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Bozo_Casanova

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  1. You raise an interesting question. I wonder if there’s a single senior executive working in the CBD of a large American city who expenses less than $5000 on meals in an average year…
  2. This is for people who think Judge Holden and the Glanton gang are the good guys.
  3. Of course there are lots of things that could be cut. And if you ran for office or volunteered your time to contribute to the budget process you could help make that sausage. Otherwise, you get an up or down vote, assuming you live in city limits. Now, for me, this was close to a coin flip but there’s enough necessity involved that my choice was to vote for this. And, because I am close enough to city politics to know who is orchestrating the opposition, my personal disdain for their motives exceeds my disdain for the budget package. That said, take heart! I am convinced Prop Q will fail, and we’ll continue to drift back towards the traditional Austin model of underinvestment by design.
  4. I don’t think they will drive more people to homelessness but it certainly won’t help much. But you don’t think personal spite is a good reason to vote a tax increase?
  5. I’m not telling, but if you want to find it bad enough you can. Do a screen for “architectural gem” with builder grade cabinets.
  6. Indeed. My agent asked if I wanted to make an offer over list, and I do. $995,001.
  7. This is a frustrating 4
  8. Wordle 1,597 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  9. If they were actually willing to sell it anywhere close to that price, it would be a great deal.
  10. Anyway, want to go camping?
  11. Huh. I’ve met quite a few HUB contractors. What percentage do you figure were Trump/Abbott/Patrick/Paxton voters? 65-70%, I bet.
  12. A new house popped up in our screen today- a 2025 4K SF spec build that has been on the market for 6 months. Originally offered just over $4mm. here’s what happened since then:
  13. your moms ulna
  14. Say what? He threw him open.
  15. At least they have a sense of humor
  16. shot: Chaser: First they came for the trans people and the immigrants and I said nothing…
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  18. “Defense wins championships”
  19. I don’t know about that, but either way, look- it’s almost certainly not going to pass. No it’s an indictment of the voters and the citizens of a city that has overcome incredible strokes of good luck and natural advantages in order to avoid being a great city. Our council isn’t great, but it’s 100x better than the voters deserve.
  20. I’m more concerned about the important shit they don’t do, like responding to break-ins in progress even when close by. Agree with you there- Fire is a unique subject because the truth nobody wants to say out loud is that we have more Fire stations and trucks than we need, because things don’t burn like they used to, which is why they arrive before EMS so often. But everyone loves the fire department and it’s not unique to Austin, so it’s relatively benign as such things go.
  21. You are the one implicitly asserting that the total is excessive so please feel free to show your work if you are moved to do so. That said, I’m 100% sure that well over 5% of spend in this city (including the police and public safety) is bloat, just as it is in every city and every big company and every other complex bureaucracy in the world. Nobody gets to perfect efficiency but the city of Austin is not a worse offender than, say, Dell, WalMart, or the University of Texas. But in the aggregate most of that increase is merely catching up with the cost of being a fast growing real life city our size.
  22. I think that only really exists in two places 1) police 2) economic development In virtually every other area, what people experience as a lack of accountability is, in reality, the city suffering from decades of underinvestment and public indifference.
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