So...let me get this right.

The people of Austin PAY TAXES for these parks and the bums and layabouts DON'T, but now the bums and layabouts get to take over and the taxpayers won't be able or willing to go enjoy these parks with their families because they will be full of shit, garbage and needles not to mention people laying all over the place?

WTF is wrong with liberals!

I don’t understand why the homeless are being denied the lush camping grounds that are in everyone’s front yards. Couldn’t they instantly do away with the homeless problem if all of Austin’s home owners shared their property with those in need?

Heard today on local radio that Gov Abbott considering taking steps removing sovereign immunity protection from Texas cities that allow this “camping” so that business owners and citizens who suffer business losses or property value reduction due to sqatters and campers can sue the city for damages.

Good luck Austin! If you live in Austin, please read this.

https://www.latimes.com/local/...-20190601-story.html

Seattle finally woke up of late. They have finally been scraping the homeless tent cities here. We do not need another LA Skid Row situation here, and it was getting close to that. Austin should take note. Do not go down this road. It will not work! Seattle residents finally had enough of the crime and the drugs and the filth. I am guessing about 80% of the homeless tent cites are now gone in Seattle over the last few months. And the city is not done scraping them. Austin take note. Do NOT let this happen to you. Learn from the Seattle experience. Letting the homeless camp anywhere does not work! If you allow the homeless drug addicts to camp in public places, you WILL end up with a skid row like LA. Filth, drugs, disease, rats, and crime. Wake up. Offer the campers/addicts social services, and most will not accept help. Those who do not accept help must be kicked out or face jail. If addicts know they are looking at a hard de-tox in a group jail cell, they will move away quickly. Nothing like a hard de-tox to scare an addict. Time to stop coddling them. They must accept help and reform, or get out of town. Any other approach will not work. Just look at San Fran or LA to understand that fact.

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Originally posted by maxdog:
Heard today on local radio that Gov Abbott considering taking steps removing sovereign immunity protection from Texas cities that allow this “camping” so that business owners and citizens who suffer business losses or property value reduction due to sqatters and campers can sue the city for damages.

Such actions could very well prompt the Austin city fathers to rethink their earlier decision.

This stupidity is undoubtedly a response to the influx of Liberal/Progressives from California, bringing their destructive policies with them.

flashguy

I'm getting real concerned about Texas! Getting purple.

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Originally posted by flashguy:

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Originally posted by maxdog:
Heard today on local radio that Gov Abbott considering taking steps removing sovereign immunity protection from Texas cities that allow this “camping” so that business owners and citizens who suffer business losses or property value reduction due to sqatters and campers can sue the city for damages.

Such actions could very well prompt the Austin city fathers to rethink their earlier decision.

This stupidity is undoubtedly a response to the influx of Liberal/Progressives from California, bringing their destructive policies with them.

flashguy

Historically, Texas was a democratic state far longer then republican. Just sayin...

I am not a member of any party. Just an observer.

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Originally posted by FishOn:
Historically, Texas was a democratic state far longer then republican. Just sayin...

I am not a member of any party. Just an observer.

Yes, but that was when Democrats were at least marginally sane.

flashguy

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Originally posted by kramden:
I'm getting real concerned about Texas! Getting purple.

Yep. Trump will still probably win Texas in 2020 but the state is turning blue fast.

Living outside in Austin is a bit tougher than Seattle and LA. Fire ants, snakes, scorpions, and heat (all day, all night). I had scorpions in Austin apartment from the day it was built. They especially liked my bathtub.

My hairdresser, a Dallas native and 3rd generation Texan, says she expects to move out of Texas or at least the big city. An alien, violent culture has moved in in the past 5-6 years, she thinks.

I explained that it was the straight ticket voters trying to stick it to the Orange Man that got us the judges and DA that are turning Dallas into Seattle. They literally destroyed their safety and community out of spite. Local races matter after all.