Category Archives: Austin

Number of Police Austin Adds In New Budget: Zero

Despite a massive deficit in the number of police officers needed to patrol city streets, want to guess how many police Austin’s new budget plans to add? Would you believe zero? Austin's proposed police budget includes: Adding 47.5 civilian FTEs … Continue reading →

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Texas Mini-News Roundup for July 13, 2023

Just a quick roundup of Texas news to cut tomorrow’s LinkSwarm down to size, as this is another insane week. Property tax relief is finally heading to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. After months of caterwauling and posturing, the Texas … Continue reading →

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Problem: Austin PD Is Down 500 Officers. Austin City Council Solution: Fire DPS

Back when DPS was patrolling the streets of Austin, crime went down. So naturally Austin City Council is ending DPS patrols because they made one person uncomfortable. The City of Austin has suspended its recently restarted partnership with the Texas … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 9, 2023

Welcome to the Friday LinkSwarm! This week: Too much Facebook/Instagram/pedophile news, and not enough songs about buildings and food.  Funny how the indictment against Trump dropped just as evidence surfaced that Biden had taken $5 million in bribes from … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 2, 2023

Bit of a short LinkSwarm this time around, as I was focused on putting out a book catalog this week. Plus a lot of damn news from San Francisco.  Every Company Leaving California: 2020-2023. All the following have located … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 26, 2023

More woke going broke, San Francisco is (still) a shithole, and Baggage Claim Fight Club. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  “FBI Concerned Jan. 6 Footage Would Expose Undercover Agents, Informants.” You don’t say. “Layoffs are hitting HR and DEI teams … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For May 19, 2023

The Russian Collusion Hoax is now officially bunk, Budweiser’s self-inflicted freefall continues, blue city commercial real estate bites the moose, and a whole lot of shocked face to go around. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  John Durham finally delivers his … Continue reading →

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Followup: Austin Homeless Industrial Complex Graft Scheme Thwarted (For Once)

Remember Austin’s scheme to hand millions to the homeless industrial complex to clean up the mess they created, and the shady, recently-created “P Squared Services, LLC” they picked to give $1.7 million to? That attracted so much attention that that … Continue reading →

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Death Star Update: Preemption Bill Closer To Passage

Remember the “Death Star” preemption bill designed to prevent left wing local governments from doing amazingly stupid things? Now it’s one step closer to Governor Abbott’s desk. A landmark local government preemption bill cleared its second hurdle Tuesday as House … Continue reading →

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Austin City Council Wants To Hand Millions In Graft To The Homeless Industrial Complex

It’s good to be a member of the Austin Homeless Industrial Complex. Not only do you get to rake off graft for luring drug-addicted transients to town, you also get to rake off graft to clean up the resulting mess. … Continue reading →

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