

Clayton Fidler
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@Cfidler1971
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You already know who’s in charge of the Memorial Day bbq at the White House 😂








Incredible new article on Austin's light rail project from @_AustinCurrent Many good moments, but my favorite: The new ridership estimates are so bad and the costs so high we could buy every rider an Aston Martin instead 😂 austincurrent.org/2026/05/21/aus…






In 2020, Austin voters greenlit a 20-mile light rail system — raising their own city property tax bills by 20% to fund it. Costs ballooned, and the project's scope shrank. For now, it will reach less than half the distance — at about 3x the original per-mile cost.


The Pease Park troll cost about $300,000 to build, funded by private donors who wanted to create something magical for Austin. And now it sits burned down. A pile of ashes surrounded by caution tape. A giant wooden troll where kids laughed, families took photos, and people stopped for a moment to enjoy something whimsical in the middle of the city… gone. It’s hard not to feel like this is symbolic of something bigger. We build beautiful things in Austin, and somehow we keep finding them destroyed. Sometimes it really feels like we just can’t have nice things anymore. #atxcouncil