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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.
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
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.
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.
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Yesterday we broke down @leadershipatx board members and some of their alumni.
Today we are going to look at what they are teaching.
@Mayoradlers Task Force on Institutional Racism & Systemic Inequities approved "Beyond Diversity"
This course was implemented back in 2019
@MayorAdler and his task force hired "Courageous Conversations" aka Pacific Educational Group in 2017 to teach city employees "Beyond Diversity" education.
Totaling $60,300, before @leadershipatx adopted the training into their program.
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Today we're looking at Leadership Austin @leadershipatx which was founded in 1979 by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce @AustinChamber & became a stand-alone 501(c)(3) in 2002
Their Mission: We connect and develop leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities
The current CEO as of Jan 2023 is Jill Goodman
She started her career in #MaricopaCounty as the board of supervisors.
The same county that has been littered with election scandals.
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Mike started his career as a Project Coordinator with @TidesCommunity, two years later he moved to Austin Texas & started working for "Greenlights for Nonprofits Success" now known as @Mission_Capital where @KirkPWatson sat on the board between 2003-2004.
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The year is 2021, #EquityPAC aka @EquityActionATX launches their first campaign against increasing police staffing which they called "No Way Prop A"
The ballot measure was backed by @georgesoros's and his @OpenSociety Foundation w/ a $500,000 donation and The Fairness Project (@FairnessProject) which I call #TFP moving forward, donated $200,000 as the top 2 donors to #EquityAction
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In 2015 @ATXJustice launched as a grassroots, activist-led organization. On the surface it emulated what every normal citizen could stand behind and support.
They grew little momentum over the years and didn't really become a major player in city politics until 2020 when they teamed up with @GregCasar to push zero racial disparity in traffic stops and use-of-force incidents by Austin police officers. kxan.com/news/local/ausโฆ