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In a happy coincidence, this twitter thread came to me as I was about to take the family over to our go-to theatre; the Alamo…

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Andy Cantú and the Austin Chamber of Commerce are dishonest, ignorant, or both.

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Chamber says land reform is top transportation priority That interest in return on investment opens the chamber up to critics who drubbed the 2014 light…

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A very accurate summary of where we are

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I don’t claim to know Leffingwell’s motivation, but everything else in this short post from Dave Dobbs via twitlonger is accurate: “Austin’s Proposition One is…

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My speech from last night

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I ripped up one of the copies I had and gave a short excoriation of the lack of meaningful public input, as this KUT story…

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Keep It Simple, Stupid

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I almost made this response on the twitter but thought it should be more permanent. Trying to figure out where to put a rail line…

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Great responses to John Langmore

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On days like this where I have no time it’s so nice that others have picked up the slack. I’m just going to republish their…

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No sir, I don’t buy it.

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My work situation is going to prevent me from making much effort on this today so please assume I endorse this product and/or service 100%.…

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The ceiling for the Red Line

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Later this week, physiotherapist stay tuned for a new formula which takes into account service quality (measured by miles per hour), traumatologist frequency, and, and…

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A message I just posted to the Hyde Park NA list

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In response to this site and calls to support it. Some links added as I find them. The post to which I replied, is something…

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Double taxation on city streets

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Anti-toll whiners piss M1EK off. M1EK is about to piss them off.

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