passed a resolution to boycott AZ because of SB 1070. Get it?
Good.
If you meant to address me, you obviously have misunderstood my post. I do not refer to those on the Austin council as Americans. They are U.S. citizens at best. Those Americans I was referring to are those who are boycotting Austin. Hope this helps.
I did and thank you, my bad
The poster you are replying to seemed to have a good grasp on the situation. Why are you jumping on him?
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