It’s official: Save Austin Now’s initiative to refund Austin police cut by the hard-left mayor and City Council is officially on the ballot in November:
BREAKING NEWS: The City Clerk has certified the #MakeAustinSafe petition for the Nov., 2, 2021 ballot with 25,786 valid petitions — 93% validity rate.
Support us here: https://t.co/RHhm2U2qAC.@SaveATXNowPAC @dallaslatina @ATXPOA @Jennifer_cleat @charleywilkison pic.twitter.com/B5MLBhID5m
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) August 3, 2021
The petition is to restore a statutory level of 2 officers per 1,000 citizens, add an elected head of police oversight (not appointed by the council) and double officer training per year, among other things.
Hopefully Austin’s citizens will vote for this outbreak of sanity in November.
Now: When can we expect the City Council to actually follow the law and institute Prop B?
Tags: Austin, Austin Police Department, Crime, Matt Mackowiak, police, Save Austin Now
that’s the responsible thing to do, but I was kinda hoping all the apd would quit, just so everyone could see what happens.
Unfortunately, with a Soros-backed DA in Travis County who will not prosecute actual crimes (especially when committed by people in favored demographics) and instead is prioritizing prosecuting cops and those defending themselves from Antifa/BLM mobs, it’s not going to be much help.
Notice how even though Austin voters overwhelmingly approved Prop B (rolling back Adler’s goofy homeless camping position), nothing has been done. The attitude from Adler & his cronies is basically “OK, you won the election, so homeless camping in public is again illegal. But we’re still telling APD not to enforce the law, and even if the bums get cited the DA won’t prosecute. So whaddya gonna do about it, sucker?”
“So whaddya gonna do about it, sucker?”
it’s like they want a violent uprising or something. maybe it’s a cry for help – “we’re out of control! save us!”
Was the funding reduced by Ballot Proposition??
No, by city council vote.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they found a profound dearth of applicants. Who would want to be a cop in a city with a demonstrated history of throwing police under the bus?