2016 Postmortem

Eleanors38

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7. I'm an advocate of bike freeways, utilizing city greenbelts & RR right-of-ways. One was contemplated

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 05:12 PM

Oct 2016

25 yrs ago, but our "progressive" City Council got their marching odors from high-rise developers who wanted particular areas for some Miami Beach-looking condos. So, no. No attempts even to see if a cheap strip of asphalt next to a RR bed would even work. Just buckets of paint along a congested, dangerous hwy. Bonds here are essentially a blank check for anything a planner wants, election post-hoc. And the planners are ALWAYS big developers.

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35,000 vote in Travis Co. first day. My line was 30 mins, so I sped it up... [View all] Eleanors38 Oct 2016 OP

In what state did you vote, please? apcalc Oct 2016 #1

I'm thinking Texas. Austin is in Travis County. MoonRiver Oct 2016 #2

Austin. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #3

I did the same in Bexar Co LeftInTX Oct 2016 #4

We had a refer. for road bonds in Austin. Voted "no." Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #5

I'm leaning that way too Lithos Oct 2016 #6

I'm an advocate of bike freeways, utilizing city greenbelts & RR right-of-ways. One was contemplated Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #7

Yeah, I remember back then Lithos Oct 2016 #8

Sometimes I wish Austin would just get it over with and cede zoning control to Miami. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #9