"Because 70 percent of the people can't vote in our local elections, that means they can't vote for the leaders that are making these huge decisions around public safety..."
"A lot of these people are actually not committed to Austin. They don't feel like they have a say in what happens, and they have lives in totally different communities and we see this thing that is kind of like brain drain."
"The housing crunch is making it so difficult to hire and retain teachers," Striffler said, emphasizing the broader impacts of housing affordability on essential services in Austin.
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