Good afternoon --

We have just 3 full days left to collect petitions to #MakeAustinSafe by qualifying for the November ballot.

IT IS NOW TOO LATE TO MAIL IN YOUR PETITION!

YOU CAN ONLY DROP IT OFF!

Here's a list of our weekend / Monday drop off locations and hours:

DOWNTOWN:
Micheladas @ 333 E 2nd St
Open:
11a-9p Weekdays
9a-10p Weekends

DOWNTOWN:
UPS Store @ 815A Brazos Street (Box 455)
Open:
8am-6:30pm Weekdays
10a-1p Sat
Closed Sunday

NORTH:
Anderson Terrace Wedding & Event Venue @ 11505 Anderson Mill Rd
Open:
10a-6p Everyday

SOUTH:
White Tiger @ 1321 S Congress Ave
Open:
1p-12a Weekdays
12p-12a Weekends

NORTH:
Citywide Realty @ 2311 W Parmer Lane, Austin, TX
Open:
9a-5p Weekdays
*Closed weekends

We have collected 19,500+ petitions (78% of the 25,000 we need). Submission must occur no later than Tuesday, July 20.

Our city now sits at 47 homicides this year. For context, last year we set an all-time record of 48 homicides.

Violent crime in our city is rising at the fastest rate in five years and the police staffing crisis gets worse everyday.

But we can fix this mess created by Greg Casar and the City Council, which voted 11-0 in September 2020 to cut the police budget by up to $150 million.

Our ordinance does several things:

1. ENSURES ADEQUATE POLICE STAFFING: Requires a minimum of 2.0 police officers per 1,000 population, a nationally recognized standard for safe cities, combined with a minimum of 35% community response time (or uncommitted time)
2. DOUBLES POLICE TRAINING: Requires an additional 40 hours of post-cadet class training hours per year, making Austin the national model for police training
3. ENACTS POLICE REFORMS: Includes provisions to boost minority hiring (through foreign language proficiency), ensure racially diverse community policing, and provides retention bonuses for officers without police complaints (“Good Conduct Medal” eligible officers)

CITY OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS

STEP 1: Sign the petition here: SaveAustinNowPAC.com. It will be emailed to you as a PDF.
STEP 2: Print the petition and DROP IT OFF at one of our drop off locations -- www.saveaustinnow.com/return-my-petition.

HOW WE WILL GET TO 25,000 SIGNED PETITIONS

We recently mailed 300,000+ households a copy of the petition. We have paid canvassers and many volunteers working around the city every day. We need funding to pay for these efforts. These things have cost us significant resources and not every bill has been paid.

We need to raise AT LEAST $50,000 by July 19.
 

Can you help by donating RIGHT NOW?

You can securely donate here -- https://secure.anedot.com/save-austin-now-pac/donate.

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO HELP:

1. Digitally fill out the petition, receive it emailed to you filled out, print and DROP IT OFF THIS WEEKEND OR MONDAY MORNING -- http://www.SaveAustinNowPAC.com

2. Share our social content on Facebook and Twitter.

3. Donate to our efforts today -- https://secure.anedot.com/save-austin-now-pac/donate.

4. Sign up to volunteer -- https://www.saveaustinnowpac.com/volunteer. We need canvassers, envelop openers and validators. We have a nice office downtown with parking!

5. Allow your business to be used as a petition drop off location -- email logan@potomacstrategygroup.com.

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As I have said before, we have only begun to fight!

Thank you!

-Matt Mackowiak
Co-founder, Save Austin Now PAC

> Questions? Email Matt -- matt@saveaustinnowpac.com.
> Learn more: http://www.SaveAustinNowPAC.com

Will you please support our efforts now?

You may donate here: https://secure.anedot.com/save-austin-now-pac/donate.