RepresentUs – have endorsed local ballot measure
Proposition E, which, if passed, would create
ranked choice voting for city elections. Prop E is one of five propositions brought by a citizen-initiated petition from the
Austinites for Progressive Reform PAC that will go before voters in the
May 1 special election.
Accountable to Whom? A report released by the
University of Texas at Austin found that the intent of its alma mater song, "
The Eyes of Texas," was "
not overtly racist," despite describing the song's origin – its debut at a minstrel show organized to raise money for UT's track team, where white student singers "most probably" wore blackface – as a "painful reality."