The city of Austin, TX voted for a civilian oversight board to be created. Due to various lawsuits and whatnot, it still has yet to come into existence. All because the cops want to literally get away with murder.
In the very least, we should be ensuring that any animal bred for consumption should be given the absolute best life possible, not crammed into spaces like sardines and forced to exist in their own shit all their lives.
It’s less about personal opinions and more how the government functions. Texas is a straight up hostile place to be if you’re anything but rich, male, straight, and white.
Good. Arizona already got shot down trying similar stuff by the Supreme Court, so it makes sense that Governor Hot Wheels and his Cavalcade of Corruption would get the same treatment.
It’ll mean folks working or living at a lot of places won’t have a place to park, and without further investment into rail, bus, and bike infrastructure it means that a lot of folks simply won’t be able to work or live where they need to.
On paper, this means denser development all around. But living in most of these places requires owning a vehicle. That means you gotta have somewhere to put it. Otherwise, you’ve gotta provide alternate means for folks to get to where they need to go. Expanded bus service, more light rail, and better and more bike trails are essential.
This is my wife in a nutshell after Reddit died.