Austin growing weary of liberalism

 Megan Fox:

Austin has long been the blue dot in Texas’ red sea. But that could change soon.

The Travis County GOP Communications Director Andy Hogue says there’s every reason for citizens of Austin to be optimistic about Republican races this year. Hogue told PJ Media, “Democrats are donating to us in unprecedented numbers. We’ve never seen this before.” Hogue says that the local GOP recognizes regular donors but when new names started coming in, they started looking them up to see who they are.

 “We kept finding Democrats who have never donated before.”

Two seats on the all-Democrat Austin City Council are hotly contested. Newcomer Republican candidate Mackenzie Kelly is challenging in District 6, doing well, and could deliver an upset.

Hogue says that Austin has become a tent city since the far-left takeover of the city council. The people of Austin are not happy with the mess and the huge increase in crime that came with defunding the police budget by a third. Louis C. Herrin III is running for the other contested seat on the council, opposing the far-left agenda and supporting law and order.

 

Hogue also reports that Austin area bars and restaurants that wouldn’t normally host events for Republicans are signing up to host fundraisers. He believes that the strict coronavirus restrictions on businesses imposed by Mayor Steve Adler, a Democrat, have turned many business owners away from the Democrat Party.

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When I first lived in Austin in the mid-sixties the mayor owned the Ford dealership and the city council was mostly chamber of commerce types.  That all began to change when the 18 years were given the right to vote and the hippies at UT were able to swing elections.  One of the first liberals to be elected was a law school classmate of mine and another classmate was elected to the city council in the early seventies.  In the last 50 years, it has gotten much worse, just like California has.  

Hopefully, city business people have wised up and will reassert themselves and do something about the homeless situation that is turning the city into the same mess seen in LA and San Francisco.  I think the defunding of the police is idiotic in the extreme and the noncriminal residents understand that.

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