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HI, MY NAME IS
I WAS BORN AND RAISED TO GO TO TEXAS.
I ATTENDED TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AND I HAVEN'T FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING IT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER FOR THE STATE.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIDBITS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE NUMBER ONE SONG.
WHEN I WAS BORN WITH THE TEXAN CREW AND CREW, I'VE HAD, I'VE RAISED TWO SONS IN AUSTIN, OVER EAGLE SCOUTS.
AND MY OLDEST IS A GRADUATE OF WEST POINT.
AND MY YOUNGEST IS A GRADUATE OF TEXAS, A AND M WITH A DEGREE IN FOREST.
AFTER I GRADUATED FROM PIXIE, YOU KNOW, IN 1980, I MOVED TO AUSTIN BECAUSE I HAD MY CHOICE WITH SEVERAL CITIES.
I MOVED OFF BECAUSE OFTEN WITH THE CITY THAT I WANTED TO RAISE MY, MY CHILDREN IN.
AND, BUT IF HE ASKED ME THAT QUESTION TODAY, I WILL, WOULD NOT GIVE YOU THE SAME ANSWER.
OFTEN WOULD NOT BE ON MY CHOICE.
MOVED TO SIX YEARS AGO, I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE CITY WAS GOING WITH THE COUNCIL WE HAVE TODAY.
WE HAD SIX YEARS AGO BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HAVE SCREWED IT UP AS MUCH AS OUR CURRENT COUNCIL HAS.
AND I WOULD HAVE SAW FOR THE 10 TO ONE FOR THE REPRESENTATION, BECAUSE BEFOREHAND WE WERE ONLY BEING REPRESENTED BY ONE SMALL SECTION OF THE CITY.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S MAKING US SAFE.
IT'S A SAFE CITY, BUT THEN, AND THEY TURNED AROUND AND DEFUND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY ARE REDUCING THE STAFF OF OUR OFFICERS, PATROL OFFICERS TO THE 19 OR 2015 STANDARD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OFTEN HAS POPULATION.
WE SHOULD BE ADDING MORE COPS NOT REDUCING IT.
AND THEY'RE STILL SAYING WE'RE A SAFE CITY.
THE WAY THAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DETECTIVES THEY'RE REDUCING, UH, THE GANG UNIT.
THEY'RE REDUCING THE UNITS THAT ARE GOING FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS, ET CETERA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COULD SAY THAT WE'RE A SAFE CITY WHEN THEY'RE OPENING UP THE CITY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN COURT.
SO THAT'S THAT WE HAVE HOMELESS PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE.
THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING BANDAID THAT MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE, NOT BETTER.
WE'RE SPENDING, MAN'S A DOLLAR AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM THAT, UH, WE NEED TO WORK OUT.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT YEAH, THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM, WHEN YOU PUT IT WITH CODEX AND THE PROJECT CONNECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THEM A LOT MORE PROBLEMS THAN IN THE PAST.
AND WITH PROJECT CONNECT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND MAKING MORE PEOPLE HOMELESS.
CAUSE WE'RE RAISING OUR TAXES WERE GOING TO HAVE VERY LITTLE INPUT.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TRAFFIC EVEN WORSE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
EVEN WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE PROJECTING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND CODE NEXT IS GOING TO CAUSE US TO HAVE A IT'S GOING TO DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CODE NEXT, UH, PLANNERS AND PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE UP NORTH AND THE WEST COAST.
THEY DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE WAY THE CITY IS OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE.
AND THE WAY THIS NEW CODE NEXT IS GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA MAKE THE OFFICE SAVE OFTEN, MUCH HOTTER POTS, MORE FLOODING THE FUTURE.
BUT TO WRAP THINGS UP, IF YOU LIKE THE WAY THE CITY IS GOING, AND YOU'RE WANTING TO KEEP GOING THAT WAY, GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR THE INCUMBENT.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE AND I WILL GUARANTEE YOU, I WILL GO CORE CHAIN A BOOK FOR ME.
MY WEBSITE IS LOUIS HERON.COM.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE AND I WILL TRY TO SUPPORT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT CORE AND THE CITY.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY NEEDS NEW REPRESENTATION.
AND AS AN ENGINEER, I AM TRAINED TO LOOK AT BIG PROBLEMS, BREAK THEM DOWN WITH SMALL PROBLEMS TO SOLVE THEM ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME UNTIL WE SOLVE THE BIG PROBLEM.