Record heat is dangerous for workers outside. Even so, Governor Abbott just signed a law preventing local communities from enacting laws for mandatory water breaks.
Record heat is dangerous for workers outside. Even so, Governor Abbott just signed a law preventing local communities from enacting laws for mandatory water breaks.
This is so specifically and intentionally evil how do people actually find it in themselves to vote for these things?
Politically, this reads as the State trying to goad Austin into a massive court battle for control of the city. The State Republicans that run the government here HATE that Austin is a Liberal-Mecca now. Dallas in its own sense is too. But the capital building is in the MIDDLE of Downtown Austin. Blocks from the main tourist bar drag and all the popular stuff. And the State Republicans cannot stand the state capital of their red state being soo hard blue all around them.
There have been pushes from state reps to take over the city as a state controlled zone or something, I guess kinda like D.C. has no state? Idk they have never gone anywhere, so this seems like the new more serious avenue. Reading this it affects so much more than just water access this is horrific.
The state government hating Austin is not new. It’s becoming more outright as Austin continues to grow, giving it a larger voice in the state.
Eventually, progress will prevail.
I don’t live in TX but have the “opportunity” to move there for work if I want. It’s shit like this (and this is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg) that keeps me saying “NO”. What a shithole of a state (Gov Abbott, really).
I’m just ranting at this point…
We moved here about 15 years ago for a new job I took. Short answer, it’s been great for my career. I’m in my “prime earning years”, and no state income tax means I can invest more savings into my future. But fuck staying here when it comes time to slow down and eventually retire.
Just wait to see what they do with your taxes. Pile it up, use it for pet projects and then ignore wages for state employees and ignore our failing and old infrastructure. Love that slush fund they got going.