Review (August 2025)

By worldtribune staff, november 3, 2021locals were hopeful as they banded together to try to protect their city, yet ominous storm clouds were on the horizon.“it sickens me that out-of-town billionaires are able to swoop into austin to fight against citizen-led ballot initiatives,” austin city council member mackenzie kelly told fox news one month ago about progressive globalist george soros’s giant money dump to fight off an attempt to get more police officers onto the streets of the crime-ravaged texas state capital. “the purpose of our city’s charter is to allow regular, everyday people to fight for what they believe in when the city council fails them.”the ballot initiative was called proposition a, and it had simple and sensible goals:the austin american-statesman explains:if approved, prop a would amend austin city code to establish minimum police staffing and require there to be at least two police officers for every 1,000 residents of austin. it would also add an additional 40 hours of police training each year on topics like as active shooter scenarios and defensive tactics, and mandate that 35% of an officer's shift must be spent on uncommitted time — often referred to as community engagement time — and not in responding to calls. soros poured $500,000 into the advocacy group dedicated to defeating proposition a. half a million dollars, for one local initiative in one city in one of 50 states.on nov. 2, the vote was held. and the effort to boost policing was crushed. not just defeated but annihilated. the count was running 67%-33% as the day ended.soros had struck again.democrat mayor steve adler was overjoyed at the result:https://twitter.com/mayoradler/status/1455698434846040067he really worded it that way. two police officers for every 1,000 residents is overpolicing in the feverish minds of democrats today.the american-statesman detailed the high stakes surrounding the ballot initiative:the battle over prop