Comments for ChangeAustin.org » changeaustin.org bringing austin voters and local business to city hall http://changeaustin.org Some folks are speaking out for Austin. How 'bout you? Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Sign the Petition/Voter Pledge – No Abusive Formula 1 Subsidies! by andre touboule austi texas http://changeaustin.org/2011/06/voter-pledge-forumla1/comment-page-1/#comment-18838 andre touboule austi texas Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:52:45 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1839#comment-18838 If the racing track is build with the taxpayer's money obiously the tax payer owns it and all the profit should go back to the taxpayers and after some we own it we should have free access to it. Stop your manipulations and start working for a change city concil. If the racing track is build with the taxpayer’s money obiously the tax payer owns it and all the profit should go back to the taxpayers and after some we own it we should have free access to it.
Stop your manipulations and start working for a change city concil.

]]> Comment on Sign the Petition/Voter Pledge – No Abusive Formula 1 Subsidies! by James Spiller http://changeaustin.org/2011/06/voter-pledge-forumla1/comment-page-1/#comment-18837 James Spiller Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:43:43 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1839#comment-18837 Who are these people who came up with this Formula 1 Idea? Ill tell you unless you have your head in the sand it is investor groups and others like them who say they are your friends. They snuggle up with city counsel friends behind closed doors and come up with these dumb ideas. They did not think it through real well did you hear NOW they have decided it is too darn hot so they propose to move the races to cooler months? Like others have said who is going to go to this thing on a 2 lane road. We tax payers will be paying for that road just you wait and see. I am voting against each person who votes for more projects and I encourage you to do the same. Investors see us Austin folks as suckers who will pay for their projects we are a breeding ground of tax payers, we just keep taking it and taking it. WHY do we do this because we are hard at work making money to pay the taxes we are not down at city hall, we are not lobbying for clean living, we are too busy working to pay taxes we are honest people who are trusting other people believing they are honest like we are. I am not proud of that. Who are these people who came up with this Formula 1 Idea? Ill tell you unless you have your head in the sand it is investor groups and others like them who say they are your friends. They snuggle up with city counsel friends behind closed doors and come up with these dumb ideas. They did not think it through real well did you hear NOW they have decided it is too darn hot so they propose to move the races to cooler months? Like others have said who is going to go to this thing on a 2 lane road. We tax payers will be paying for that road just you wait and see. I am voting against each person who votes for more projects and I encourage you to do the same. Investors see us Austin folks as suckers who will pay for their projects we are a breeding ground of tax payers, we just keep taking it and taking it. WHY do we do this because we are hard at work making money to pay the taxes we are not down at city hall, we are not lobbying for clean living, we are too busy working to pay taxes we are honest people who are trusting other people believing they are honest like we are. I am not proud of that.

]]> Comment on City Wants to Raise Your Taxes $265/year by James Spiller http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/sign-petition-letter-to-mayor-council-no-hikes/comment-page-1/#comment-18836 James Spiller Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:23:11 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1864#comment-18836 Ya know, the city is just going to have to cut some employees and stop spending our money on what they want to be city that has all of the things metro cities have. We do not need public transportation in the form of a train. Cowboy culture says we will always have pick up trucks and the prettiest girls. Get off of your high horse and stop the silly spending. this liberal attitude will drive the real tax payers out of town then you will be sorry you did not stop spending, your tax base will be gone. By the way the city can purchase my 100 thousand dollar house for 180 if you think it is with that much. I will support anyone who wants to move out of the city and invite you to follow me while you can. People can't afford to retire, just like florida! Ya know, the city is just going to have to cut some employees and stop spending our money on what they want to be city that has all of the things metro cities have. We do not need public transportation in the form of a train. Cowboy culture says we will always have pick up trucks and the prettiest girls. Get off of your high horse and stop the silly spending. this liberal attitude will drive the real tax payers out of town then you will be sorry you did not stop spending, your tax base will be gone. By the way the city can purchase my 100 thousand dollar house for 180 if you think it is with that much. I will support anyone who wants to move out of the city and invite you to follow me while you can. People can’t afford to retire, just like florida!

]]> Comment on City Wants to Raise Your Taxes $265/year by peter staats http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/sign-petition-letter-to-mayor-council-no-hikes/comment-page-1/#comment-18835 peter staats Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:36:02 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1864#comment-18835 stop it. spend within our means. just say no! stop it. spend within our means. just say no!

]]> Comment on Sign Petition/Letter to Austin City Council-No Tax/Fee Hikes! by diana castaneda herrera http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/ready-4-tax-hikes-sign-both-petitionletters-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18834 diana castaneda herrera Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:28:26 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1870#comment-18834 sick and tired of being sick and tired of some of you council members. no one should be allowed to serve more than one term... it tends to go to your head, that it is your right and job,... big mistake it is our job we have allowed you to hold to do our bidding, on our terms. stop imposing your will on us to fund you pet projects. no more taxes, just keep to the basics of health and safety. no more cops that kill, no more raises for you, and no more building more buildings with incentives... i hate that down town is not hospitable, to all incomes, and diverse peoples. diana castaneda herrera sick and tired of being sick and tired of some of you council members. no one should be allowed to serve more than one term… it tends to go to your head, that it is your right and job,… big mistake it is our job we have allowed you to hold to do our bidding, on our terms. stop imposing your will on us to fund you pet projects. no more taxes, just keep to the basics of health and safety. no more cops that kill, no more raises for you, and no more building more buildings with incentives… i hate that down town is not hospitable, to all incomes, and diverse peoples. diana castaneda herrera

]]> Comment on Sign Petition/Letter to Austin City Council-No Tax/Fee Hikes! by Neville http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/ready-4-tax-hikes-sign-both-petitionletters-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18833 Neville Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:16:36 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1870#comment-18833 Below is the personal addendum I made to my signature on the petition to AISD and the City Council. ------------------------ I have read the statements below and agree with the assessments and conclusions made within these statements. It is inexcusable for the Austin City Council and our Mayor to be ineffectual public representatives who are swayed by corporate influence and money. How much deeper is the bullshit going to pile-up before public officials who have accepted responsibility for public office actually honor the public whose vote put them into office and by whom they have a mandate to represent the public’s interest ??? Enough greed and stupidity already! Corporate run government and corporate profit for the benefit of a very small minority is NOT a Democratic Republic it is called Fascism. LOOK IT UP in the dictionary if you are too ignorant to understand the concepts. You are legally empowered to represent the public and residents of Austin. At no time, and in no official capacity, have you been granted permission to place the interests of corporate entities before the interests of the public. My God, one could swear that you are our Supreme Court Jesters incarnate. The very same betrayers who sold our nation to corporations by granting corporate legal entities the same rights as human beings and thereby giving corporations and their controlling shareholders unlimited funding of political campaigns. Hurray for stupid greed and stupid selfish self-interest dominated politics! -Neville Austin resident since 1975 Below is the personal addendum I made to my signature on the petition to AISD and the City Council.
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I have read the statements below and agree with the assessments and conclusions made within these statements.

It is inexcusable for the Austin City Council and our Mayor to be ineffectual public representatives who are swayed by corporate influence and money.

How much deeper is the bullshit going to pile-up before public officials who have accepted responsibility for public office actually honor the public whose vote put them into office and by whom they have a mandate to represent the public’s interest ???

Enough greed and stupidity already!

Corporate run government and corporate profit for the benefit of a very small minority is NOT a Democratic Republic it is called Fascism. LOOK IT UP in the dictionary if you are too ignorant to understand the concepts.

You are legally empowered to represent the public and residents of Austin. At no time, and in no official capacity, have you been granted permission to place the interests of corporate entities before the interests of the public.

My God, one could swear that you are our Supreme Court Jesters incarnate. The very same betrayers who sold our nation to corporations by granting corporate legal entities the same rights as human beings and thereby giving corporations and their controlling shareholders unlimited funding of political campaigns. Hurray for stupid greed and stupid selfish self-interest dominated politics!

-Neville

Austin resident since 1975

]]> Comment on Sign Petition/Letter to Austin City Council-No Tax/Fee Hikes! by Peter Denby http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/ready-4-tax-hikes-sign-both-petitionletters-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18832 Peter Denby Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:55:17 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1870#comment-18832 The City of Austin's government and wasteful spending habits share a lot in common with the actions of the elected people in Washington, DC - a habitual repudiation of spending tax dollars prudently. The city council member's would never waste their own money the way they waste taxpayer funds. It's almost like they think they are printing currency like they are in Washington ! The City of Austin’s government and wasteful spending habits share a lot in common with the actions of the elected people in Washington, DC – a habitual repudiation of spending tax dollars prudently. The city council member’s would never waste their own money the way they waste taxpayer funds. It’s almost like they think they are printing currency like they are in Washington !

]]> Comment on Sign Petition/Letter to Austin City Council-No Tax/Fee Hikes! by Linda Curtis http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/ready-4-tax-hikes-sign-both-petitionletters-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18831 Linda Curtis Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:18:16 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1870#comment-18831 If you mean "conservative" with our money, we would agree. Just making the point that there are many "conservatives" who keep giving away the store -- as in the case with Formula 1, this was Comptroller Combs' deal. We can bet she calls herself a conservative. If you mean “conservative” with our money, we would agree. Just making the point that there are many “conservatives” who keep giving away the store — as in the case with Formula 1, this was Comptroller Combs’ deal. We can bet she calls herself a conservative.

]]> Comment on Sign Petition/Letter to Austin City Council-No Tax/Fee Hikes! by K.Austin http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/ready-4-tax-hikes-sign-both-petitionletters-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18830 K.Austin Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:09:40 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1870#comment-18830 I'll bet the council members aren't spending their household money like they do the taxpayers. Seems that we need to replace the city council, with one that's more conservative. I’ll bet the council members aren’t spending their household money like they do the taxpayers.

Seems that we need to replace the city council, with one that’s more conservative.

]]> Comment on Sign Petition/Letter to Austin City Council-No Tax/Fee Hikes! by Larry Davidson http://changeaustin.org/2011/08/ready-4-tax-hikes-sign-both-petitionletters-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18829 Larry Davidson Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:53:55 +0000 http://changeaustin.org/?p=1870#comment-18829 City government & all government must do what all of us with half a brain must or can do or can't do: *SPEND WHAT IS NECESSARY *CUT THE UNECESSARY REST *BANK ANY SURPLUS FOR FUTURE SHORTFALLS *DO NOT BORROW ABOVE INCOME *DO NOT RAISE TAXES INSTEAD OF BUDGETING OR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. *MAKE FINANCIAL COMMON SENSE INTO CITY REGULATIONS OVER SPENDING. *FORM A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO WATCH DOG, PUBLISIZE CITY & LEGALLY ENFORCE SPENDING RULES & LIMITS, GOOD & BAD. LD. City government & all government must do what all of us with half a brain must or can do or can’t do:
*SPEND WHAT IS NECESSARY
*CUT THE UNECESSARY REST
*BANK ANY SURPLUS FOR FUTURE SHORTFALLS
*DO NOT BORROW ABOVE INCOME
*DO NOT RAISE TAXES INSTEAD OF BUDGETING OR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
*MAKE FINANCIAL COMMON SENSE INTO CITY REGULATIONS OVER SPENDING.
*FORM A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO WATCH DOG, PUBLISIZE CITY & LEGALLY ENFORCE SPENDING RULES & LIMITS, GOOD & BAD.
LD.

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