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The property is located near I-35 and Oltorf

This must be what it felt like to develop a frontal lobe in 2016 when Lil Yachty, Lil Pump and and the other Lil rappers were blowing up.

Some good info here about projected start and end dates for major road construction in the area.

Bike lanes or no bike lanes? Parking or no parking? Not sure I understand what the point of the bollards is. They don’t look like they’d do a damned thing.

This is great news for our city. Urban Alchemy demonstrated they were run like a criminal enterprise, and kept people silent through retaliation and intimidation. There's a mountain of "allegations" against them, I'm glad something finally stuck. Kudos to the city for taking this step, other cities are having similar problems with them but haven't gone this far yet.

Meh.

Got a notice in the mail that Texas gas has applied to raise rates yet again. This is in addition to the over $20 in monthly fees they charge you even if you don’t use their product.

It’s amazing to me that an industry insists on raising prices as their product is slowly getting phased out. It’s like they’re encouraging their customers into getting rid of natural gas more quickly.

If you're in the general Austin, TX area I highly recommend this driving school. Really helped build my kid's confidence. They have lessons for adults as well as teens. Including an advanced city driving class for licenced drivers who want to build confidence.

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Interesting article about the recent budgeting process. Largest portion of your taxes appear to be paying for police services.

Interesting idea that could work well, depending on where it’s located. Maybe they could pass the cost savings on to customers currently looking at increased fees.

$400 more dollars per year according to article.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34135197

As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain seats in Congress -- at President Donald Trump's request -- residents in Austin, the state capital, could find themselves sharing a district with rural Texans more than 300 miles away.

The proposed map chops up Central Texas' 37th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett, will be consumed by four neighboring districts, three of which Republicans now hold.

One of those portions of the Austin-area district was drawn to be part of the 11th District that Republican Rep. August Pfluger represents, which stretches into rural Ector County, about 20 miles away from the New Mexico border.

"For the last couple of decades, we’ve been using this term sustainability. The inference of sustainability is we’re going to be able to maintain things, and that’s just not realistic,” UT-Austin’s urban ecosystems expert Stuart Reichler said. “The more realistic idea is one of resilience. We have to adapt. We’re already fucked.”

New MD Anderson Campus and UT hospital scheduled to open in 2030 on the now-demolished Erwin Center site.

If you think this is a stupid idea, I suggest you write your council person.

The city’s automated license plate reader program ended July 1.