Mayor Adler

52nd Mayor of Austin (2015-2023), Texas. Husband, dad, grandpa.

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

I’m outta here!

It’s been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your mayor for eight years. Today I turn the reins over to your next mayor, @KirkPWatson. I wish him and his team well.

Thank you, Austin. I'm proud of what we’ve accomplished together. See you around town!

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Wow! What and how did this happen? What needs to be next for the newly elected? Former mayor Steve Adler, who advised and strategized with candidates and on ballot measures, gives his take.

His segment starts at 5:23: https://t.co/oyY6aiGTM0

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"I've watched Texas Democrats chase this for 30 years; the difference this time is a candidate answering fear with an affordability agenda."

https://t.co/qJixWFkcpr

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Early voting opens today in Austin and runs through Oct. 30. I'm voting YES on Props A and B for parks, pools, trails, and libraries, and NO on Prop I, a retread of an audit Austin voters already rejected in 2018.

Yes on A. Yes on B. No on I.

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Join me at Chez Zee on Wednesday, Oct 21 for a Texas Author Happy Hour. I'll be talking about my book Hot Seat, Hot City: The Austin Mayor's Story with Kerry Tate. Happy hour at 6:00 PM, interview at 6:30. $15 ($7 for students) at https://t.co/ZvI0ldHUVg. Hope to see you there!

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

"AI shouldn't be something that just happens to us; it should be something whose development and use society helps shape."

My RealClearMarkets piece:
https://t.co/GvN7M5rejx

My book, Hot Seat, Hot City:
https://t.co/mqGBaRktMH

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

More than 1 million Texas voters were placed on suspense lists. That does not necessarily mean they are ineligible. I joined Bold & Blunt to discuss what is happening and what voters need to know.

Watch: https://t.co/Q9LBS6jIpI
Book: https://t.co/bMPdc3BTad

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

I recently joined Adam Flagg on Austin Eras to talk about Austin, public service, and the stories behind Hot Seat — Hot City. Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/ojQJbAOZS1

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

My Goodreads giveaway is live: 25 hardcover copies of Hot Seat — Hot City, free.

Foreword by @PeteButtigieg. Endorsed by 45+ U.S. mayors. #1 Amazon Best Seller in Local U.S. Politics.

Enter by Sept 30: https://t.co/lYspcSB56c

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

@MayorRuhava It's been a long time, @MayorRuhava, since we first met representing our cities at the COP international subnational climate conference in Paris, back in 2016. I relate to his being a leader fighting for innovative local reforms while dealing with a hostile national government.

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Hot Seat, Hot City ships tomorrow.

Join me in Austin:
9/8, 6:30 PM, First Light Books with Rep. Greg Casar
https://t.co/aLESKNAXaL

9/14, 7 PM, Birdhouse Books with Sarah Adler Hartman
https://t.co/1Bml3vz1g1

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Hot Seat, Hot City ships Tuesday.

Austin conversations and signings:
9/8, 6:30 PM, First Light Books with Rep. Greg Casar
https://t.co/aLESKNAXaL

9/14, 7 PM, Birdhouse Books with Sarah Adler Hartman
https://t.co/1Bml3vz1g1

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

A memoir's problem: the author grades his own homework.

The book ends with words I didn't write — Rep. Casar's remarks on what you do for people who aren't in the room.

Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

"If you don't run, I don't want to hear you complaining about city hall again." — my wife, Dec. 2013.

30 days later I was a candidate. Ch. 6, HOT SEAT — HOT CITY.

Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

My political career began in 4th grade: class president on bigger lunches & a shorter school year. Wrote the superintendent, got a lecture on chain of command.

Chs. 2–5. Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

"If you look scared, they'll be scared" — FBI advice to me during the bombings. A leader's power.

Ch. 17: officeholders who run that power in reverse — fear as a political weapon.

Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Fact-checkers found Austin's police "defunding" didn't raise crime. Correct — but we never defunded the police. The lie became the frame anyway.

Ch. 16, HOT SEAT — HOT CITY. Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

The best argument against local police helping ICE raids came from my chief: it makes the city LESS safe. Victims who fear deportation don't report crimes.

Ch. 15, HOT SEAT — HOT CITY. Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Imagine Monopoly where one player can't roll until round 20. Everyone then treats him as an equal. He still loses.

No villain needed. Same rules for all. Fair game?

Ch. 14, HOT SEAT — HOT CITY. Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

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Bermuda shorts on bikes, or riot gear? How police show up at a protest reveals their whole theory of the job.

The wrong choice helps the agitators.

Ch. 13, HOT SEAT — HOT CITY. Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM

[Mayor Adler @MayorAdler]

Austin's costliest election ever: fingerprints. Uber & Lyft spent $8–10M, then threatened to leave in 3 days if they lost.

They lost. They left. We built RideAustin.

Ch. 12, HOT SEAT — HOT CITY. Ships 8/25: https://t.co/D2XD07nYMM