Austin Metric
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Data & discussion about Austin policy, policymakers, & civil society. Posts are written by Julio Gonzalez Altamirano.
What remains is the issue of ensuring that public safety doesn’t keep growing & eat into these planned future allocations. Proposal’s line item spending isn’t guaranteed after the 1st year. It’s why the ballot language needs to be more prescriptive than a blank check. Sample ballot language: 2/2
August 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What remains is the issue of ensuring that public safety doesn’t keep growing & eat into these planned future allocations. Proposal’s line item spending isn’t guaranteed after the 1st year. It’s why the ballot language needs to be more prescriptive than a blank check. Sample ballot language: 2/2
Here’s the Metric’s (lol) take:
1. Generally, Manager should pay for their lunch out of pocket.
2. Budgeting for staff events or Council office food expensing is fine. Just nothing extravagant.
3. 1st class flights on public dime is typically a 🚩
4. Maybe City Hall needs a public, cheap cafeteria
1. Generally, Manager should pay for their lunch out of pocket.
2. Budgeting for staff events or Council office food expensing is fine. Just nothing extravagant.
3. 1st class flights on public dime is typically a 🚩
4. Maybe City Hall needs a public, cheap cafeteria
July 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here’s the Metric’s (lol) take:
1. Generally, Manager should pay for their lunch out of pocket.
2. Budgeting for staff events or Council office food expensing is fine. Just nothing extravagant.
3. 1st class flights on public dime is typically a 🚩
4. Maybe City Hall needs a public, cheap cafeteria
1. Generally, Manager should pay for their lunch out of pocket.
2. Budgeting for staff events or Council office food expensing is fine. Just nothing extravagant.
3. 1st class flights on public dime is typically a 🚩
4. Maybe City Hall needs a public, cheap cafeteria
RCV + publicly-financed campaigns + our muni general elections on November federal general election dates would create THE model local electoral system. That should be the goal. We’ll need a Dem Lege to enable this (& another local vote on a public finance system).
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
RCV + publicly-financed campaigns + our muni general elections on November federal general election dates would create THE model local electoral system. That should be the goal. We’ll need a Dem Lege to enable this (& another local vote on a public finance system).