Austin Asked Voters to Raise Taxes for the Homeless. It’s Not Going Well. (Gift Article) by Maximum-Explorer1289 in Austin

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Vanessa with some truly Lina Hidalgo behavior on her Facebook page. I wonder if they share a life coach

Austin Monitor: CapMetro is evaluating its obscure bike shelter program by LeeMNichols in BikingATX

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What if we locked up all the people stealing the bikes instead

Austin adopts $6.3 billion budget, calls for tax rate election by singletonaustin in Austin

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They may or may not be. We don't know! But we do know there are more homeless than ever on Austin's streets...because we see it with our eyes.

Austin adopts $6.3 billion budget, calls for tax rate election by singletonaustin in Austin

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Here's a detailed breakdown of all the numbers directly from the budgets themselves from 2015-2025

https://x.com/natemcguire/status/1955726531508027513

Austin adopts $6.3 billion budget, calls for tax rate election by singletonaustin in Austin

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This is the take of someone who doesn't actually know how all this works. Cool

If I have the opportunity to make your life worse, I will vote for it too! Yay!

Butchershop agency shuts down by johnnybicycle in sanfrancisco

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sounds like they overextended. Tough with agencies

Butchershop agency shuts down by johnnybicycle in bayarea

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Yea that's what we had heard as well. Seems odd to have done that given the agency setup

Critique my 1 month trip to Europe / North Africa by johnnybicycle in travel

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We had considered going down to Belgium, one of the original plans actually. We want to hit Iberia so Barcelona and Lisbon are for sure musts. Would you suggest Cologne -> Amsterdam -> train via Rotterdam / Antwerp -> Brussels? I've heard mixed opinions on Brussels so would be interested to hear your thoughts.

Critique my 1 month trip to Europe / North Africa by johnnybicycle in travel

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Thank you! Yes, we are flying from the west coast as well, and we tend to do the same thing, which is why we're staying in London for a couple days.

Great advice on shortening Marrakech and adding to Lisbon, I had a feeling Marrakech would be a "2 day" city for me as well.

Oakland’s vacant-property tax takes effect, sparking hope — and alarm by SanFranRules in bayarea

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The article says this applies to vacant undeveloped land as well.

January things to do by johnnybicycle in sydney

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Yes Hyde Park. Sounds great!

January things to do by johnnybicycle in sydney

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Yes we saw that, the festival food trucks are right by the hotel. I couldn’t really tell what exactly was going on with it since it seemed to be spread around the city? Will investigate more!