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TheYoungHorn

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  1. The fact that the only unification that appears from the outside to be happening, is a Laura Morrison lead push to move us further into the do-nothing camp on Land Use issues, is concerning. We need a clear picture of who is going to step up and lead us as an actual counter to those forces, and a vision for how to engage the city's population in working alongside to work for positive, proactive changes that might have the teeth to shape the compact/connected city we claim to want. Not just incremental improvement in representation in regards to some of these issues.
  2. Exactly. Which is why I am saying we need more than just people who run on a platform of "affordability for all" and appear to be pseudo YIMBYs. Ie, to get anything done we need to start demanding that those who want to make progress on land use issues that we have to stand up and lead, tell the stories why it matters to everyone in this city now (and who will move here) and not try to negotiate or accommodate people/factions that have done everything in their power, and thus acquired and wielded said power in the first place, to stop any form of change or growth that veers from their idealized version of what Austin was, or should be.
  3. If she is ready to go to bat against the NIMBY wing, then count me on board as a District 1 resident. So, is she?
  4. Even if Kronk can pull a rabbit out of his hat, and somehow lead this circus into something, anything close to sensibility, how long will it take? I'd imagine 3 years would be the fastest anything could happen. But I highly doubt it.
  5. Yeah, Pollo Tropical is awesome. Grilled chicken with great black beans and rice. Plus some of the other sides were very good. The group that runs them and Cabana didn't really understand how to expand into a new market and are brain-dead marketers.
  6. They are actually probably using them to help make dealing easier.
  7. But as mentioned above, hard to go wrong with Dos Batos.
  8. Also Schlotzky's and McAllisters if you are into those places.
  9. Looking for some old generation wireless controllers to use for some Steam gaming. If you have any of these laying around your house I would be interested in putting them back to use. I am in Austin.
  10. All combined with the proud ethos of wanting to recapture the small, college-town past.
  11. Well, kinda. If you sign up for their rewards program thing you get a free order of chips and salsa every single visit.
  12. Yeah, which is proof positive that food and community is what we need more of in this current environment. If we could shut down facebook and cable news, a lot of common ground could be hashed out over tacos, beer and grilled/smoked meats.
  13. Yeah, a modern day Metroplex West Side Story---err....Romeo and Juliet.
  14. And the job growth downtown, of high paying jobs in those offices, will continue to support the condos and apartments because...as you mentioned the lack of transport options. That becomes a moot point when you can walk, bike or ride a scooter/uber/autonomous dillo to your office, grocery store, bars and restaurants in under 10 minutes. The office towers are a bigger problem as they bring in more drivers to put more strain on the infrastructure, as most won't live downtown.
  15. And black people. And really anyone that isn't ,increasingly, rich or white.
  16. It really isn't that figure that is sad. It's the fact of all the years of work and fighting on all sides to end up with a beyond crappy status quo that will only exacerbate many of the very real problems we have concerning growth in this city.
  17. This is so predictable. It is also sickening, because it rewards the chicanery that drives this city into a deeper mess.
  18. If the weather is nice, a dinner at Shady Grove is still a good choice. Green Chile Chicken Fried Steak will do. Though as mentioned above, it is hard to beat Chili Parlor. I would do it for lunch.
  19. I understand on the face why he did it. But just screwing with Austin, isn't really screwing with "Austin" that the GOP guys want to do. If they wanted to screw with Austin, they would find a way to let the State Legislature rezone all of Austin, or do away with zoning in general in say Travis County. Backing up Fred Lewis and his cronies in another front to stop any version of zoning change in Austin just doesn't make any sense, unless you just hate the City Council and Mayor.
  20. Or, to boil it down simply, why is Ken Paxton carrying Fred Lewis' water on this one?
  21. Can someone help explain to me why Ken Paxton is involved in the Planning Commission makeup argument? Wouldn't Paxton, the supposed "defender of conservative causes" want to not be on the same side as the NIMBY liberals that are raising lawsuits against the planning commission makeup?
  22. Yes to both. But 1: they improve on this stuff every day because 2. They have told a story and backed it up that investors have bought. Walmart never told such a story, and thus were and have been judged as other retailers have always been.
  23. Randomly took a class of his back in the day. Physics for non-technical majors. On some days it was among the worst classes I ever attended on campus. On others, it was pure genius. It was odd, when a lecture hall of students looking for a blow-off science credit ran into someone that should have won at least one Nobel prize, and had no idea of his background. He had a unique style when dealing with people who didn't want to learn physics, often slowing things down in an attempt to simplify topics, but then the next class getting extremely frustrated. Though, he seemed to relish the chance to convey at least some of what he was passionate about to a diverse audience and had a great sense of humor, though it almost entirely came at the expense of other students. Many of which, because of his thick accent, and style had no idea what was going on. I do remember him joking about some of the Nobel drama a lot, at least he found some humor in it.
  24. TheYoungHorn

    Hank's

    You also have the bar downstairs at the Drafthouse, the place on the corner has a full bar (Colleen's) and for beer you can also do Whichcraft.
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