Austinist: Mayor Wynn Wants to Tell You About This Dirty, Dirty Planet

austingal

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:08:05 -0600

Mayor, you can talk dirty to me anytime.

s

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:34:42 -0600

Agreed. It's a valiant effort, to be sure, this idea of "well, if the state/country won't tackle this problem, well then the city will." I'm all for local problem-solving, especially when our state and federal governments have both proven themselves to be ineffectual, but this one's probably best dealt with at higher levels of government.

M1EK

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:00:58 -0600

The goals actually listed are modest enough that any foregone tax money is likely to be small - and one could just chalk it up to our desire to be responsible, Unlike Those Jackasses At The State Level. Note he's just talking about emissions from government activity, not from private businesses - heck, even TXDOT bought a couple of Priuses.

shilli

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:36:56 -0600

I don't understand why the city of Austin should spend $1.2 million to develop and start implementing a climate protection plan, while the rest of the state leads the nation in CO2 emissions, the federal government refuses to regulate CO2, and world CO2 emissions continue to rise with no end in sight. I'm all for energy efficiency when it makes sense from a cost/benefit perspective, but spending a bunch of local money on a global problem strikes me as a mistake. Global warming needs to be addressed globally. I think the city of Austin is wasting its time trying to save the world on this one.

Stew

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:23:53 -0600

Mr. Wynn, Stick to the job you were elected to do and leave us alone.