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  1. 14 hours ago, skipperj said:

    Any twitter thread on Austin FC is overrun by save the crew and SAFC people. 

    Also, after twenty years of McKalla place sitting there, there are all of a sudden developers that want to make it an arts district.

    I ended up getting sucked into a Twitter argument a couple days ago with some guy from Columbus who was suddenly an expert on the history of economic development and budgeting in the city of Austin.

  2. Yeah, I don’t get that at all. I hope that one of the things we learn from this effort, in addition to everything else is going on, is that we need to engage with our members and not let NIMBYs control the narrative.

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  3. Or they would get stoned.

    From an early May AAS article 

     

    The Longhorns almost had a deal in place to install grass — for free, too. The American-Statesman reported Wednesday that Anthony Precourt’s group nearly reached a one-year lease agreement worth $5 million to install grass and bring the Columbus Crew Major League Soccer franchise to Royal-Memorial Stadium.

    According to an MLS source, Crew officials now regret not pushing that deal through.

    If Herman is already concerned about offseason wear and tear, how would professional soccer matches affect the playing surface? Most college and NFL grass fields show wear and tear by November.

     

    Think that deal is still alive.

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  4. 15 hours ago, Gardner Barnes said:

     


    When is the vote on this thing?

     

    Team continues to strongly push the narrative that it has to happen by the end of June, if it's going to happen at all.

    Good to hear about Kitchen. Feel like this is wrapped up as long as it can get a vote. Which, considering CodeNEXT issues, is not guaranteed.

  5. 1 hour ago, wood said:

    Was it this thread or a baseball thread that mentioned some work going on at mike Myers? I'll see if I can find it...

    ETA: Here it is. Tony Soprano posted this Monday in a baseball thread talking about the turf on our various fields. Anyone got the scoop? Is it happening?

     

    PSV isn't doing anything there until they are sure they have a deal. So, I think it's unrelated. Also, the last potential deal I read was that PSV would play at DKR, not Myers, in exchange for grass.

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  6. 14 minutes ago, Gardner Barnes said:

    The stadium rendition looks outstanding. Not sure how even the CC could fuck this up - but I’m sure they will find a way to do so.

    The good thing is they only need six votes. I’m guessing Mayor/Pio/Tovo/Casar/Flannigan are in. Pool/Alter are out. Means they just need one out of Garza/Kitchen/Houston/Troxy. Seems like the kind of thing Troxclair could support and I can see Garza being on board if there’s a commitment to small business.

  7. 19 hours ago, wood said:

    What's the latest move? Are people giving COTA shit on twitter? Their twitter guy is very defensive. 

    Much of the fight I’ve seen is between the Austin soccer community and people from Columbus or San Antonio who have suddenly become very concerned about affordable housing in Austin.

  8. 11 hours ago, utee94 said:

    Who is Leslie Pool?

    I now officially live in Cedar Park, and do not understand your strange, Austin ways.

    A terrible city council member, different from other terrible city council members insomuch as she can’t seem to make a complete thought. Alter is almost as terrible, but she sounds way smarter about it.

  9. 5 hours ago, wood said:

    Yeah, did you see my post on this in the Austin FC thread? Don't get me started...again. These guys are shameless.

    Guess who showed up at Gracywoods HOA meeting tonight (that both CMs Pool and Alter attended) with some very questionable “facts” about MLS attendance, land valuation and tax benefits of other uses of the McKalla Place site?

  10. CoTA seems that way even when dealing with competing soccer proposals. Like putting misleading research out in the field.

    https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2018/06/survey-finds-soccer-stadium-concerns-alternative-development-proposals-on-tap/

     

    In an interview with the Austin Monitor, Spataro disclosed that she performs property tax consulting work for Circuit of the Americas, which is set to be the home site for a United Soccer League team in 2019 and would compete for the dollars of soccer fans if a Major League Soccer franchise also moved to Austin.

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  11. This white lady who filed to run against Pio seems like she would fit in great with many other members.

     

    Cohen, 46, has never had any civic involvement but said she decided to run after the duplex she rents was sold, the rent increased by $300, and she began to notice white neighbors replacing Hispanic families in the area.

    “It’s just an example of how badly the area’s being gentrified,” she said. “I’m having all these friends who can no longer afford to live in Austin, and if you’re telling me you can no longer live in Montopolis, something’s wrong.”

    She said the council should be doing more to try to control rent, though she acknowledged that Texas disallows most rent control.

  12. PSV and city reports came out today. Very strong proposal from PSV and city report is also supportive. It would take a fool to be opposed to this thing.

    Leslie Pool continues to be hot garbage with her comments. Meeting with her Tuesday in a small group. Hope soccer comes up.

  13. I bought my first HD TV in November 2007. Watched a top five matchup between Kansas and Missouri that very night. Seeing Mark Mangino in HD for the first time was.......something. Almost took the television back.

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  14. 1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:


    The drinking problem is a BIG one. I have many retired/almost retired friends that clearly now have a drinking problem. They got bored, started having happy hours here and there, and now it’s a full-blown dependency. Everything they do revolves around drinking. Definitely one of the biggest retirement problems to beware of.

    Having kids did this to us.

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  15. Hey guys, "Council" isn't a monolith. If y'all would get off your ass and get engaged, as opposed to letting the HOAs and labor groups run the city, we could have a lot better outcomes.

  16. It's a great idea, but since the bitchy status quo NIMBYs actually participate in civic government and don't just lob bombs on message boards, it's an overcomplicated mess. The Planning Commission has made a lot of good moves today to improve what comes before Council and I have a little bit of hope that things will improve. The original version imagined a dense and connected city, but then the anti-growth assholes convinced people that all of their neighbors were going to knock their houses down and build high rises on the lot next door. And people bought it. The development community, Chamber and affordable housing community are all in favor of it.

    As far as the petition goes, it came about from people basically standing outside of grocery stores and lying to citizens about what Code NEXT does. The only notable thing Council has done since the passage of 10-1 was to ignore this bullshit and not put it before a vote.

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  17. Feels like this should be in the COTA sucks thread.

    MLS in Austin social at EastCiders tomorrow afternoon for anyone that wants to show up and talk to a group of guys that want a pro team in Austin and also aren’t affiliated with PSV. Only downside is that my kids will be there.

  18. What happened here?

    Re: lawsuit.

     

    “I can’t comment on litigation, but I can tell you it hasn’t hit the pause button on bringing MLS to Austin,” Suttle said Tuesday night.

  19. 23 hours ago, Lhorn said:

    If anyone wants to let non tech savvy cheapskates know where they can view this, please help a brother out. 

    Google "The Dare TV." Pretty much every TV show ever for free.

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