Austin Ideas

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@ATXVideos There's a very shady "game room" two lots east of here that has been raided multiple times. For some reason the city continues to let it operate.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@data_atx Both looks horrible tbh

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

Somebody burnt down the Pease park troll.

https://t.co/6dQLkBNNDo

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@circlecrules If a police state means we catch and prosecute violent criminals, then sign me up.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

Because it’s true.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@data_atx This was a huge issue for us when we lived on the east side. We were surrounded by vacant lots. Some owners would try and help but others refused to do anything. Even with a supportive owner, the process to get a no trespassing order in place and enforced was a hassle.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

Change it to 1st st.

[CBS Austin @cbsaustin]

#BREAKING: Austin City Council Members Vanessa Fuentes and José Velásquez, Mayor Pro Tem José "Chito" Vela and Travis County Attorney Delia Garza issued a joint statement saying they support renaming Cesar Chavez Street.
https://t.co/FW31DJhbRb

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

Atlassian went all in on remote work in a way that can’t be walked back. The Austin office was nothing more than a place for an occasional free lunch. Now it’s being shut down.

[Dwayne @CtrlAltDwayne]

Atlassian are building a 40 storey building in the Sydney CBD and struggling so sublease all of the empty floors in it. And are deep in the hole with the developer for a 15 year lease. Lmao. Idiots.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

How does this “help all Austinites”?

Who wants people driving around without license, insurance and registration? It makes us all less safe

[Mayor Pro Tem Chito Vela, III @chitoforatx]

Our Freedom City policies reduce the number of arrests for low level offenses such as possession of marijuana and driving without a license. These help all Austinites but especially immigrants for whom this type of arrest can lead to ICE detention.

https://t.co/M9f0Zltsjp

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@RickyBo43219563

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

That part of downtown would be better used for private development. It could be an extension of the Rainey st area. Instead it's a dead zone useful only for providing cushy jobs to local grifters.

[ATX data @data_atx]

This is one of the biggest ongoing scandals in Austin

The convention center was sold to us as a massive driver of tourism and a benefactor of the arts

Yesterday a commissioner went off on that because the Hotel tax numbers haven’t dipped at all since center has been closed

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

It’s kind of true. Just depends on which side of Mopac you’re on.

[Jack Craver @JackCraver]

There is one group of right-wingers on Twitter saying Austin is a giant homeless camp shithole and another group that says it’s a paradise of freedom, prosperity and beautiful people. Joe Lonsdale is in both groups.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

Long overdue. Immigrants bring down wages in academia to the point where talented Americans don't even bother because we have better options.

I got my PhD at UT Austin and was discouraged from trying to stay in academia due to extremely low wages and poor working conditions

[Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX]

Texans come first.

I’m directing state agencies and universities to freeze new H-1B visa petitions. Texas taxpayers invest billions to train our workforce. Those jobs should go to Texans.

Texas is the strongest economic engine in America. We’re going to keep it that way.

https://t.co/JtUIMyDhXh

[Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX]

Texans come first.

I’m directing state agencies and universities to freeze new H-1B visa petitions. Texas taxpayers invest billions to train our workforce. Those jobs should go to Texans.

Texas is the strongest economic engine in America. We’re going to keep it that way.

https://t.co/JtUIMyDhXh

[RE-OPEN THE SIZZLERS @SaladBarFan]

Abundance liberalism is completely doomed. Ezra would be better off joining the Republican Party and convincing GOP governors to own libtard mayors and city councils by taking away their land use controls.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

An under appreciated fact is that the City of Austin had much better leadership when local elections were held in May and it was an all at-large city council.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@mdahmus I like Watson. Part of me thinks he let the council push this budget forward knowing voters would reject it.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@mdahmus Too bad voters elected the most progressive candidate in almost every council race. Happy to see prop q fail, but nothing is going to improve.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

@mdahmus We're filling cloud sales roles at my employer with H1Bs. They aren't even trying to find Americans.

[Austin Ideas @atxideas]

At this point, the entire city government exists to employ otherwise unemployable radicals either directly or through funding of non-profits.

[Austin Justice @AustinJustice]

Austin city government spent $1.9 million on DEI salaries in 2023.