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landman

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  1. Most of them should be at the state hospital already.
  2. That video needs to go to TCEQ, Governor, State Reps, news channels, etc. Fuck Adler and his minions.
  3. You are completely wrong on the SOS purpose - it had nothing to do with affordability at the time. It was to stifle development. The support for SOS and the environmental restrictions were from people that were not in the well-to-do neighborhoods. They were from older areas of south Austin, Oak Hill, and other areas that in the late 80's did not have the growth and gentrification they have today. It was Bill Bunch and Mary Arnold and Bridget Shea and others that simply wanted the City to stop development. The opposition to SOS came from those white neighborhoods as you call them - that's where the developers, builders, members of the real estate community lived. They fought SOS tooth and nail. Affordability wasn't even thought about then because Austin was still in the midst of the 80's bust. As the project that got scuttled, if it was planned it would have been built. EV restrictions do not impact planned projects - they are grandfathered. Now if it was in the planning process and didn't meet the development requirements in the code at the time, then it would not have been built. And the environmental restrictions on the east side 20 years ago were, and in many cases still are, less restrictive than other areas of the City. 20 years ago a lot of the east side had development incentives by way of being part of the desired development zone which had such things as reduced fees, higher impervious cover allowances, smart housing possibilities, and so forth. Lastly, Tarrytown has been built out for decades. The EV regulations have had little impact there other than for tear downs and rebuilds.
  4. I don't know. Seems when spankings were still ok kids grew up more respectful than they are now in the orange slices for everyone world.
  5. Aren't hands around the neck, not on the chin, involved in choking?
  6. After the debacle of students not even being able to get into games last year before the middle of the second quarter, many aren't even opting for tickets according to our son.
  7. Wasn't it mid-June, 2 weeks after the protests started up, that the numbers started spiking? They were staying fairly level to that point.
  8. Wife and I are thinking the same thing, though probably about half as long. May push further into Sept. to catch the leaves starting to change.
  9. With the irreparable damage we are doing to kids by going on line, why not just postpone the start 6 months or a year and try to get them in the classroom? Disadvantage children - poor, minority - are going to suffer if it goes online. Their parents will be at work (or looking for work) and won't have the time to make sure they are getting online, their parents won't care if they get on or not, the kids will skip it, or will have to find work to help make ends meet, etc. The percentage that will actually do what they are supposed to do is not great. And the education they will recieve online vs. in person is very poor.
  10. Great. Just like El Patio, Frisco, and other places that close, the regulars can't get in due to the sudden crowds of people that haven't been in 20 years.
  11. Names of these places need to start being publicized.
  12. My sister is a 6th grade teacher in Kansas. The school provided tablets to all students when school shutdown. She noticed several kids weren't participating during the online class time. She reached out to them they said they that their parents were using them and wouldn't let them get online. Our kids, OUR FUTURE, need to be in a structured learning environment. Not for the ones who have parents that care, but for those that don't.
  13. The rest of it is perfect...ly inaccurate.
  14. The cases with severe or permanent lung damage are rare. It wont be an entire generation, or even close to it.
  15. Clemson did rename a building. But the campus is on the grounds that were the plantation owned by the same person. They really should relocate the campus if they are serious about it.
  16. Pretty sure the origins have to do with chewing tobacco and are very clear.
  17. The reduction has been 51 though.
  18. Just back from a few days in a house down there. Plenty of spacing on the beach at mile marker 39 where we were. Cooked at the house, but did some shopping in town. Masks were maybe 50% where we went. Seemed more like 10% in masks at IGA, including the store staff. Nice to get away from Austin and the world falling apart. Didn't turn the TV on at all for 3 days, so had no idea things were blowing up crazy again until last night.
  19. Doesn't anyone with ties to slavery need to be removed from history? Washington owned slaves - need to rename DC, rename the university, and remove the monument, as well. Take him off the dollar bill and the quarter. Burn Mt. Vernon.
  20. Haven't they been saying asymptomatic carriers aren't spreading the disease? I know I've seen/heard it a few places, but not sure if that's standard across the board or not. But if it is true, then no reason not to play basketball. Those with symptons probably don't feel like running around in the heat.
  21. Quan Cosby was on the radio yesterday and had no issues with the song. Said he never really thought anything of the statues, but could see the concerns there.
  22. It's a special song to a lot of people. The first song my boys learned was The Eyes of Texas from my mother. My grandfather taught it to me. I sang it with my family in Omaha and at the Rose Bowl and thousands of other times with tens of thousands of other people. My dad requested we sing it at his memorial service 13 years ago. And it's a stretch to tie it to racism because of the timing. Hook'em Horns was first used when the football team was all white. Does it need to go away? Dirty Martin's likely didn't serve black people at one time. Do we need to burn it down?
  23. We need to change the name of Washington DC, remove the Washington monument, the Jefferson memorial, etc. - they owned slaves. We also need to change the name of the City of Austin as well. Houston to. And the Alamo? A number of those brave defenders owned slaves - several city and county names will need to be changed to. How far do we go?
  24. Yes she is. And no, pictures will not be provided.
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