By Bill Oakey – October 30, 2025

Early voting continues through tomorrow, Friday, Halloween. If you can’t make it to a polling place before the weekend, make plans to vote on Election Day, next Tuesday.

Voting In This Election Is An Uplifting Emotional Experience!

Reports are coming in from across the city that Austinites are fired up to defeat Prop Q. At a recent Barton Hills Neighborhood Association Meeting, their District 5 City Council Member, Ryan Alter, tried to make the case for Prop Q. But the members weren’t buying it. They voted overwhelmingly for a resolution opposing Prop Q. Nextdoor threads are lit up with excited folks railing against Prop Q.

But nothing quite compares to joining your neighbors at the nearest polling location, to cast your ballot. While standing in line, you will hear an amazing array of words and concepts that never seem to penetrate the walls of City Hall. Things like fiscal responsibility, transparency, accountability…oh my goodness! Could we possibly be on the verge of a big turnover of the current City Council in next year’s elections? The voices of the people are getting quite loud at the moment. City Council candidates are even stalking the hallways in movie theaters. I witnessed this last Sunday at the Alamo Drafthouse.

Oops, I guess I’m getting just a little bit ahead of myself. You just need to gear up for that uplifting emotional experience that awaits you when you go to vote! Don’t do it by yourself. It’s much more fun to gather a group of friends and neighbors to join you. The power to reshape the mindset at City Hall is in your hands, so grab the opportunity.

If you know anyone who is still on the fence about Prop Q, click on some of the latest posts for this blog, and send them the links. The list of the latest posts is shown on the right on this page. Let’s take down the biggest tax increase in Austin history – the dreaded Forever Tax that threatens to haunt us all, long past Halloween.