One would think that Texans would get rid of such people in their government. What is the matter? Why isn’t the Austin city council being recalled?
“Why isn’t the Austin city council being recalled?”
Every Austin city council seat is voted on At Large and meaning that each resident gets to vote on mayor and every member of the city council.
However, in west and central Austin the turnout for elections is 50% while in conservative neighborhoods the turnout is under 10%.
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Here’s a good example of an Austin councilman. He was part of the group who insisted on bike lanes down a crowded highway and showers for bicyclists at the (now radioactive)formula one racetrack 20 miles from Austin.
They also insisted on shrinking the parking lot to about half the needed size to force people into “green” (which doesn’t currently exist from what I can find) mass transit that they insisted on the race organizers paying for...why do socialists love mass transit so much?... and an organic garden spot in the middle of the track.
I’m not making this up.
Anyway, he’s like most of the non-minority members (They are a different story) and he lives in an area full of people just like himself. He’s not about to be recalled.