Point of order, Sir.
That picture you posted depicts the Texas state capitol building that hosts part of Texas State Government Inc. ™. Texas state gummint hates ATX. Mostly.
It’s the City of Austin that has raised staff minimum wages, and the picture that should really be displayed with this welcome news should be Austin City Hall, which looks like this:
… which I include here for illustration purposes only, with hopes y’all can find a royalty-free picture to use instead.
The City of Austin has long been a target of Texas Republican ire and special maltreatment. This is due to Austin’s status as the deep dark blue dot in a very red state (Houston, San Antonio, El Paso and a few other cities join us in being more liberal, inclusive, diverse, and frankly Democratic for decades, at least until gerrymandering finishes undermining Democratic majorities here and in other Texas towns).
Respectfully,
~30-year Central Texas resident
living inside Austin’s gravitational field
