May 1 Special Election Results: Austin Voters Tell City Leaders What They Don't Like
Austinites for Progressive Reform's " strong mayor" proposal (Proposition F) was failing spectacularly. Bo Delp, organizer with By the People ATX, called it a "repudiation" of Prop F's provision that a future strong mayor could veto decisions made by City Council, the main message his team had been using to urge Austinites to reject the proposal. Others, such as labor leader Jeremy Hendricks, pointed to a lack of authentic community engagement from APR as it crafted its proposals last fall: "The last thing we want is millionaires and tech CEOs telling us what they think is good for us." ...
Source: austinchronicle.com
