by Daryl Slusher | May 5, 2021 | Austin Elections
The votes are in and it was a rough Saturday night for members of the Austin City Council, especially the architects of the camping ban repeal. That would be Council Member Greg Casar, former Mayor Pro Tem/current Travis County Attorney Delia Garza, current Mayor Pro...
by Daryl Slusher | May 5, 2021 | Austin Elections
Here are a few basic math factors that led to the Prop B victory, the public camping ban, by a margin of 57% to 43%. Republicans did indeed vote for Prop B by large margins and turnout tended to be higher in suburban areas where there are a higher percentage of...
by Daryl Slusher | May 5, 2021 | Austin Elections
Here is a short summary of the verdict from Austin voters in Austin’s May 1 municipal election. Prop A. Voters overwhelmingly (81%) approved a measure empowering the Austin firefighters union to force the City into binding arbitration when negotiations deadlock. Prop...
by Daryl Slusher | Apr 23, 2021 | Police and Public Safety, True Stories
Let’s start by checking in on Governor Greg Abbott, who we haven’t discussed in a while. Abbott is actually an Austin voter and he took time after voting early on Tuesday April 20 to tell waiting media that he voted for Proposition B. That is the proposed reversal of...
by Daryl Slusher | Apr 18, 2021 | Austin Elections
Monday April 19 marks the beginning of early voting in the City of Austin’s May 1 election. Early voting ends Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Election Day is of course, May 1. The two marquee items are the proposed rollback of the Council’s June 2019 repeal of the homeless...
