https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/dba2d48b-30d1-4b11-a803-49771382ab6f Houston residents disrupted the city council meeting Wednesday, to protest a budget they said would pour record funding into police while slashing other departments like libraries, neighborhoods, public works, and solid waste.” “You can’t shoot a flood,” they exclaimed. Houston’s Mayor Whitmire’s budget cut $4 million from parks, $2 million from libraries, $2 million from the health department, and $7 million from neighborhoods. Police, on the other hand, will get an extra $67 million from the general fund next year, per Houston Public Media. Residents, organized as “Houston Says No,” did score an important win — council member Tarsha Jackson’s proposals for $25 million for drainage improvements and $20 million for ditch maintenance to protect against flooding passed unanimously. These flood protections are essential, as weather experts are predicting a record hurricane season this year. #workersrights #corporategreed Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:09:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/dba2d48b-30d1-4b11-a803-49771382ab6f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.