The mayor of Austin Texas, Steve Adler (D), said Thursday that city officials are "just trying to keep people alive and safe" over the next few days as hundreds of thousands remain without power due to the crippling winter storm that hit the state.Adler told CNN's "New Day" that the situation in Austin is "pretty dire" as problems including snow and ice, subzero temperatures, power outages and limited heat and water keep mounting for residents.
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The mayor of a small Texas town who told residents they were owed "NOTHING" as many went without power or heat during a deadly cold snap has resigned. "No one owes you [or] your family anything," Tim Boyd, the mayor of Colorado City, Texas, wrote Tuesday in a since-deleted Facebook post. "I'm sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout!""The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!" he said.