See the RBG broach on the third from the left. You get one guess which way that person swings.
Posted on 12/24/2019 11:23:20 AM PST by bgill
Every member of the eleven-person council has progressive political ideologies, something that’s made clear by the accessories many of them wear inspired by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Austin City Council Members are nonpartisan in that they don’t run as Democrats or Republicans.
A city spokesperson pointed KXAN toward the Texas Election Code which indicates that all local governments in Texas run nonpartisan elections by default, Austin just hasn’t chosen to authorize partisan candidacy...
Council Member Allison Alter added that the RBG accessories were, “one small way to show solidarity amongst ourselves.”
Alter also pointed out that many other local governing bodies, such as Travis County Commissioners and AISD’s Board of Trustees, have female majorities. She explained that in the past year, these women have been holding meetings together.
“We’ve been getting some of us together as much as we can and we have over 50 some elected officials in Travis County,” Alter explained.
(Excerpt) Read more at kxan.com ...
See the RBG broach on the third from the left. You get one guess which way that person swings.
Can’t wait for the insanity when ACB replaces RBG.
Wouldn't it be something if one of the others ended up croaking first...
Austin has both kinds on the political spectrum: Stalinists and ULTRA-Stalinists.
An iron lung might be just a little over the top...
Six cat ladies and one pussy.
Where is his right hand going/doing?
Anyone old enough to remember the EAGLE on a PEARL pin that ALL DEMOCRAT women wore in the 90s??
Those people look unhappy, mean, and corrupt.
High school level immaturity.
What a gay picture.
All-female Council.
“RBG accessories”
Sometimes, the jokes just write themselves.
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