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    Austin's Proposition Q - A misleading text that really grinds my gears. I've received multiple texts from various groups with this language:

    We can debate the merits of Proposition Q separately; what I am worked up about is the absolutely false language about "Trump cuts" to city services like fire, EMS, parks, etc. The federal government doesn't fund municipal services*. The federal government shouldn't fund municipal services, and in fact our fire, EMS, and police being independent of the federal government is a fundamental part of states' rights or how our government is intentionally structured. EVEN if I don't support defunding the police, it was absolutely within Austin's right to do so, and that had nothing to do with federal funding. 

    *there are grants that impact some of these services, like the transportation grant Trump did cancel that would include parks over the new I-35, but that is not fundamentally a park funding grant.

    jordanSA•...
    Did you see this Save Austin Now update? Editorial: We wish we could support Austin’s Prop Q. Here’s why we can’t endorse it. Austin taxpayers deserve accountability and proof of progress before being asked to shoulder another increase....
    local government
    tax policy
    austin politics
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