Tag: Texas

Aug 18, 2023

budget, Taylor, Texas

Taylor City Council

The Taylor City Council pay debacle

I sit in the middle of a group of about 50 people who are all very angry at the government. The issue at hand is the pay raise for the five men sitting on the city council in the next room. Each resident has their name called and one by one they slowly make their […]
Aug 9, 2023

budget, Texas, Williamson

War on Cars

The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Williamson County just proposed an almost 900 MILLION dollar bond project “for roads and parks”. [Link] If you’ve heard any of my rants over the last two years, you won’t be surprised to learn that 93% of this bond goes to pay for roads. We in Williamson County are going to BORROW 825 million dollars […]
Mar 10, 2023

automobiles, Insulation, Taylor, Texas

Urbanism

The price of poor investments

When I look around this old house I see the results of decades of poor investments. Windowpanes that were literally falling out of the windows, years of ignored water damage, and so many neglected gardens. Since we’ve managed the house it was necessary to: Plus many smaller projects that we haven’t gotten to like A/C, […]