๐ท๐จ๐น๐ป 5 ๐บ๐ฌ๐น๐ฐ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ป๐ฏ๐น๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ: How a Wealthy Billionaire is influencing local politics playing shell games in collaboration with elected officials in @austintexasgov
The other day we learned a majority of our city council members are part of the @leadershipatx club before getting elected.
But that is not the only thing that connects them.
@YStrategyUnited (Y Strategy) has helped several of the anti-police progressive candidates get elected.
It is run by #MykleTomlinson
Mykle has worked w/ Mark Yznaga & Mark Littlefield on several PAC Campaigns.
Mr. Yznaga is married to @AnnKitchenATX
Some campaigns Mykle has worked on:
โ"Safe Mobility Bond" which brought us failed expensive Vision Zero Goals
โ"Project Connect" which gets more expensive each year
โ"Central Health & Keep Austin Healthy", a health system that doesn't provide healthcare as promised.
Mykle's partner in crime is Mark Littlefield (@littlefieldmark)
Mark is notorious for working backroom deals to profit off any project that passes in Austin
The largest project he worked on to this date was Prop A for Project Connect
Did you know Project Connect benefits 2 of his Clients @StratusAlwaysOn & @Endeavor_RE who have countless properties along the planned rail lines?
If you weren't aware of this you probably also aren't aware that Mark's wife Jennifer is friends with Roni Wilson the wife of Todd Wilson. Todd is the Chief Financial Officer for @PapeDawson that won the bid for #ProjectConnect
Top Donors connected to @littlefieldmark for Prop A #ProjectConnect
๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ - Client
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ - Client
๐๐๐๐ข๐ - Friends w/ Daron Butler now former Executive Vice President of AECOM & former Ass. City Manager for Austin
2nd largest City Project was the @AustinFC stadium where he consulted on the project. He worked very closely w/ @MayorAdler.
Now he is the Special Assistant to @KirkPWatson
Isn't nice that @AustinFC received a 30-year property tax break & then lobbies in our local elections.
In 2021 Mark worked w/ @JimAWick @Davidbutts & Mr. Tomlinson to try & subvert our elections under the guise of "Austinites for Progressive Reform"
It would eliminate city managers' role which they compared to the "Jim Crow Era", create Democracy Dollars, & Ranked Choice Voting
Democracy Dollars are what Political Campaign Consultants want. It makes their job easier to raise funds by using taxpayer dollars to fund campaigns.
Just another tool for lobbyists to manipulate elections.
Alaskan residents are currently fighting to repeal the ranked-choice voting experiment that passed back in 2020.
wsj.com/articles/rankeโฆ
If the Strong-Mayor policy passed it would have given @KirkPWatson the power to enforce the progressive failed "Re-Imagine Policing" even further. Breeding an environment of higher lawlessness like San Francisco or Chicago.
Austinites for Progressive Reform coalition like many other progressive coalitions vanished after its campaign was complete.
Mark might portray himself as a moderate democrat, but behind the scenes, he is driving the progressive policies that ruin this city.
He is a big supporter of @GregCasar & @HillaryClinton @BillClinton
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