Thread by @ClintonRarey

𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑻 5 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫: How a Wealthy Billionaire is influencing local politics playing shell games in collaboration with elected officials in @austintexasgov

https://twitter.com/ClintonRarey/status/1630689847386963970

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.

https://twitter.com/ClintonRarey/status/1630374720225828864?s=20

@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:

❌"Safe Mobility Bond" which brought us failed expensive Vision Zero Goals
❌"Project Connect" which gets more expensive each year
❌"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

𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗖 - Client
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 - Client
𝗔𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠 - 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/ranke…

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.

https://twitter.com/LoewyLawFirm/status/1388813993196802048?s=20

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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