Posted on 05/02/2021 3:38:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the summer of 2019, Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler and Councilman Greg Casar led a unanimous council vote to change the city’s ordinance concerning homeless camping.
Tents and tent cities sprung up citywide almost overnight. Citizen opposition to allowing the tent cities emerged almost as quickly.
Adler stubbornly refused to learn best practices from cities that are handling their homeless populations without simply allowing tent cities under every overpass and other places throughout the city. He traveled to cities that are handling the issue poorly, such as Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
A bipartisan group, Save Austin Now, formed to put the ordinance up to a citywide vote. After city machinations to keep it off the ballot, the group succeeded and got it into the May 1 ballot.
Mayor Adler and Councilman Greg Casar strongly and publicly opposed that measure, Proposition B. They also added additional propositions including one that would fundamentally change the city’s charter to a strong mayor model, handing Adler (and Casar, who many regard as leading Adler by the nose into radical, far-left policy) more power over the city’s functions. That proposition was Prop F.
Adler and Casar also introduced and campaigned in favor of what they called “democracy dollars,” which would take city government funds and hand them to Austin residents to donate to political campaigns. That was Prop H.
They also proposed adding another city council district, Prop G.
Voters turned out heavily in early voting, and Mayor Adler could not contain his panic and his disdain for some of Austin’s residents as the early votes were counted.
Even Ben & Jerry’s ice cream meddled in Austin’s election, predictably siding with Casar, Adler, and all of the left-wing advocacy groups that dominate policy discussions in the city.
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After the Election Day votes were counted, Adler and Casar took an old-fashioned shellacking.
Voters approved Prop B, ending homeless camping, 58% to 42%.
Voters rejected Prop F, the strong mayor proposal, 87% to 13%.
Prop G, which would have added another council district, fell 57% to 43%.
Voters also rejected Prop H, the “democracy dollars” proposal, 57% to 43%.
No problem. The mayor will just ignore the ordinance.
In the summer of 2019, Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler and Councilman Greg Casar led a unanimous council vote to change the city’s ordinance concerning homeless camping... [Adler] traveled to cities that are handling the issue poorly, such as Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles. A bipartisan group, Save Austin Now, formed to put the ordinance up to a citywide vote. After city machinations to keep it off the ballot, the group succeeded and got it into the May 1 ballot. Mayor Adler and Councilman Greg Casar strongly and publicly opposed that measure, Proposition B. They also added additional propositions including one that would fundamentally change the city’s charter to a strong mayor model... proposition was Prop F. Adler and Casar also introduced and campaigned in favor of what they called “democracy dollars,” which would take city government funds and hand them to Austin residents to donate to political campaigns. That was Prop H. They also proposed adding another city council district, Prop G. Voters turned out heavily in early voting, and Mayor Adler could not contain his panic and his disdain for some of Austin’s residents as the early votes were counted. Even Ben & Jerry’s ice cream meddled in Austin’s election, predictably siding with Casar, Adler, and all of the left-wing advocacy groups that dominate policy discussions in the city.
You can see why Nancy Pelousy has pushed HR1 so hard. How this would work with local elections, is beyond me, but Nan wants to Federalize elections, and that would mean all of them. That’s ridiculous, of course, but so is Nan, and Adler.
Signs of sanity are starting to crop up.
For Democrats this is just a temporary setback. Soon they’ll just vote on it all again, then again, and again, until they get what they want. Then they’ll say the people have spoken.
Signs of sanity are starting to crop up.
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Minor set back ...
In Austin of all places. Who's next for sanity - Portland Minneapolis? I know it won't be Los Angeles because Mayor Garcetti is pushing for universal income for the homeless, and I believe most LA occupants support it.
Mayor Adolf Adler and his Demonicrat kakistocrats will just tell their interim police chief to ignore enforcing the ban.
Yep. That is what I predicted.
Is Austin’s citizens getting fed up with liberals? I’m not sure, but it is a start...
Signs of sanity are starting to crop up.
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Signs of sanity are starting to crop up
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Whatever. They’ll just move further out in the suburbs and destroy those places too.
Worse than that. They'll just give the homeless free housing, courtesy of the taxpayers.
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