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Shifty Pony posted:Build up and make zoning less hostile to splitting lots and multifamily projects. The neighborhood plans are some of the dumbest things I've ever seen. Watson was a pretty good mayor but those were a terrible idea.
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Badger of Basra posted:The neighborhood plans are some of the dumbest things I've ever seen. Watson was a pretty good mayor but those were a terrible idea. It looks like CODENEXT is going to scrap them wholesale at least. I've been to Neighborhood Plan Contact Team meetings. They are quite possibly the most clique-ish, least productive meetings of people in existence. No matter what the answer is always No because we must uphold the Holy Neighborhood Plan!
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Shifty Pony posted:It looks like CODENEXT is going to scrap them wholesale at least. I'm worried about CodeNEXT. It looks great but I'm afraid when they actually produce something the council is going to tear it apart to appease ~the neighborhoods~
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PostNouveau posted:Is there a major city in the country without these problems? Sacramento. Sacramento is notably diverse racially, ethnically, and by household income, and has a notable lack of interracial disharmony. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for TIME magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".[1] The U.S. Census Bureau also groups Sacramento with other U.S. cities having a "high diversity" rating of the diversity index.[53] Maoist Pussy fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Omi-Polari posted:The number one issue affecting Austin is affordability. Without a doubt. I've had several friends leave because they encountered this dilemma: To afford Austin's luxuries requires working more hours, which means less time to enjoy the very things you're paying a premium to do. The result is to say gently caress it and move, where at least you'll have more money, or more time. Omi-Polari posted:It's funny because I'm in the process of moving from Austin to DFW. But it's for almost all boring getting-older reasons (save money, be closer to family, etc.) and my work lets me do that easily. The other funny thing ... I won't actually save much money, at least in the short term. It will add up in the long-run, but urban housing costs are a problem state-wide. It's a bubble and we're living in it. Yeah, this. Also I had a north-south commute, after several years it was driving me batty. I prefer free time over money, and in Dallas found that very doable with affordable housing. Plus its a good place to be a 30-40 something year old mid-career type. What part are you planning on moving to?
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Those of you who have lived in TX a long time, what do you think the endpoint of the wing-nut-ization of Texas politics is? IS there one? In recent years it's gone from Rick Perry and KayBay to Abbott, Patrick, and Ted Cruz. It seems there is no end in sight. Will it take some huge collapse of the economy for a large portion of Texans to no longer revel in their identity as right wing trogs? Will the majority actually get sick of this at some point?
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Zwabu posted:Those of you who have lived in TX a long time, what do you think the endpoint of the wing-nut-ization of Texas politics is? IS there one? Probably something similar to what happened in California during the 80s & 90s.
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Comedy Option: Democrats could remember that the river valley exists and spend even half a second on GOTV efforts there.
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Dameius posted:Comedy Option: Democrats could remember that the river valley exists and spend even half a second on GOTV efforts there. Oh right, if only Democrats remembered to do GOTV! Someone should tell the DNC!!
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It's not GOTV generically but specifically treating like the river valley exists and that the people there have actually needs and problems and wants. The state level party is all sorts of hosed and withered on the vine though so I'd rather count on Republicans collapsing under their own success than the state level Democrats pulling their heads out their own asses.
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I do remember that when I lived in Corpus Christi that South tx generally has low turnout.
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The Senate Finance committee his having a hearing tomorrow afternoon for Hegar to explain what oil prices are doing to his revenue estimates. Last week Hegar did a Tribcast thing where he was like "It's fine, everything is fine", but let's see if he's as sanguine before someone who isn't a reporter.
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god dammit, Rick
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Aliquid posted:god dammit, Rick Why isn't he in a cell yet God damnit? 
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The investigations into Planned Parenthood have yielded indictments in Texas: http://www.texastribune.org/2016/01/25/grand-jury-indicts-abortion-foes-behind-undercover/ quote:A Harris County grand jury on Monday indicted the videographers behind undercover recordings of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston and cleared the clinic of any wrongdoing. Whoops
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Gee, uh, someone remind me, who was it that was pushing hard for a criminal investigation into this?
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Daleiden getting indicted for buying/selling organs is way better than I thought could ever happen for this. I'm cackling with glee.
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Now charge them with murder for what that knucklehead in Colorado Springs went and did because of his outrage over those doctored videos.
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Parachute posted:Now charge them with murder for what that knucklehead in Colorado Springs went and did because of his outrage over those doctored videos. Not sure if they could get a criminal charge but I bet they could win a wrongful death civil suit.
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I haven't had an excuse to link this video in a while. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_wEs9x7G3w
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I bet I know which DA is getting a line-item veto next budget....
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Trabisnikof posted:I bet I know which DA is getting a line-item veto next budget.... Yeah I'd make drat sure I have a designated driver at all times if I'm the Harris Co. DA. Speaking off, y'all see about Vince?
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PostNouveau posted:The investigations into Planned Parenthood have yielded indictments in Texas: Reversal of fortune. This is excellent.
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zoux posted:Yeah I'd make drat sure I have a designated driver at all times if I'm the Harris Co. DA. It's a frame job. Probably disgruntled Aggies.
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PostNouveau posted:The investigations into Planned Parenthood have yielded indictments in Texas: gently caress these people.
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blackguy32 posted:I do remember that when I lived in Corpus Christi that South tx generally has low turnout. You should live in McAllen and be disappointed in turnout even more that's even further south than Corpus! 
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Reminder that that Comptroller hearing is going on right now. Here's a pretty good explainer on what lower oil and gas prices could mean for the next budget.
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zoux posted:Reminder that that Comptroller hearing is going on right now. Here's a pretty good explainer on what lower oil and gas prices could mean for the next budget. I get to see the Comptroller speak next week at my university. What should I ask him?
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Aliquid posted:I get to see the Comptroller speak next week at my university. What should I ask him? Is the 'P' in Comptroller silent? Alternate: Ask him why nobody knows when the Comptroller is in the bathroom. When he asks why, say it is because the 'P' is silent. Reik fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jan 26, 2016 |
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It's supposed to be but gently caress everyone that pronounces it controller.
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zoux posted:lower oil and gas prices could mean for the next budget. I'm going to assume lots of panicking, refusal to touch the rainy day fund, and yet more slashing of infrastructure while tossing out even more tax breaks to out of state businesses. Part of me misses the batshit crazy legislative session I lobbied with but the rest of me cowers in fear that these asshats keep getting elected.
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citybeatnik posted:I'm going to assume lots of panicking, refusal to touch the rainy day fund, and yet more slashing of infrastructure while tossing out even more tax breaks to out of state businesses. Part of me misses the batshit crazy legislative session I lobbied with but the rest of me cowers in fear that these asshats keep getting elected. Hegar is painting a pretty rosy picture, saying that Texas is fine economically and that they need more data points, need to know what the supplemental approps/LARs are like before they can nail down an accurate forecast.
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zoux posted:Hegar is painting a pretty rosy picture, saying that Texas is fine economically and that they need more data points, need to know what the supplemental approps/LARs are like before they can nail down an accurate forecast. Has his hair caught on fire yet from all that?
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I'm not enough of an economist to say if he's wrong or not. My feeling is that any kind of economic crisis is more likely to be regional than statewide, and we still have $8 bn+ in the ESF. Whether we'll use that money remains to be seen, but I'll point out the biggest obstacle to using rainy day fund money was Rick Perry.
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zoux posted:I'm not enough of an economist to say if he's wrong or not. My feeling is that any kind of economic crisis is more likely to be regional than statewide, and we still have $8 bn+ in the ESF. Whether we'll use that money remains to be seen, but I'll point out the biggest obstacle to using rainy day fund money was Rick Perry. Good point; my kinfolk are out in west Texas so I suppose I have a more dismal view of the price of oil situation than other people. But that's still a huge budget shortfall that they're going to have to overcome, and I'm not sure how many tech jobs we'd have to import to be able to make up for it. I vaguely recall some of Abbott's positions on the ESF when the whole thing was going on and during the election, but I'm too lazy to look them up atm.
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Zwabu posted:Those of you who have lived in TX a long time, what do you think the endpoint of the wing-nut-ization of Texas politics is? IS there one? Mostly outbreeding the idiot hicks, really. And even with that you're going to run in to the issue where the districts are sliced and diced with the urban areas being a giant blue middle finger of frustration in the sea of rural red.
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citybeatnik posted:Good point; my kinfolk are out in west Texas so I suppose I have a more dismal view of the price of oil situation than other people. But that's still a huge budget shortfall that they're going to have to overcome, and I'm not sure how many tech jobs we'd have to import to be able to make up for it. I vaguely recall some of Abbott's positions on the ESF when the whole thing was going on and during the election, but I'm too lazy to look them up atm. Per Hegar today, the state has lost about 70k jobs across mining and production in oil and gas, it's added 100k non industry jobs in the same period. Now those jobs aren't going to be spread evenly in the state, I doubt the Eagleford shale region is stacking tech jobs, but in terms of state budgeting, it's not as bad as you would think (if you believe the numbers)
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zoux posted:Per Hegar today, the state has lost about 70k jobs across mining and production in oil and gas, it's added 100k non industry jobs in the same period. Any mention of how much those non-industry jobs were from transplants? Semi-legit question, actually. Mostly so I can complain more about immigrants showing up here in Austin and driving my drat rent up. Wonder what the hell they're going to be doing with all the hotels and shanties they built up during the boom out in Midland/Odessa.
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citybeatnik posted:Any mention of how much those non-industry jobs were from transplants? Semi-legit question, actually. Mostly so I can complain more about immigrants showing up here in Austin and driving my drat rent up. Not sure but I will tell you that Austin has experienced 15% yearly growth over the last five years and the next three fastest growing cities in the country grew at 5%.
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zoux posted:Not sure but I will tell you that Austin has experienced 15% yearly growth over the last five years and the next three fastest growing cities in the country grew at 5%. I'm fully aware; it's also not just tech. There's been plenty of law school refugees from up north moving down here as well. Hell, maybe one of these days I'll get off my butt and actually start going to some of these meetings. We could organize a candidate around the "hit 'em over the head with a hammer, throw 'em down a hole" for city council.
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