(Community Matters) when you 1) have Kathie Tovo kitchen cabinet members on city council video saying they’d rather unemployment increase than welcome new companies & jobs to Austin, and 2) have Kathie Tovo kitchen cabinet members imposing historical zoning on their neighbor’s homes against owners wishes to satisfy an elite group of city hall insiders’ . . . . yeah, you’re gonna have business owners & their employees doing what they can to help elect Randi Shade. Randi – a successful entrepreneur, UT student body president, Harvard Business School graduate, mother of two and neighborhood activist – brings balance to the council. She’ll help Austin prepare for the future, not blow up plans and contracts in a quxiote quest to prevent growth (which even if we could would result in too few jobs, decreased standard of living and more traffic congestion).
Many small independent businesses are scared of Kathie on council. Certainly anyone worried about jobs, economic growth and the ability of small businesses to fairly negotiate with surrounding neighbors are supporting Randi. Austin’s live music industry could be wrecked by Kathie’s election to council because of her strident support for the most radical of neighborhood activists complaining about music & traffic
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