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| Austin Mayor Adler Orders Another Partial COVID Shutdown. Texas Gov. Abbott Says He Can't. |
| 2020-12-31 |
Guns spiked. [PJMedia] With COVID-related hospitalizations on the rise, but with little to no data demonstrating that shutdowns actually help slow the spread of the virus, Austin Mayor Steve Adler (D) has ordered a partial restaurant and bar shutdown across the New Year’s holiday in the city.Restaurants don’t appear to be major COVID spread vectors, yet they’re being shuttered (again). Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott (R) took to social media to countermand Adler’s order. Mayor Adler has yet to comply, or even react, to that. Making violations a "criminal offense" is an ironic touch. Adler led the defunding of Austin’s police back in August. That led to a demoralization of the police force and a very high rate of attrition from it. More are expected to leave once Adler’s cuts take force in January. Also, recall that around Thanksgiving, Adler encouraged Austin to just stay home — while he was lounging in luxury in Cabo. Whatever was left of his credibility stayed in Cabo. The Texas Legislature convenes in its 87th session in January. There’s a bill in the works to take the Austin Police Department away from Adler and the city council, and transfer it to the state. There’s rumbling all over Austin that Adler and the left-wing city council had ruined the city even before the pandemic. Republican Mackenzie Kelly just defeated Democrat and anti-police incumbent Jimmy Flannigan in a city council runoff, indicating danger in the air for other Democrats in the deep blue city. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 ^^^^^ Get the county sheriff to deputize them! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-12-31 13:06 |
| #2 Nightclubs should send a delegation of bouncers over to the Mayor's office to have a discussion. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2020-12-31 08:30 |
| #1 Thanks Abbott for shutting down this megalomaniac, liberalism is a disease, Adler's the posterboy in Texas. |
| Posted by: One Eyed the Ruthless4917 2020-12-31 06:20 |