My prediction is that this adds 10 years to the timeline. I just don’t see the city designing and building a tunnel under the lake in less than 10 years Maybe if Elon takes over the project it might be possible #atxcouncil

Honestly the city should sell the pools off to a private company to run. The city has no interest . Even pre covid they could only keep them open a handful of wks It’s hot AF in Texas , pools should be run almost all year, add concessions , let year round swim teams use them .

Wait , we really pay a consultant to pull out a random selection of the signatures? Just use a blindfold and a stick Or excel #atxcouncil

This is a good take I guess I don’t understand though how a prop is enforced? Let’s say the city doesn’t hit the staffing targets , what happens? Also it seems like the council could still change the targets after the election?

Good idea

Stories like this give fuel to antivaxxers . Vax is good but let’s be real 1) in feb most were ineligible for full vaccination 2) in feb , delta wasn’t here 3) even today , is every county publishing vax status along with deaths? Or is that count only partial?

An example for the #atxcouncil to follow , just allocate some of AEs budget per year to bury lines starting with the most likely to go down .

Seriously, this is crazy , APH can do better #atxcouncil

would love to see the behind the scenes discussions btwn Mayor Adler and APH re: UT football games APH ran away from the question today about if they are a good idea, didn't even strongly recommend masks at them besides in queues or crowded entryways #atxcouncil

My contribution to the urbanist induced demand I-35 expansion discourse imgflip.com/i/5lj8ju

Weird I haven’t seen any news stories about Austin ISD enrollment I’m hearing it’s not good and far short of goal needed to trigger staff raises

Sad story about Baylor University in the WSJ today In past 20 years: Tuition: Up over 5X Number of students identifying as Baptist: down over 50% Rod Dreher has written about Baylor recently too, not sure about what they are chasing, rankings arent worth it

Weird to see the mayor recommend going to all of these crowded festivals days after cancelling a parade due to Covid… #atxcouncil

My demands are simple, Tarrytown

This is the most important issue in America right now Why is FDA taking months to approve the Covid pills? Tens of thousands will die due to these pills not being avail Ted Cruz Joe Biden Senator John Cornyn Plz investigate astralcodexten.substack.com/p/when-will-th…

Hey Greg Abbott , why are we making Texas legend @MattressMack drive across state lines to place a bet? Freedom to gamble plz

Maybe tied to the rumors about Disney purchasing land in far north Austin around Jarrell?

If you really want to ‘study’ UBI shouldn’t you set it up so that the cash payments are in lieu of some other government assistance of equal or greater value ? To study if it’s a more effective way of aid? Otherwise what are we studying? That people like money? #atxcouncil

Is it happening? Will the city of Austin officially launch its new logo and rebrand today ?? A ‘city of Austin brand initiative news conference’ is scheduled for 9:30 AM on ATXN 👀 #atxcouncil

wild that nobody on council has commented on the Austin logo They need their talking points soon , or prop Q will be a referendum on the logo I recommend saying that it will be funded by hotel taxes which are legally required to be wasted on stuff like this #atxcouncil