Emails obtained exclusively by @statesman capture the outrage felt by Austin residents over @MayorAdler's mid-pandemic trip to Cabo 1/ atxne.ws/2KhPC7V
@MayorAdler Included in the nearly 300 emails, were notes from brides-to-be who had postponed weddings and from people who said they had missed funerals and births because they were afraid of catching and spreading the deadly virus 2/ atxne.ws/2KhPC7V
@MayorAdler A woman who said she was approaching 70 told the mayor that she had been deprived of social interaction during the pandemic "and your actions have made me feel even worse" 3/ atxne.ws/2KhPC7V
@MayorAdler Dozens of emailers called for Adler to resign. Others shared their intention to vote him out of office.
Adler declined to comment about the emails when reached today, saying he had moved on and was focused on guiding the city through the health crisis 4/ atxne.ws/2KhPC7V
BREAKING: Texas reported a record-setting 10,826 new coronavirus cases Tuesday
The number exceeds the state’s previous high of 10,791 cases set in mid-July during a severe coronavirus surge 1/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland-Odessa, San Angelo and Laredo have surpassed a 15% hospitalization threshold set by @GregAbbott_TX that triggers tighter restrictions 2/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
@GregAbbott_TX “This is a really concerning time, a really critical time for the pandemic."
The rising numbers, which mirror much of the rest of the country, come as the holidays approach, alarming public health experts 3/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
Last year private electricity companies disconnected customers 834,000 times for failure to pay during summer months, leaving Texans to swelter in life-threatening heat #HostageToHeat 1/ atxne.ws/2OUSCHi
A six month investigation found that as residents fell ill and died, regulators and lawmakers failed to provide relief, turning a blind eye to skyrocketing summertime disconnections 2/ atxne.ws/2OUSCHi
People with chronic conditions such as multiple sclerosis, who are more acutely affected by disconnections, have been cut off with alarming regularity, placing them in an even more vulnerable situation 3/ atxne.ws/2MPCWlZ