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  1. It is possible they could stop funding stupid shit, focus on the must haves, reduce the property taxes, not have a income tax and raise the sales/consumption tax.

    That grift is mostly spoken for, but a light rail opens up a new world of corruption for a shit ton of people, which opens up a lot of other concerted corruption based on relationships made while pushing the rail. A number of people could easily become mega wealthy from rail funds without the rail ever being finished. This has little to do with whether or not Austin needs a poorly planned rail.
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  2. We checked out an EVO theater last night for the hell of it. I walked away feeling pretty bad for the employees on up the chain. That place is huge...and definitely going to have a hard time surviving this mess. I’m reasonably sure that we were the only customers in the entire building between 6:30 - 8:15. Pretty depressing atmosphere in general. The experience reminded me of a scene in an old Charlton Heston flick called the Omega Man.

  3. How much better off as a society would we be without cops/sheriffs? Cops take 1/2 or more of city budgets. If any other city/county employees were as corrupt as the police are, they would be fired.
    What do law enforcement really add for society? Do any benefits they provide outweigh the damage they cause?
    At the very least, take away the guns from the average cops. Only specially trained units can use them. Wonder if that would change the attitude of most cops (it won’t)?

    Anyone? I honestly can’t tell.
  4. There’s no way to make a fair judgement without knowing all of the facts, but the line that the guy had no ID and was wondering why the fuck he suddenly became a target seems pretty plausible when considering that most cops are extremely offended when their authority is questioned to any degree. It should be okay to be upset when cops overstep their boundaries.

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