Posted on 07/14/2020 12:04:38 PM PDT by rktman
Austins city council voted this afternoon to slash $11.3 million from the citys police budget.
Note the tone in this piece, which is supposed to be a news story from local station KVUE:
The proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year of $4.2 billion the same size as last years adjusts to new fiscal constraints and community expectations, with focused investments in core programs and City infrastructure, according to the city managers office. The proposed $1.1 billion general fund budget supports re-imagining public safety through a reallocation of police funding to health, housing, and other critical social services. The capital budget includes $1.2 billion in planned spending.
Thats not a news story, its a press release.
How does this city budget adjust to fiscal constraints if its the same size as last years? Only if spending increases are always uncritically assumed, which of course they are.
This budget includes a re-imagining of public safety, which has been deteriorating for the past year since the city council and Mayor Steve Adler allowed homeless camping just about everywhere except city hall. Crime was rising before the coronavirus plague and the violent protests. It has only worsened since.
The re-imagining (a loathsome term that deserves to be tossed into the dustbin of history) includes opportunistic shifting of public money away from public safety and toward the lefts pet projects.
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Amazing how all of a sudden democRAT run cities can find something to cut from their “budget”
Gotta get rid of the cops, they took an oath to uphold the constitution. Next will come the military who take an oath of enlistment to uphold the constitution. The country is under attack, that much is clear. Classify them as domestic enemies and take ‘em out before it’s too late.
Law Enforcement Oath of Honor
“On my honor,
I will never betray my badge,
my integrity, my character,
or the public trust.
I will always have the courage
to hold myself and others
accountable for our actions.
I will always uphold the Constitution,
the community,
and the agency I serve,
so help me God.”
Miltary Oath of Enlistment
I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).
well, it makes sense.
if Austin gets rid of its cops, then it won’t have any more cops for the BLM-SorozNazi-Islamic-other criminals to kill
the nice commies running the city of Austin are saving lives, right?
/s
That is so true. Hopefully, and this is awful to say, but I hope that every one of these democRAT idiots, their families and the people that voted them into office comes face to face with someone bent on doing them harm, possibly succeeding and they call the police and crickets.....
“re-imagining public safety”
They love that crap.
Follow the drug money.
Think how awesome SXSW would be with no LEO bothering folks. NOT!
Kneecap...
Nancy’d? Or Kerrigan’d?
To borrow another tired aphorism, only tards use the term re-imagining
;’}
You don’t imagine public safety, you create it or enforce it from the barrel of a gun if needed.
Austin, the shit hole of Texas.
If I were a cop in one of these fascist run cities, I’d quit and hire out for private security....for a conservative enterprise.
This budget includes a re-imagining of public safety, which has been deteriorating for the past year since the city council and Mayor Steve Adler allowed homeless camping just about everywhere except city hall. Crime was rising before the coronavirus plague and the violent protests. It has only worsened since.
“Amazing how all of a sudden democRAT run cities can find something to cut from their budget”
The police budget gets cut and the money goes into social services.
Reality sets in and the sane folks demand more cops but there’s no money for that anymore because a social program can never be cut.
HUGE tax increases.
You can bet the money the cut isn’t going to social services needs anytime soon....at least not until everybody at the top takes their cut.
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