[AGL] news to wake up to

[Bill Killeen]

San Marcos looks better all the time.

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> On Aug 2, 2018, at 2:12 PM, Fontaine Maverick <fontainem at att.net> wrote:
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> Maury got "mugged" a month ago. Downtown very late. Conked on the head, phone stolen. Since he worked at Mohawk, and since Mohawk has a homeless guy janitoring there, that guy went over to the 8th street homeless center and worked the crowd. "Interviewed" a few people and got Maurys phone back! 
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> On Thursday, August 2, 2018 1:02 PM, Kathy Doyle <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
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> Oh Charlie, how terrible.  And shocking. My son was held up at knife point at 8th and Congress at 9 pm about two weeks ago.  Only had $6 on him. Guy wanted his bank card too, but didn't have a pen to write down the pin, so gave it back. And the state hospitals are closed and funding for mental health is diminishing. There needs to be more police presence downtown, especially since arc is so close and so many hundreds congregate there.  Yet last night Austin got stopped outside of Trader Joes by 3 policemen, for jaywalking, when there was no traffic.. Priorities... Will your daughter be ok? Did they get the guy? Are there witnesses?
> The homeless problem is out of hand. I have friends who had a wonderful house just east of I-35 near Cesar Chavez. They had to fortify a fence and gate off the alley to their back yard because people would walk up onto their deck and knock on the back door. Even once the fence was reinforced and locked, people were still taking dumps all along the alley side of their fence. Having a 15 year old daughter, they decided to  get the hell out of there. No fun living in that kind of danger. I don't know what the solution is.people are hungry. Even people with jobs can't afford rent. 
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>> On Aug 1, 2018, at 8:21 AM, Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Daughter Alicia got hit on the head by a homeless addict with an empty wine bottle  and now has a brain concussion. It all happened accross the street from the Four Seaons at five in the afternoon. I really have a dislike for Austin even more now, and have very little sympathy for vagrants and the homeless. Not a very Christian like attitude. It must be something in my DNA and upbringing. 
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>> Of course when I become homeless I might change my mind. Right now I am all for sending the addict to jail for ten years or to the firing squad, leaning more to the latter. None of that turn the other cheek or that sort of thing. No forgiveness in my mind. 
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>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 4:15 AM, Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We awaken to the news that Austin has a Chief Equity Officer. See attached pic.
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>> Brion Oaks named city's first chief equity officer. The city of Austin announced Brion Oaks as its first chief equity officer on Friday after a six-month search. Oaks, who will begin his work with the city Oct. 17, is the vice president of health equity for the southwest affiliate of the American Heart Association.
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>> Charlie Loving
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