Category Archives: Austin

LinkSwarm for October 13, 2023

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Bad news: Still unemployed. Good news: Applied/submitted for lots of jobs. Good news: My dog’s operation was a success! Bad news: The lump was cancerous. Good news: The cancer was a Stage 1 soft tissue melanoma, which is the lowest … Continue reading →

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One Soros DA Gone, Another Targeted

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Some good news: One Soros-backed DA resigned rather than face a recall vote: Beset with controversy that has culminated in a looming removal trial for incompetency, Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzales resigned his office, mooting the case, and immediately … Continue reading →

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Austin Police: “Got Robbed? Don’t Dial 911, We Don’t Have Enough Cops To Respond”

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The Austin City Council’s partial defunding of the police back in 2020 continues to hurt law-abiding Austinites. Continued understaffing has left APD unable to fulfill what were previously considered basic police functions. Case in point: APD now asks robbery victims … Continue reading →

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They Want You To Stop Eating Meat And Dairy, But The Gavin Newsoms Of the World Will Always Be Able To Eat At The French Laundry

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Lawrence Person

When radical leftwing city officials push insane, impossible policies, are they merely engaging in virtue signaling, hope to profit off graft for the issue, or want to inflict as much pain on ordinary Americans as possible? That’s the question to … Continue reading →

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After Police Cleared Out Homeless Camp Because They Were Breaking Into Businesses, They’re Back. Guess What?

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Transients from homeless camp break into local businesses. Austin Police clear out camp in February. Homeless creep back in. Can you guess what happens next? Small businesses in South Austin are trying … Continue reading →

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Chacon Retires And The APD Stalemate

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a story where the background details are more interesting than the headline story. The ostensible main story: Austin police chief Joseph Chacon is retiring. The City of Austin will again be on the search for someone to head its … Continue reading →

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Homeless Repeatedly Break Into Austin Apartment Complex

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Austin apartment complex gets repeatedly hit by thieves breaking into apartments and cars night after night. Last year they had repeated transient break-ins through a hole in the fence, and this year two individuals seem to be the same ones … Continue reading →

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Mapping Austin’s Homeless Problem

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Despite the camping ban repeal, sprawling camps of drug-addicted transients lured here by departed mayor Steve Adler and the hard left Austin City Council continue to dot the landscape in and around Austin. Indeed, the problem remains so large that … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Rosemary Lehmberg DWI Arrest 10 Years Later

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Before linking to my original story from just over ten years ago in this week’s LinkSwarm, I hadn’t thought of the Rosemary Lehmberg DWI case in quite a while. A short summary of the basic facts at the time of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for July 21, 2022

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

More Biden corruption, a bit about music, and cute dogs. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Here’s a fairly extensive timeline of Biden corruption. 2009 – The Obama-Biden administration takes office November 1, 2013 – China / BHR: Hunter Biden, business associate, … Continue reading →

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