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austinreform
@austinreforms
Common sense. Clear conscience. Consistent change. We're Austin Reform — a grassroots band of local volunteers who care, and who are tired of crime & corruption
Austin, TX 가입일 Nisan 2026
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@brennangriffin @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson Hopefully we ALSO begin to permanently incarcerate (or execute) the 3-5% of the population that conduct the majority of repeat violent offenses.
This would reduce the burden on police, to free them for this.
Sounds great!
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@austinreforms @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson Or do you think police are slacking enough that they can step up anti-homelessness without letting other priorities slide?
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We have spent quite enough on the homeless.
Forcibly commit, arrest, remove from city.
Stop bleeding out taxpayers @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson
ATX data@data_atx
Yesterday, the Austin Bond task force recommended $50m for homeless strategy office even in the smaller bond that a few council members have requested Frankly, this could doom the bonds chances at the polls, voters have had enough of these promises
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@statesman Great in principle. Maybe they can do it after they stop the increase in violent assaults, robberies and trespassing that keep happening
Why does this city prioritize criminals?
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Austin’s new law limiting surveillance tech in policing adds guardrails, but improvements are needed around oversight, transparency and public input, the Editorial Board writes. | Opinion statesman.com/opinion/editor…
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@austinreforms @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson Violence can and should be addressed, and there are several clear examples of 3+ people who should have been addressed earlier, but that's 0.1% of Austin's homeless prison. Maybe there's another 10-20 people with similar records that should be addressed. That leaves 2970 more.
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Why are criminals being released among us? @KirkPWatson @austintexasgov
cost_of_bummership@cost_of_bums
Michelle is already out on a $1 bound. Devin need to come up with a little more, but he'll be out soon. Jose rarely prosecutes assaults on officers but instead tries to prosecute officers who defend themselves. The result is more people assault officers.
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Noncompetes are the most anti-Texan thing imaginable.
I thought we were mavericks and cowboys? Now you’re telling me I can’t go work wherever I want?
Naw. We’re done with this.
It’s time to ban non-competes in Texas.
Zak Slayback@zslayback
Texas is great. I recently visited Austin and was impressed by what I saw there and I visit every couple of years. Still, one of the biggest reasons CA has succeeded as a technology hub has been liquidity of talent and a huge contributing factor that is that non-competes are not enforceable in CA. A consortium of technologists needs to get together to lobby TX to make it the same there. It will be an uphill battle. The Chamber of Commerce and established interest will fight it tooth and nail. But it needs to be done if TX wants to fight toe-to-toe with CA for talent.
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America's major cities are virtually all blue, many of them deep blue. But the homicide rate is falling — indeed, often plummeting — in almost all of them.
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki
Philadelphia has one of the most liberal prosecutors in the country, the Soros-backed Larry Krasner, and its homicide rate has fallen as dramatically as Baltimore's, to the lowest level since 1966.
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This is great. And repeatable. Baltimore’s new DA, Ivan Bates (a Dem fwiw), decided to actually lock up violent criminals and impose mandatory minimums on gun related offenses.
Stunning new achievements in the field of criminal justice: sending criminals to jail works.
Brandon M. Scott@MayorBMScott
Baltimore will be ending the year with the lowest number of homicides in DECADES. We know that this work isn't finished yet. We have a long way to go. But this is real progress.
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Being mentally ill and/or drug addicted and living on the streets shouldn’t be an option. It is a threat to public safety and it makes our streets a dirty sh*thole.
Have you spent any time walking around the city lately? I have and it’s not pretty. Just bought pepper spray to carry with me.
If we’re going to spend money, I’d rather spend it on institutionalizing and treating people that won’t/can’t become productive members of society on their own.
Pouring money into NGOs that provide services to enable more homelessness is not the answer. The more homeless there are, the more they get paid. The more services, the more homeless the city attracts.
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@brennangriffin @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson The solution isn’t spending less — it’s ceasing to spend more, while getting violent criminals off the streets so they stop stabbing blind people on the bus.
Becoming inhospitable to crime deters it
We spend what we can to help these folks, within reason, then move the rest on.
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@austinreforms @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson Sure, let's address violence more seriously. That's maybe 10-20 people out of 3000ish. Civil commitment is very very expensive. Maybe it should be used more, but it's not spending less! And a very large chunk of current $$ is substance abuse treatment.
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@Amandasmylife Do something about this @GregAbbott_TX
Why are we buying $150M in Israeli bonds? Absurd.
Invest in Texas infra, jobs.
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I live in a small town with a population of 7,000 an hour and a half NW of Austin.
Our property taxes our sky high. Our roads are terrible. Our school district is trying to pass a bond to save band, shop classes, etc. Education is now ranked 34th in the country, and dropping every year.
Texas is fully owned by Israel. We are the number one Zionist state in the country. Israeli tech controls our water and electric grids.
470 proposed data centers in a state with limited water.
The Republicans “control” the politics but send millions and millions to Israel every year.
Healthcare insurance is skyrocketing. If you’re on Medicare because you turned 65, there is only one prescription plan that went from $9.99 a month to $94.99 in two years.
People here are struggling.
Amiejokes2much❤️🤍💙@Amiejokes2much
If you MUST move to Texas please do your research and talk to people that live here. They’re lying to so many that prices are more affordable and blah blah. I’m only speaking about Dallas and other big cities. If you move to the country you should be ok. But where I’m at (Dallas/Richsrdson) our property taxes have increased by 41.87% in the past 5 years. Our roads are shit. Construction is a constant. Dallas has corrupt leadership spending billions on unnecessary parks and trendy looking outdoor shopping strips. More apartments are going up and if they allow section 8 folks you know what to expect after that. Just do your homework. Texas isn’t all what it seems anymore. There’s a reason why myself and so many others are getting out and heading to smaller country towns.
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@chitoforatx Crime and trespassing is skyrocketing under current leadership
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The vandalism at Congregation Beth Israel is disturbing and unacceptable. Antisemitism and hate have no place in Austin. We stand with our Jewish community and with all neighbors targeted by bigotry. Our city must remain a place where everyone feels safe and respected.
KVUE News@KVUE
A church leader said the Austin Police Department not only opened an investigation but also helped remove the graffiti: kvue.com/article/news/l…
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A straight black man went in and basically fixed Baltimore over night. We’re having all of these incredibly unnecessary discussions about race and genetics when the reality is simply not caring about racial gaps in outcomes ultimately results in everyone being safer and happier
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@theisaacmed Californianated local gov needs an enema
And it’s 105 degrees for 3 months….
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I spent a few days in Austin last week and I now understand the hype.
I was shocked by the cheap real estate prices.
Downtown is lively.
Amazing Mexican food.
Lots of housing inventory. Decent folks everywhere. Lots of jobs.
The only cons I can really think of are the weather. Every time I have been it’s sucked.
Last week was fog and rain. A few years ago was a giant freeze that made the power grid collapse.
Also property taxes.
Is there anything else I’m missing?
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Time to #AuditAustin and toss out the #CityCouncil
Still looking for a certified badass to run in D3!
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@LurkingLamb @pena4ATX @data_atx @Austin_Police Or isn’t smart enough to have the instinct to care
Hard to tell
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@pena4ATX @data_atx @austinreforms @Austin_Police Some lucky man will marry this chick who don’t give AF about gun fire
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Here is footage from last night’s shooting in East Austin. Austin cannot afford soft-on-crime leadership any longer. It’s time to get serious and make it clear that this kind of violence will not be tolerated.
@data_atx @austinreforms @Austin_Police
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@JenRobichaux @two_wheel_atx @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson All for helping the homeless and even providing world class assistance
But there needs to be a cap and it needs to be proportionate to what the tax base can support — and a plan for overages
A $50 million bond is atrocious.
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@austinreforms @two_wheel_atx @austintexasgov @KirkPWatson That solution isn't even on the table for the Homeless Strategy and Operations department.
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No bond without an outside audit first. Taxpayers have had enough.
#ATXcouncil
ATX data@data_atx
Yesterday, the Austin Bond task force recommended $50m for homeless strategy office even in the smaller bond that a few council members have requested Frankly, this could doom the bonds chances at the polls, voters have had enough of these promises
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