Let’s keep fighting for a better Austin.
Gracias.
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Latina, glass ceiling cracker, good troublemaker, former TX State Representative. Always a proud Texan (even when it’s hard)Austin, TXJoined February 2013
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Republicans will ban TikTok in America to protect children… but not AR-15’s. 🤔
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I hope you'll consider supporting the staff as they fight to save one of Texas' great institutions.
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The same people who prioritize extremism in the name of god (while doing harm to Texas in the process) are also blind to years of child sex abuse claims against Southern Baptist leader, #txlege texastribune.org/2023/03/27/hou via
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Elect women. Thank you for fighting for us all - ALL of the time; it was wonderful to meet a United States senator focused on helping working families and being a role model for so many
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Big thank you to & #Austin #EconDev's CEO for joining my #urban development class to talk #policy & how we can build a more #inclusive, affordable city. 🤘
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Freaky light storm right now in austin; stay safe everyone!
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I just contacted my representative to oppose #SB8 and the scheme to divert public dollars from Tx public schools.
Contact your representative!
#TxEd #TxLege twitter.com/txstateteacher…
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What’s really tragic is the way state employees were fishing for fodder for the governors office; the relationship between state employees and the governor is not normal and doing damage to Texas #txlege
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‘I am truly sorry’: Texas education official apologizes for leaked audio pushing school voucher program
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Before you finalize your ncaa men’s brackets you should know my wife accidentally broke our gnome. This could be an omen so good luck to you all. Just putting this out there.
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Particulate matter air pollution is a huge problem, ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHWAYS - and children are especially vulnerable.
TxDOT's "air quality analysis" for I-35 does not study PM2.5 at all, a huge failure given today's understanding of air pollution and its impacts.
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Join me and many others tomorrow for day long discussions on political advocacy. I’m on the first panel with and then the legislative queen known as and many more; #advocacy
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! #JointheJam with Celia Israel!
Tickets for #UnifiedJam2023 at unifiedjam.com
After graduating from the @UTAustin, @CeliaIsrael served in the Ann Richards administration, became a realtor, and a member of the TX House of Representatives.
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RuPaul addresses the GOP’s obsession with drag queens:
“We know that bullies are incompetent at solving real issues. They look for easy targets so they can give the impression of being effective… Drag queens are the marines of the queer movement… Register to vote so we can get… Show more
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TODAY is the deadline to send comments to about the central IH35; anybody want rail between San Antonio & Georgetown? Dedicated Bus Lanes? Something that is really bold and visionary? Send an email today. TXDOT & TRANSIT should be in synch #ClimateCrisis
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TODAY is the last day to send in your comments to TxDOT about I-35.
If you're wondering what to say, check out these great prewritten comments from @FarmAndCity:
farmandcity.org/2023/03/06/you
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I love college sports but it would be great if would grow a spine here and call him out for his horrific remarks. He graduated from Texas tech; I mean where did he learn this crap?! #zerotolerance
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Thank you to Commissioners @CommishShea @jefftravillion @margaretgomez4 @annhowardtx and @TravisCoJudge for your leadership on this issue and for taking action!
And thanks to everyone who spoke at Court or wrote letters to the Commissioners - you made a difference!
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I visited Fairfield Lake State Park, soon to be a private development for the wealthy, on the last day it was open to the public. I found pissed-off fishermen, an angry retired cowboy, and a grieving park superintendent. Nature is not healing.
texasmonthly.com/travel/saying-
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“How do you not have questions? This is insane, this doesn’t happen in other countries, this happens in the United States of America!” #txlege statesman.com/story/news/pol via
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I’ll be at tomorrow to ask for a bold and visionary I35; join me in sharing your views with our county leaders #transit #cleanair #cleanwater
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Tomorrow, Travis County Commissioners Court will discuss a resolution on I-35.
The community opposition to this project agrees that TxDOT's proposal needs SIGNIFICANT improvement. Sign the letter below to tell Commissioners Court you want a better I-35: actionnetwork.org/letters/travis
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There’s as much congestion on Northeast Loop 820 now as before the last big construction project had everything torn up for years. star-telegram.com/opinion/letter
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Prayers for all those in this weather cluster!
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Steinbeckian-type of evening will be playing out across Oklahoma tonight. Be alert folks… twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/…
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Has been getting community input? Absolutely. Are they listening? Not fully. I encourage Austin area voices to chime in - what do you want from a future IH35 Central? Comment here please; capexcentral.mobility35openhouse.com/submit-a-comme
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Proud of my friend for working on this legislation over the years; to have it made a priority by is a nice recognition of her hard work and this smart policy #endthetampontax
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NEW: Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has unveiled the first four priority bills.
One of the bills, HB300, would repeal the sales tax on baby diapers and wipes, and on feminine hygiene products.
Phelan says more priorities will be released in the upcoming days. #txlege
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Good work by investigating and arresting suspects in the “sideshows” this past weekend. Officers showed admirable restraint and de-escalated the situation. Thank you, APD!
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I'll be there; grateful for the Austin City council weighing in on IH35 (central); If you believe as i do that we need a better IH35 please let our local leaders know
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My item is #44 on Thursday’s agenda! Please let city council know you support these changes to the IH-35 rebuild!
austintexas.gov/email/all-coun
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City of Austin unprepared, failed to warn residents of ice storm danger “It seems to me that they have been doing reviews, studies of what happened and lessons learned, but where do those reviews stay?” she said. “Are they on a shelf somewhere?”
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On behalf of women everywhere - Shut up.
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Don Lemon: “Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s, and 30s, and maybe 40s … Don’t shoot the messenger! I’m just saying what the facts are! Google it!"
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This is a huge red flag; it will take a full year or more to get the next CM in place. Politics over policy is my concern here.
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Wow. Watson motioning for Jesus Garza to be interim city manager.
Garza was city manager during Watson's last mayorship. He was the head of Watson's Super PAC.
This is definitely a "Watson" city manager.
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It’s just a made up day but it is nice to celebrate ❤️; I’m serving up chicken parm with my special sauce and thanks for the fancy desserts #ValentinesDay
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Join me and my colleagues from Austin Independent School District on Monday, February 13th at 6PM for a virtual community meeting for an update on the repurposing of the Coy site. We will share our project goals and timeline. Click here to register: bit.ly/3Xa18le
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I’m for the chiefs because I found this cool hat when shopping in Mexico today and it’s awesome - and I think Patrick Mahomes seems like a nice guy. #SuperBowl #GoChiefs
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