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TKthunder2

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  1. Not kidding. Have you seen the water reclamation projects that have been proposed, including desalinization and force pumping into old aquifers? The money proposed on those efforts also only equals a fraction of a percent of Lake Travis. It seems like they could deepen/widen the existing reservoir and be cheaper than many of these other water projects to capture more natural run off…and it also would help out those that use the lake for recreational purposes at the same time. I’ve fucked up a few props out there on a rock that came out of nowhere. Something like this would have multiple public benefits.
  2. I’ve never understood why they don’t try to dig up sometimes island and increase the capacity of the lake. When we get those once a decade type rainfall seasons which fills the lake past 100% and they just open the flood gates all the way it just seems so wasteful, when we know within 5 years we’ll be back to worrying about the water supply. It seems like that is a relatively easy an obvious way to increase capacity especially while the lake is low, so I’m assuming their must be some other reason why it hasn’t been done.
  3. https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/03/nick-saban-rails-on-pay-for-play-how-chaos-contributed-to-retirement.html I know it’s been discussed but… aggy starts paying illegally, and now Texas starts legally paying where Alabama is going to struggle to keep up, so he retires and goes with the Bama AD to Capitol Hill to whines to Ted Cruz…
  4. I don’t like that either BUT governors, senators, and congressmen have NATIONAL implications and impact. A local race like say with the district attorney, city, council, or mayor is not the same. I wish we’d roll back all these dumbass dark money super pacs but that’s likely a conversation for the CR which even I wouldn’t want to read.
  5. KXAN interviewed the Sylestine the other night on his block walk who stated that 40% of Garza’s funding came from out of state. The ONLY reason I heard that is because it came directly out of the candidates mouth. You’d think someone would have fact checked that statement and made a bigger deal out of it one way or another. Since it didn’t get coverage I’m going to think it’s likely true and it was not covered intentionally.
  6. Where did Garza’s funding come from? Multiple news orgs covering the “10 donors who have a history of contributing to Republicans.” but very little coverage on anything Garza related. It’s always great when local media goes all out in their investigatory duties to cover issues only in a single direction. But seriously, Austin voters are idiots. Nothing new here.
  7. I’m not annexed by the city. We pay our own trash, Travis county does the roads, Travis ESD1 provides fire, Travis sheriff covers police, Co-opt electric, but we do have Austin city water.
  8. No city taxes mainly.
  9. It’s telling because in 2022 there were 7 FBS independent teams with ND, BYU, Army, UConn, UMass, Liberty, and NMSU and now we’re down to just ND and UConn. While I have no doubt the Irish will be able to put together a schedule with (USC/Stanford/Navy+4ACC games each year), UConn’s outlook is not so great and might lead to them looking for a landing spot. The American now has 14 fb teams with Army so they don’t want/need UConn back. The MAC just added UMass into get to 13, unit they have stated they do not want any football only affiliates so full membership is likely a non stater for UConn. CUSA is adding Delaware and Kennesaw State (GA) to go with recent additions of Jacksonville State (AL), NMSU, Sam Houston St, Liberty, and will have 11 full members, so they might be desperate for a football only affiliate. Their obvious goal is to find a permanent spot in the ACC/B12 level and are likely just trying to hold out until the dust settles with whatever happens with Florida State.
  10. Does anyone seriously think there are anymore hostages still alive? If not, Hamas only has that slim hope/doubt to leverage. They will never admit that and Israel gains nothing from these talks unless Hamas is willing to hand over its leaders (which it has stated it will not do). Another shitty no win situation for either side, meanwhile millions in Gaza continue to suffer and die.
  11. Fucking hell.
  12. Seriously always thought that if they wanted to get away from the religious label then they should consider renaming to Texas Common University.
  13. Travis county made us apply for new septic permit since we have Austin water. At no time during the process did they tell me I needed a city build permit. The water inspector bastard reported us after the build was completed when he gave us our license to operate and now I’m dealing with a gigantic load of bullshit.
  14. I’m in Austin. My area is under a “Limited Taxation District” which is like an ETJ. I have to comply with building regulations (I recently found out) but I pay no taxes. I added on to my home and the City of Austin is claiming I needed a City Build permit. I had one from Travis but not the City and they are up my ass on a bunch of bullshit (including telling me I have to install a fire suppression sprinkler system). The only city service I have is Austin Water. The question I’m trying to figure out is if I dig my own well and have no City services, could I leave the LTD or am I proper fucked. Probably should have gone in the Help forum but whatever.
  15. Anyone know if LTDs can request de-annexation? Or is it only ETJs? If so does anyone know how to get that process started? https://therealdeal.com/texas/2023/12/28/austin-slammed-with-de-annexation-requests-under-lax-etj-law/
  16. Check out the street view on 11600 Queens Way if you want to see what I’m talking about.
  17. One street in my neighborhood has fake speed limit signs and another someone put in a pair of speed bumps which I do not think are city/county sanctioned.
  18. UMass joining the MAC as a full member. No longer going to be a fb independent.
  19. Did you really just type this? Or is this satire?
  20. None if legit. But smugglers and less than above board vessels will change their flags to avoid issues and/or hide their origin.
  21. Because 10 “right wing” west Austin Republicans give money to a guy slightly less left wing (but still a democrat) it’s a “concern”. I could not care less. Garza fucking sucks and has not done his job. He needs to go. End of story. In any rational political environment the opposition candidate should be able to sweep the floor with him based on his ACTUAL performance, but knowing how stupid and tribal our populace is, they know that there is no way that will happen if they have an R next to their name in this city. So people who actually want the city to get better, donate to the to a more moderate opposition party candidate, and in turn that is used by the extremes as evidence to continue to support the failed incumbent.
  22. I’m confused. So the kid is either the guys son of half brother, either way he’s raising the boy as his son. Why would anyone have an issue with that (assuming there is no fraud, abuse or neglect)? There are many people in the country raising children that are not their own. Feels like a crucial fact was left out of this story… Did they try to claim welfare or some other government assistance? Is there an inheritance issue or is the grandfather suing for custody? The story sounds like some nosey neighbor is just trying to satisfy their curiosity at the expense of the child/family for no real reason.
  23. Stopped playing football (again) in 2015.
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