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  1. 3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Code words to the neighborhood associations that run city government: relax, we aren't going to change a damned thing.  You can continue to "preserve the character" of your neighborhoods by not allowing anything to be altered or built within 10 miles of you.

    “We will find a way to keep out the brown people.”

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  2. 3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    The problem with this mayor, sadly, is that he’d rather be on the losing end of a 7-4 vote than prevail 6-5.

    I’m not planning to get into COA stuff on surly the way I did on shag, but we’ve got a leadership vacuum and mistakes of inaction are being made in this period that will have negative consequences that cannot be undone. There was a window for this city to adapt more or less comfortably to our own growth. It stayed open for a long time. It’s closing soon.

     

    Agree on the leadership vacuum, wholeheartedly. I know some in the business community pulled support from Adler after he rolled over on sick leave, but are grudgingly back in the game because of his opponent.

     

    The only good thing I can say about this is that the money we spent on Code NEXT was a sunk cost. We were moving very quickly toward a land development outcome that would have cost the city far more. I hold some outside hope that we can rethink the process and come up with something better. It’s also quite possible that we can come up with something better in D1 after November.

  3. 1 hour ago, wood said:

    Welp, if we wanna make sure the MLS team gets the lowest possible attendance, we could always put it way the fuck out in BFE, at COTA. I knew this shit was coming.

    Capella proposes McKalla Place partnership with PSV or putting MLS stadium at F1 track https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/07/31/capella-proposes-mckalla-place-partnership-with.html

    Technically MLS @ F1 is their first option. Which is the stupidest option. And, would keep the team from moving here. Also no idea why PSV would want to work with the group trying to cockblock them.

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  4. 30 minutes ago, wood said:

    Yep. A few steel bleachers and some banners = a stadium in Bobbyworld.

    Exactly. This whole thing is the bush league shit show we expected it to be.

     

    Looks like they found the key to the Aztex Twitter account.

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  5. 20 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

    Having said that I think if it ever gets put up to a vote the voters will approve it. Not sure what’s going on here but I bet it somehow involved COTA and its backers. 

    Adler v Morrison, CodeNEXT and soccer would be one hell of a trifecta election for the forces of good vs evil in November.

  6. This much is true. But, they have a super short time frame. If my math is right, they need to get 20K signatures on a petition and get it certified by the city (which takes 10 days or so) by Aug 20 to make the November ballot.

  7. Tonight’s public info session at the library featured the same people, including me, saying the same shit they’ve said at five other meetings. What a valuable use of taxpayer funds.

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  8. ANOTHER public input session scheduled for McKalla. This time, at the Central Library on the evening of July 19. It’s almost like someone is intentionally trying to wear out the supporters. At least this one won’t go until 4 a.m.

  9. 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

     


    Why did they quote you as “noted public masturbator”?

     

    You gotta be known for something. I will not back down in the face of antimasturbatorism.

  10. Brandywine developer now out in favor of MLS2ATX.

    Finally read the ABJ story about the council vote, and I’m quoted in it, so that makes the whole “staying until almost 4 a.m.” thing worthwhile.

  11. 9 hours ago, wood said:

    I was pretty pissed that in order to show support for 130, I had to also support 60, even in its altered form. What a crock of shit. Now there's no differentiation and the opposition, such as it is, can claim that support as well. 

    83% of testimony in favor, which mirrors the last poll PSV did. City folks I know seem to think we were good.

    When did you register? I was there from 5 pm on, except for a couple hours in the bar at the W with a couple other MLS 2 supporters, an insurance agent buddy, city lobbyists, a local TV personality, and the pedicab driver guy who's running on a platform of putting a dome over the city to keep Californians out and also giving APD flame throwers. He testified against it, but that guy is crazy enough that I love him.

    Looks like he tweeted this right after we left.

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