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3. Bastrop County is a major hub for Elon Musk's business empire

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:10 PM

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Angry Locals Force Officials to Ax Charlie Kirk Memorial [View all] Zorro 21 hrs ago OP

As far as I can tell, he doesn't even have any ties to that area. tanyev 21 hrs ago #2

Bastrop County is a major hub for Elon Musk's business empire dalton99a 20 hrs ago #3

Ah, good point. tanyev 17 hrs ago #28

LOL popsdenver 20 hrs ago #4

The value of paying attention mountain grammy 20 hrs ago #5

+1. The idiot commissioner is a Trump cultist dalton99a 20 hrs ago #6

I served on a Water/Sewer Board for 6 years mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #32

Indeed BlueWaveNeverEnd 18 hrs ago #26

NOT "despite his polarizing politics" -- BECAUSE of them. (nt) William Seger 20 hrs ago #7

Charlie who? AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #8

I think he was on Star Trek, maybe? Americanme 19 hrs ago #10

My thought after reading the above post. BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #21

A "red shirt" for sure paleotn 18 hrs ago #22

that's actually a good analogy of how the right used him FoxNewsSucks 18 hrs ago #25

If You're Wearing A Red Tunic... ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #31

Neonazi 969 Jerry2144 20 hrs ago #9

My beloved Texas!!!! hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #11

agreed, except for the part about that filthy bigot resting in peace FoxNewsSucks 18 hrs ago #24

Understood. hamsterjill 17 hrs ago #27

Austin it a blue dot surrounded by a sea of red/ TexLaProgressive 19 hrs ago #17

Indeed it is. Blue to the core, and funky. ananda 18 hrs ago #23

It was Bastrop! pinkstarburst 15 hrs ago #30

Dude got gunned down in the US and somehow that's news. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #14

Weasel words Rob H. 19 hrs ago #15

So . . . . No Hitler Highway I take it then? NBachers 19 hrs ago #16

Nice to hear that some Texans aren't putting up with MAGAt crap. Martin68 19 hrs ago #20

I have some friends that attended that meeting RussBLib 16 hrs ago #29