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United States News Title: Greg Abbott Is About to Make Austin Regret Its Desire to Become Like California In Its Homeless Problem If you go to various cities in California, one of the first things youll notice is the shocking amount of homeless people that are camped out on the streets. I wish I could say these were people just down on their luck, but where homeless camps pop up, an inordinate amount of drug use does as well. And for some reason, Austin, Texas, wants to be just like them. Austins Mayor Steve Adler made it legal for homeless people to set up tents on city streets so long as they arent blocking pathways. In an interview, Adler said he doesnt think that this will cause problems like it does in Los Angeles or San Francisco, but Austin residents, especially women, are worried about safety concerns. Every area that has removed bans against camping on city streets has been FLOODED with waves of homeless people! I beg you all to oppose this! Don't let Texas make the same mistakes California made!! pic.twitter.com/UxYfLLWSNn Cali-Conservative (@CaliConserv1) June 23, 2019 Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned back in June that if Austin does go through with it, then hell be forced to bring the power of Texas down on the city. If Austin or any other Texas citypermits camping on city streets it will be yet another local ordinance the State of Texas will override, tweeted Abbott. At some point cities must start putting public safety & common sense first. At some point cities must start putting public safety & common sense first. There are far better solutions for the homeless & citizens. https://t.co/xYezoovVCg Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 24, 2019 Fast forward to July, and the ordinance is already causing major problems. Needless to say, Abbott is not happy. Abbott took to Twitter once again to show people what kind of dangers the policies Austin enacted are bringing on. Quote tweeting a Texas resident who caught an accident caused by homeless people darting into traffic caused a major accident near downtown Austin. Look at this insanity caused by Austins reckless homeless policy. All state-imposed solutions are on the table including eliminating local sovereign immunity for damages and injuries like this caused by a citys homeless policy, tweeted Abbott. The horror stories are piling up, he added. All state-imposed solutions are on the table including eliminating local sovereign immunity for damages and injuries like this caused by a citys homeless policy. The horror stories are piling up. #txlege https://t.co/WkBryvLKWU Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 2, 2019 Adler seems to be willing to stand his ground, however. He noted that Abbott was misled in a tweet and blamed the outrage around homeless camps on people trying to scare and lie to others. Mayor Adler (@MayorAdler) July 5, 2019 Austin residents fired back. South Austin Texan (@SoAustinTx) July 5, 2019 AnnsKitchen_ATX (@AnnskitchenA) July 5, 2019 AnnsKitchen_ATX (@AnnskitchenA) July 5, 2019 Bobby Snacks (@BBB19812) July 5, 2019 Eric Singletary (@Pure_Singletary) July 5, 2019 Its likely that Abbott is currently cooking up something in the legislature with the help of Republicans, though if this continues to spiral out of control, Austin may end up just like San Francisco, which has become a dangerous place to be with all the homeless and hard drugs that literally litter the streets. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
#1. To: misterwhite (#0)
Quick, you'd better write some angry letters to your congresscritter and make a few more donations to the ACLU 'cause those jackbooted legislators and the Governor Greg "Hitler" Abbot in Texas are finally being forced to act to protect their state capitol from being overrun by homeless drug addicts. What right do these fascist Texas legislators have to prevent local rule by the mayor of Austin (who likes to travel to San Fran and Seattle and other homeless paradises for more info on how to make Austin into a homeless paradise too)?
#2. To: Tooconservative (#1)
Hey. Those homeless drug addicts have rights, too. And they're putting good use to those empty spaces under bridges and between highways.
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