According to a report by KXAN, the “No on Prop J” political action committee running ads opposing Proposition J is now under investigation by the City of Austin’s ethics commission for illegally concealing a major donation from the Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA), an influential land-development lobby group. Thanks to this hidden contribution, RECA ...
For weeks, a political action committee known as the “No on Prop J PAC” has funded ads falsely accusing Proposition J’s supporters of using “dark money” to push for Prop J, which gives Austin residents the right to vote on big changes to our local land-development laws. What hypocrisy! According to an official complaint filed ...
Austin City Council Members Greg Casar, Jimmy Flannigan, Delia Garza, and Pio Renteria spent months trying to convince us that CodeNEXT was good for our community. Boy, were they were wrong! City Hall wasted five years and nearly $9 million on CodeNEXT, only to withdraw it when grassroots leaders discovered that land developers had hijacked ...
Late last week, the members of the Austin American-Statesman’s editorial board weighed in on Proposition J, the November ballot initiative that gives local residents the right to vote on big changes to our local land laws. Their verdict? “We support a yes vote on Prop J.” That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who ...
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, you can reaffirm your right to review and approve the city’s next comprehensive revision of the land development code by voting “Yes” on Proposition J. If Austin voters approve Proposition J, then there will be a mandatory waiting period and a separate public vote before the “next” CodeNEXT (meaning any ...