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Pasken

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  1. The place where he was found was in the news yesterday for a different reason. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/investigation-finds-untreated-wastewater-air-sludge-issues-at-austin-water-facility?fbclid=IwAR0ZilT3Q6RiR-ztkqioNrcZfNMSunLk7nEm6sMAkW8ZYxYuozJ_FnZjVgs
  2. That would make sense if there was any possibility that the population of austin would stay stagnant or go down but that is not happening. Even if post covid means 20 percent less traffic which I think is unlikely, we are still talking about doubling the population in the next 20 years. So instead of congestion getting twice as bad it might get almost twice as bad.
  3. Sure, they can drive to a park and ride and pay to ride it and that would be one less car on the road in Austin. Is that so terrible?
  4. Every single stop of the green line that is funded by Prop A is in the city of Austin. If Manor and Elgin want it to continue to outside Austin then they can pay for it.
  5. We don't have light rail. If you are referring to the handrail diesel commuter train, it's standing room only at rush hour and it's a commuter line. We're talking about putting light rail (our first light rail line) down the major backbone of the city as well as a growing riverside corridor to the airport.
  6. People want more dependable public transit. We are tired of waiting in the same traffic as a car. It defeats the purpose. better quality transit attracts more riders.
  7. Austin had double the amount of mail in ballots yesterday as 2016. Seems like in person voting will be at roughly the same amount for the 2nd day in a row though.
  8. I mute his retweets.
  9. Yea, I'm in the city limits but in Manor ISD. Posting this here again since it's a new page:
  10. You mean the train station that is ahead of schedule, under budget and will help with the frequency of the red line?
  11. Prop A is not a bond so there isn't any borrowed money or interest. It's more Pay as you go. The first few years will be spent on design and engineering which will allow the fund to build up money to pay for the actual construction. Then you have the project like the Green Line which aren't even scheduled for work until after light rail opens when the money will be available. The cheaper improvements are scheduled 1st like Red line improvements and the Bus Rapid routes, park and rides etc. This is a really good plan IF you like mass transit. If you don't then vote against it but anyone who says the plan is not right for X reason is full of shit or lying. The best comparison I have is Seattle's light rail. They also have a tunnel in downtown that helps the system tremendously by avoiding clusters, not taking away lanes for buses, and allowing the trains to be extended in the future which we could not do at street level due to the shorter length of our downtown blocks.
  12. It should not surprise anyone that the bulk of money comes during construction and we are just now about to enter the primary construction position of the plan. This schedule was public back in 2016. It takes years of planning if you want multiple years of public input and approvals, the necessary auditing of utilities to minimize complications during construction and proper design and engineering.
  13. The city of Austin has jack shit to do with AISD.
  14. This is the most honest representation of the tax impact of Prop A that I've seen: Please vote YES. The system is most similar probably to what Seattle has with the downtown tunnel.
  15. Please vote for Props A and B if you are in Austin. It's the best shot we've had for a mass transit plan in 20 years. We are so royally fucked if we don't get started on light rail now with how the population is exploding.
  16. This guy hasn't voted in Travis County in the last year.
  17. I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Bernie effect with Trump and a lack of willingness to actually go out to the polls and vote for him among his supporters.
  18. I don't think so. The head of travis elections said they were at around 6,000 by 10:00 AM.
  19. I think your vote is thrown out if you vote early but die before Election Day. Just wanted you to know that before you die.
  20. This is their polling map. Not their consensus map. https://www.270towin.com/maps/consensus-2020-electoral-map-forecast
  21. This will sit on his desk unsigned until the election. Trump will likely have a lead on election night due to so many states not being able to START counting mail in ballots until the polls close and he's going to say that he'll sign it if Biden concedes.
  22. Meanwhile the 2nd big hurricane is headed toward Lake Charles as God's punishment for being Trump's biggest pocket of support in Louisiana. He didn't help them after the 1st one so maybe he'll help them now.
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