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South Austin business owner pleads for help
KVUE ^ | 01/24/2023 | Daranesha Herron

Posted on 01/25/2023 9:13:31 AM PST by TexasKamaAina

A South Austin business owner says aggressive people experiencing homelessness and slow police response times make it hard to keep the business open.

Laura North, the owner of Headspace Salon and Co-op, is calling for Austin police to respond quicker to active attacks and asking the City of Austin to move faster in finding housing for the homeless...

"We have men hiding in the bushes waiting for us to leave work at night," North said. "We've been threatened with rape, with murder."

There's a large homeless camp next to the salon, with tents scattered under the highway near Ben White Boulevard and Pack Saddle Pass.

North said some of the people living there have gotten extremely aggressive.

"[One man] took giant rocks and smashed our plumbing cleanout lines, just started smashing them to smithereens," North said. "He was throwing rocks at clients, at staff."

(Excerpt) Read more at kvue.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; austin; crime; dystopia; homeless; texas
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Austin is doing better about keeping addicts and deranged people off the streets in the city center but on the periphery the problem persists.
1 posted on 01/25/2023 9:13:31 AM PST by TexasKamaAina
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To: TexasKamaAina

Civilization is crumbling quickly before our very eyes.


2 posted on 01/25/2023 9:14:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: TexasKamaAina

“aggressive people experiencing homelessness”
Must be Austin Speak.


3 posted on 01/25/2023 9:15:06 AM PST by Zathras
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To: TexasKamaAina
Assault with a deadly weapon warrants response in kind.
4 posted on 01/25/2023 9:15:14 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Democrats ruin everything


5 posted on 01/25/2023 9:15:26 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Oh Noes... we gots to keep Austin Weird.


6 posted on 01/25/2023 9:19:40 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Keep austin weird.


7 posted on 01/25/2023 9:19:56 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Civilization is crumbling quickly before our very eyes.

Amazing, isn't it? It's almost as if National America is reaping what it has sown from expelling Jesus Christ from all things government. Cf. my tagline.

8 posted on 01/25/2023 9:24:05 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: TexasKamaAina

Subsidize it. Get more of it. Simple.
Quit paying these people. Quit giving them freebies. They will go away, buck up, or die off.


9 posted on 01/25/2023 9:24:07 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Civilization is indeed crumbling at this time. Enjoy the ringside seat, this will be quite a show.


10 posted on 01/25/2023 9:25:31 AM PST by GingisK
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
[Civilization is crumbling quickly before our very eyes.]

All by design - by the godless Globalists - they WILL get their dream - Satan's anti-messiah - destruction of national sovereignty (Even Megiddo: Omega Code 2 got this part correct) is necessary for the 10 region (10 toes of Daniel) world beast (also described in Daniel 7:23).

Keep praying, dear friends. The Lord hath prophesied of these times. Luke 21:34-36


11 posted on 01/25/2023 9:31:03 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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"We have men hiding in the bushes waiting for us to leave work at night," North said.

Gut a gun, shoot them dead. Problem solved Missy.

12 posted on 01/25/2023 9:31:08 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Austin: The a$$hole of Texas.


13 posted on 01/25/2023 9:31:58 AM PST by NY Cajun (I contributed to her pink slip this morning. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

A clip from Megiddo: Omega Code 2

Though admittedly with some cheesy parts, in this movie, the fools that want the New World Order will basically get their wish. In one form or another. For 7 years.

And then there is going to be a little surprise called The Second Coming of Christ.

I’m not saying this is how it will happen because that is unknown. Just saying that a patriotic President is what the New World Order hates. Christians will be next. They’re already trying the marginalize (AND murder) Christians.

https://youtu.be/SQxq7cmeiq8?t=1935


14 posted on 01/25/2023 9:35:07 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Move somewhere civilized, you’ll get no help in Austin.


15 posted on 01/25/2023 9:35:38 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
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To: GingisK

We move to the very highest seats away from ringside — North Idaho. But we can feel it coming here, too.


16 posted on 01/25/2023 9:40:37 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: TexasKamaAina

“A South Austin business owner says aggressive people experiencing homelessness...”

Pretty sure they didn’t say that. Pretty sure what they said was something closer to “crazy bums”.


17 posted on 01/25/2023 9:50:01 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: TexasKamaAina

If that homeless camp is under a state highway, it is under the control of the Texas Department of Transportation.


18 posted on 01/25/2023 9:51:53 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: Zathras

It’s a fun game. Just think of anything that sounds bad and figure out a way to make it sound less bad.

Like “armed bank robber taking hostages” sounds bad. But “economically disadvantaged man aggressively seeking companionship” sounds less bad.


19 posted on 01/25/2023 9:52:17 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Zathras

No no no.. you must now call them the “UNHOUSED.” Not making that up.


20 posted on 01/25/2023 9:57:51 AM PST by Hildy
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