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Typical Austin
 Yesterday while driving Christopher to gymnastics, I saw a sign on the side of the road urging citizens to vote NO on the local school district bond proposition. Punctuating this message were two words: Taxes and Traffic.
The sign suggested that passing the proposition would lead to a flood of traffic.
This cracks me up, sort of, because it's so typically Austin. The city I love has been growing steadily for decades, mostly against its own will. Austin drags its feet on issues like public transportation and expanding interstates, like a child who closes her eyes and ears in the hopes that the problem will JUST GO AWAY.
School districts don't think to themselves, Hey! I bet if we spend $500 million and build 8 more schools, people might decide to move here!
School districts think to themselves, Holy crap! Our schools are falling apart and class size is up to 42! What should we do about it?
The people are already here! The bond proposition is a reaction, not a ploy to get more people to move to lovely downtown Leander.
Anyway, the outcome (it passed) doesn't directly affect me, but the reverse 'logic' of the sign made me laugh.
On a related note:
If you're a candidate or backing a legislative bill or proposition, I highly recommend hiring me to do your website.
As of yesterday's election, I have a 100% success rate. My sample size? 2. So what?
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Congratulations on your candidates' elections. Yeah, that "logic" is part of why we moved. I say, Austin is a city of thinkers. Houston is a city of doers. Now my blood is pumping and I want to go on a tyraid about how Californians need to stick to destroying the land/property value in their own state...so I'm gonna stop.
Don't get me wrong - I love Austin! I even love its idiosyncracies. But they make me laugh from time to time.
As does the hatred of Californians. :)