If you’re still undecided who to vote for in a particular race, then maybe consider a write-in for the fictional candidate who goes by the name “Nobody”:
Nobody’s perfect.
Nobody knows what he’s talking about.
Nobody has a clue what to do next.
Nobody will keep his campaign promises.
Nobody cares what you think.
Nobody’s going to tell me what to do.
Nobody loves you when you’re down and out.
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.
Nobody can do it like McDonald’s can.
Nobody does chicken like KFC.
Nobody really gives a shit.
Nobody is worthy of your full support.
We might actually be way better off if Nobody got elected. 🤡
Rick Fine retweeted
They are also posting signs too close to polls. They drove right past the "no more signs" sign. Had to have an election judge take this down.
Memo to AFSCME Local 1624: Restrain your goons from continuing to remove your opponents’ signs at the polls.
Rick Fine retweeted
Charter & ordinances work together like the Constitution & federal statutes.
Would anyone say the 15th Amendment is pointless because Congress had already passed the Civil Rights Act (1866) and Reconstruction Acts (1867)?
One protects the future, the other protects the present.
Rick Fine retweeted
Launch an expensive study for what only takes one walk down Red River to figure out.
Vote for Prop I and @katiekam4austin and watch Red River thrive.
Austin council member Zo Qadri wants to study why Red River businesses keep closing.
Easy fix: ask his political buddy DA José Garza. He's had a front-row seat to every crime he didn't prosecute and every repeated criminal released to roam and terrorize this area.
@downtownatx
@DowntownATXInfo
So Selena moved in to run from outside the district, and she’s overwhelmingly funded from outside the district — and even outside Texas! What’s wrong with this picture?
Rick Fine retweeted
I'm telling you. I saw her at City Hall with councilmembers around 2023. @Bowen4Austin was always there speaking for Austin. Selena was only getting her foot in. She was going to be Harper Madison's spot, but Harper Madison got re-elected. Its all a game. Stop the game!
Rick Fine retweeted
Whoa
Vote for @Bowen4Austin
I'm telling you. I saw her at City Hall with councilmembers around 2023. @Bowen4Austin was always there speaking for Austin. Selena was only getting her foot in. She was going to be Harper Madison's spot, but Harper Madison got re-elected. Its all a game. Stop the game!
Rick Fine retweeted
Selena Xie owns two houses in Austin and that's a remarkable achievement. Her personal finances must be stellar.
However her comments on ATXN come across as callous - dismissing concerns about spending priorities - when so many people can't even afford to buy one house.
Rick Fine retweeted
Selena Xie registered her District 8 campaign domain in June 2024 while living in East Austin (District 1).
She closed on a District 8 condo in September.
She still owns the house in District 1.
The domain came first. The move came after.
Carpetbagger.
Rick Fine retweeted
Strong substack post from @Bowen4Austin on the real difference between the City’s ordinance and Prop I.
Selena Xie is on the side of the rewriteable audit ordinance.
She opposes locking the audit into the charter.
Mayor Watson and his wife both maxed out to her on the same day.
Another giveaway by our irresponsible City Council majority, destroying Zilker Park effectively for the entire month of October. And for what? A measly $103,500, while the same company pays the City of Chicago $10 million — 100 times as much! — to use Grant Park for the four-day Lollapalooza event.
statesman.com/news/local/art…
Rick Fine retweeted
Is housing density a priority for District 8?
Circle C just fought @PaigeForAustin over 1,000 luxury “low-income apartments” stuffed into a school pickup zone across the street from Kiker. She took Stratus money.
AURA is still pushing density, fewer cars and more failed CapMetro routes.
They endorse Selena Xie for D8.
AURA presses City Hall for policies that increase housing density and reduce car transit in Austin.
Some of their endorsed slate for City Council own pretty big lots, while some embrace dense housing:
Amber Goodwin owns a ~2100 sqft house on a ~8300 sqft lot in Manor.
Jose Velasquez lives at his mom's house in District 3 and does not appear to own a house.
Ryan Alter owns a ~2100 sqft house on a ~7400 sqft lot in District 5.
Selena Xie owns a ~1000 sqft house on a ~7000 sqft lot in District 1, in addition to a ~1000 sqft condo in District 8.
Zo Qadri owns ~1900 sqft townhome on a ~2100 sqft lot in District 9.
Rick Fine retweeted
Nah, we don’t need to have a comprehensive independent view of City spending, waste, and fraud like Prop I (eye) would mandate in the City Charter, do we? We can just trust the City Council to use fiscal discipline, right?
Rick Fine retweeted
Selena Xie talks EMS experience. Candidate Jeffery Bowen is talking filled police positions, published response times, and actual wildfire readiness for an ember-zone district. Read it:
district8dispatch.substack.c…
Most of District 8 Is an Ember Zone. Here’s What That Means for Public Safety
