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21 minutes ago, Deej said:

Have they figured out a plan to put bike lanes on the I-35 rebuild?

All the main lanes will be for bikes only, and there will be two bike toll lanes, along with a bike HOV lane.  There's even a statue of Jeremi Suri getting pegged by Alison Alter on the cap and stitch near downtown in the works.

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10 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If accurate, not bad October... not bad.

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Three months to go...

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Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

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24 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

Once it starts cooling off, and Nicole doesn't have to break as much of a sweat dragging bodies down to the water, we should see an uptick in the numbers. 

Any guesses what Austin ISD is gonna do tomorrow? 

Any guesses what Austin ISD is gonna do tomorrow? 

Demonstrate poor judgment and avoid accountability seem to be safe bets.
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

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42 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Any guesses what Austin ISD is gonna do tomorrow? 

At least I find out tomorrow if I'm moving my kid to Colorado.

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1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

Any guesses what Austin ISD is gonna do tomorrow? 

If those dumbfucks close all the bilingual schools west of I-35, I'm going to lose my shit.

12 minutes ago, Bolero88 said:

If those dumbfucks close all the bilingual schools west of I-35, I'm going to lose my shit.

I don't think they're closing the schools but it sounds like they're moving the programs to other campuses that have those demographics in the neighborhood.

1 hour ago, PvilleStang said:

 

 

This city's still got it sometimes.

37 minutes ago, Bolero88 said:

If those dumbfucks close all the bilingual schools west of I-35, I'm going to lose my shit.

This. 
 

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

At least I find out tomorrow if I'm moving my kid to Colorado.

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And this. 

27 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

I don't think they're closing the schools but it sounds like they're moving the programs to other campuses that have those demographics in the neighborhood.

They've already notified principals at a dozen schools that they're closing.

 

Rumors are flying. Our school is supposedly closing completely, which would make no sense from the rubric and rankings they released last month. So I totally expect it to happen. 

With all of the other amazing news in Texas education lately, my wife is ready to hand the keys to our house over to the bank and get the fuck out, depending on what these nimrods come up with.  We all know it's going to just be bussing wrapped up in a different package.  Bussing is all this district has ever come up with to improve test scores.  Whatever is coming will be a version of it.  I'm not too concerned, but if the end result is my kids having to ride the bus for an hour+ each way every day, see you later AISD.

The rubric is bullshit. For example, they are penalizing schools for being overcrowded but calculating the overall capacity of the school by excluding portable buildings. Contrast that with the district’s Enrollment Forecast Report from last year that uses actual capacity (including the portables) which renders a totally different enrollment percentage. The difference is one calculation was generated as a tool to close schools, and the other was not.

And regardless, whose fucking fault is it that a school is overcrowded? The district has the ability to modify boundaries or close a campus to transfers. But okay sure. Close a full school but leave a half full and failing one open. Makes total sense.

1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

I don't think they're closing the schools but it sounds like they're moving the programs to other campuses that have those demographics in the neighborhood.

I should have said programs, not schools. Bilingual programs should be as much about teaching kids to speak Spanish as it is about teaching kids to speak English. The fact that AISD doesn't seem to realize that is ridiculously short-sighted and stupid. America gets shittier every fucking day. 

The district is at about 60% of capacity. Anything other than major closures is fiscal irresponsibility. My guess is that they will actually go for it but the school board will play politics and we get about half the closures that we actually need. The can will be kicked a few years down the road and we can play this game again in 2030.

Whatever it is quit fucking around and just do it already.

so glad my kids are done in the district

Closing schools is a no-brainer.  It has to happen. The problem lies in the irrational way it will be handled, closing schools in high-volume areas to appease interests in zones with very few students, thereby forcing a mass daily migration of students for no reason beyond "feelings."  The economic impact this will have on home values in certain areas is going to lead to some interesting litigation as well.  The impact on traffic as busses crisscross the city for no reason will also be fun for all residents.

My larger concern isn't with the necessary closures, even if it's evident that Segura and his team are completely in over their heads and incapable of handling it professionally. It's with the redrawing of boundaries and the closing of programs. That's where the absolute fuckery will take place.  Dumping this late on a Friday (notwithstanding Segura's on-brand lies disguised as reasoning) tells you all you need to know about how they expect it to be received.

7 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

Closing schools is a no-brainer.  It has to happen. The problem lies in the irrational way it will be handled, closing schools in high-volume areas to appease interests in zones with very few students, thereby forcing a mass daily migration of students for no reason beyond "feelings."  The economic impact this will have on home values in certain areas is going to lead to some interesting litigation as well.  The impact on traffic as busses crisscross the city for no reason will also be fun for all residents.

My larger concern isn't with the necessary closures, even if it's evident that Segura and his team are completely in over their heads and incapable of handling it professionally. It's with the redrawing of boundaries and the closing of programs. That's where the absolute fuckery will take place.  Dumping this late on a Friday (notwithstanding Segura's on-brand lies disguised as reasoning) tells you all you need to know about how they expect it to be received.

Funny thing is his exact words for why he chose that time were "very very intentional".

48 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Funny thing is his exact words for why he chose that time were "very very intentional".

yeah Friday news dump, tactics old as time 

3 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

yeah Friday news dump, tactics old as time 

 

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8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

Ahhhhhhh dang it.  September.  But, I believe in you, October.  

6 hours ago, ztejas said:

This city's still got it sometimes.

I salute the perpetrators.  Clever.  This is coming from someone who as a teen swapped the Farmers Coop magnetic letter sign from “Pick up your corn, duck blinds and deer feeders here” to “Porn, blind fucks and deer peeders”, and all the Methodists had to drive by that shit Sunday morning going to the church next door.

11 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

I salute the perpetrators.  Clever.  This is coming from someone who as a teen swapped the Farmers Coop magnetic letter sign from “Pick up your corn, duck blinds and deer feeders here” to “Porn, blind fucks and deer peeders”, and all the Methodists had to drive by that shit Sunday morning going to the church next door.

Methodists? I'm sure they thought it was funny. 

11 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Methodists? I'm sure they thought it was funny. 

They were Southern Methodists, my friend!  😂

On 9/30/2025 at 1:39 PM, Doug A said:

I lived off of wickersham and pleasant valley back in 93 to 96 - bus stop was a 5 minute walk from aparment.  campus was 30 minutes away.   ride home was 30 minutes or so.   cost was free with student ID.   good times.

We lived in married student housing on Lake Austin back around this time.  The bus route had a stop by my wife's office on Nueces.  It was great especially since there were times when we didn't have a car due to wrecks (1 wreck was when the bus hit my parked car!) or mechanical failures.  My kids would catch the bus to see my wife at her office during the summer.  As awesome as it was, when I got my degree, I the thing I was most immediately grateful for other than graduating was not having to ride the bus!

15 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

I salute the perpetrators.  Clever.  This is coming from someone who as a teen swapped the Farmers Coop magnetic letter sign from “Pick up your corn, duck blinds and deer feeders here” to “Porn, blind fucks and deer peeders”, and all the Methodists had to drive by that shit Sunday morning going to the church next door.

I went to Georgetown High School. We got stoned as shit one weekend and blocked the letters to spell 

Get High. I think theres a pic in one of the year books.

1 hour ago, PvilleStang said:

Sounds like Judge Tamara Needles really cares about her community...

Meh, plenty of comfort knowing the murderer "promises the judge he will call the right people if he felt any symptoms arise". 

 

 

 

For an absurdly long time (or maybe it just kept getting redone).  The facade of Hillcrest HS, facing Hillcrest Road in Dallas, looked like this:

 

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I was catching a rideshare from the airport back to my house the other day, and as we were traversing one of the sketchier parts of airport blvd, there was a disheveled looking dude in an empty parking lot pacing around an old, beat-to-shit hearse looking like he was up to no good. The hearse had the words "wish you were here" stenciled across the back window. I laughed. 

As the city council is asking for Prop Q to fund their pet projects, they're conveniently trying to waive the permitting fees for the No Kings Day protest on the 18th...

 

It's ok for them to act like kings, though. 

8 hours ago, MrBig said:

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/city-council-votes-to-buy-building-for-future-housing-navigation-center/
 

So now they’re moving the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center from Ben White and Menchaca to a building off 35 & Oltorf right next to the La Quinta off the access road. 

I guess you didn't see the interview with Alter.  He's renegged on the claim they're moving the Sunrise HNC, rather they're opening this one IN ADDITION TO.  And I never thought I'd see the day where Propane Zo actually votes in line with the tax payers and not some ulterior motive.  Hell, I'd be surprised if half the dais was paying attention to anything other than tiktok or stuffing their face (in Laine's case) when the vote went down.

On 10/1/2025 at 2:49 PM, PvilleStang said:

All the main lanes will be for bikes only, and there will be two bike toll lanes, along with a bike HOV lane.  There's even a statue of Jeremi Suri getting pegged by Alison Alter on the cap and stitch near downtown in the works.

wow, that is an oddly specific and hot MAGA homo fantasy.  are you the bitch that enjoys being pegged?

40 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

I guess you didn't see the interview with Alter.  He's renegged on the claim they're moving the Sunrise HNC, rather they're opening this one IN ADDITION TO.  And I never thought I'd see the day where Propane Zo actually votes in line with the tax payers and not some ulterior motive.  Hell, I'd be surprised if half the dais was paying attention to anything other than tiktok or stuffing their face (in Laine's case) when the vote went down.

why does someone from pflugerville care so much about Austin?  why don't you care about your town and leave us alone?

13 minutes ago, Doug A said:

why does someone from pflugerville care so much about Austin?  why don't you care about your town and leave us alone?

Has it ever crossed your mind that people have the ability to move?  I haven't lived in Pflugerville for over a decade.  I'm so proud of you for being able to spell Pflugerville.  Keep up the good work!  

6 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

Has it ever crossed your mind that people have the ability to move?  I haven't lived in Pflugerville for over a decade.  I'm so proud of you for being able to spell Pflugerville.  Keep up the good work!  

I have lived in 5 countries, 7 states and 23 cities.  How far did you move?  good job buddy - did your wife allow it?  I bet she is fat and not horny.  lol

8 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

Has it ever crossed your mind that people have the ability to move?  I haven't lived in Pflugerville for over a decade.  I'm so proud of you for being able to spell Pflugerville.  Keep up the good work!  

I haven't lived in South Austin since 2006.  And apparently I'm not supposed to talk about South Austin on this thread.

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