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  1. Wordle 1,463 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  2. I wish you would share your story, I’ve never heard of anything like that for Exec Platinum. I agree it’s a shitshow, but they’ve always gone above and beyond to insulate me from their problems- like putting me on other carriers flights or bumping coach passengers to get me home when my flight was cancelled, etc. Im currently on a status match with Delta, and it’s clearly a better airline overall, but the top tier experience is better on American.
  3. All 30% of them?
  4. If you are exec platinum or usually fly first/biz, American is actually pretty great. If you don’t, Delta is better.
  5. This chaos is bad for the country and embarrassing on top of it, but I’m glad to see Tulsi Gabbard destroyed. She’s one of the most cynical, lowest integrity people we’ve seen in politics over the last 40 years and I can’t wait to see her lose a safe R congressional race in Leander after Trump fires her. Assuming we aren’t all consumed in flames or succumb to famine and disease by then, that is.
  6. Well my apologies, it’s just that when I hear things as factually incorrect and disconnected from the reality of politics in Austin as that, I assume it came from Mark, Melinda, Todd Jeffries, and whoever else is operating the bilge pump at 590. No. I’m telling you it’s not a matter of my preference, within the coalitional world of Austin politics that particular use of affordability above means β€œlet the market build more housing.” That’s in contrast to how Kathy Tovo used it, when it was primarily code for β€œincrease the homestead exemption.” Literally no council candidate that I am familiar with in 30+ years of paying close attention has ever used affordability to sell a β€œtax the rich” and give β€œfree shit to the poor” message. That’s just nonsense. And by the way you’re also specifically wrong in another way, and I cannot emphasize this strongly enough. As used above by that particular candidate, it is VERY MUCH about how to improve housing affordability, particularly among middle class public sector workers. It is 100% about that. You aren’t cynical, you’re just uninformed. And since I spent the better part of two decades in the various weeds of appointed semi-officialdom in this town dealing with the Council’s many own-goals, I assure you I am the furthest thing from naive.
  7. I hear you, and it certainly can be a component of a strong campaign, see Kathy Tovo, Jackie Goodman (RIP), and Pio Renteria. But to your point, it’s a very narrow path unless you have a shitload of retired homeowners in the district. As for β€œGOP coding,” it’s not necessarily a negative (esp in D6) because high propensity Austin city election voters tend to be very focused on local issues, like Taxes. But likewise, the appeal is limited because they also tend to be Democrats. I don’t know what to tell you. Nobody likes to hear it on this thread, but Travis County and Austin (outside of the 2018-2023 leadership vacuum) runs pretty well. I’m just relieved that we didn’t adopt a strong Mayor system. Watson would probably do OK, but in general, well paid professional City Managers and well paid County Judges and Commissioners run a far tighter ship than poorly-paid mayors and council members chosen from a pool of those willing to do a thankless job for nothing, on the basis of whoever performs the most pleasing mouth-noises for the worst people in town.
  8. Because (and I’ve seen private research on this) it mostly doesn’t hang outside of some specific voter groups in specific places. First, among homeowners, City taxes don’t move the needle compared to the other taxing entities, let alone the housing shortage in central Austin and our truly stupendous income inequality, particularly between college graduate+ private sector workers and our massive pool of college graduate+ public sector workers. It works a little for retired, house rich long term residents in places like Hyde Park, Bouldin Creek, near-east Austin and other neighborhoods where they have seen their tax bills skyrocket along with home’s value but live on a fixed income. But more importantly, second, the affordability problem is most acute for renters who would like to buy a home close to where they work, or at least rent one, and can’t. They aren’t looking at the component cost structures, they are looking at the price tag. The shame of it is that she’s the most politically gifted and skilled member of council since 90’s era Kirk Watson. It’s a terrible waste and a real tragedy for the city. She had it all. Nonsense. It’s code for β€œlet the market build more housing.” You don’t know what or who you are talking about. Stop listening to KLBJ-AM.
  9. This is not about this forum or this thread or who anybody wants to win, but generally: this series has really separated the ball knowers from people who just enjoy watching and talking about sports- in media, at work, online, etc.
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  13. @Pods - I want to acknowledge your post, and do not challenge any of it. In fact, I hesitated to hit submit in part because of my awareness of the dark reality that the LDS (and for that matter most centralized and hierarchical faiths and denominations) go to great lengths to obscure, and I hoped not to pick at the scabs of anyone’s personal trauma or bad experiences. I apologize if that’s what I’ve done here.
  14. β€œβ€¦ and that little boy, who nobody liked, grew up to be Mike Lee. Now you know the rest of the story.”
  15. I have known a lot of Mormons. Most of them are the salt of the earth, the best, most kindly neighbors and per capita probably the happiest people there are.
  16. Jennifer Griffin looking for another involuntary vacation, I see
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