This article, provided by NEWS 8 AUSTIN discusses two main ideas. One is redistricting the voting map in Austin. Austin has two state senators currently. However, with the new voting map proposed by Texas Senate, Austin will have two additional senate districts. This is problematic because it favors Republicans who wants to continually hold majority in the Senate. Consequently, Democrats argue that this is unconstitutional and violating the federal Voting Act. Resistance voice has risen and now the city of Austin under Democrat Major Lee Leffingwell, decided to protest even further. This issue may seem like another typical political dispute between the two parties to gain power over another. However, it is important to know about this because people have to know about the changes in voting system and how it is going to affect their votes. To vote right and fulfill their rights and duties as American citizens, people must know exactly about the current voting policies.
Another important issue covered by this article is the budget cuts of APD. For the city of Austin being tight in money, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo decided to cut the budgets proposed earlier while promising to minimize the impact to the public. This article may sound as if there is nothing going to be wrong about the public security. However, it doesn’t reveal the actual facts about how they are going to cut their own budgets while keeping their public service. Readers should know how threatening it could get with policemen lacking interests and motivation for their job.
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