Episode #1 of The Austin Texas Times Podcast with special guest Brad Swail

Austin Texas Times: Episode #2 with special guest Clayton Fidler | Censored by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson While Discussing Zo Qadri's Controversial Israel Tweets at Austin City Council Meeting

When Austin resident Clayton Fidler (twitter: ‘@cfidler1971 [https://twitter.com/cfidler1971]’) stepped up to the podium at yesterday’s Austin City Council meeting with two poster-sized prints of Austin City Councilman Zohaib “Zo” Qadri highly controversial tweets about Israel from May 2021…. ZO QADRI’S CONTROVERSIAL DELETED TWEETS: #1: Anyone who has a “Proud supporter of Israel” in their bio or a I support the IDF or Israel banner on their pic really needs to reevaluate a lot of things. #2: “Human issue” The state of Israel has no right to talk about human rights or human issues. Not as they slaughter folks. Not as long as they deal in the apartheid business. Clayton Fidler didn’t plan on getting reprimanded harder at yesterday’s meeting than Mr. Qadri, the source of the controversy. But that’s exactly what happened. Clayton Fidler began to address Austin City Council holding poster-sized copies of the two infamous, anti-Semitic Zo tweets, but was quickly cut off by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson. Mayor Watson claimed that Clayton didn’t have the right to discuss the social media uproar surrounding Councilman Zo Qadri’s anti-Israel tweets from May 2021. Watson insisted that citizens were only allowed to discuss topics that appeared on the Austin City Council agenda for Thursday, October 19th. Nothing else. After legendary Austin attorney Bill Aleshire viewed Clayton Fidler’s clip from the Council Meeting and saw Mayor Watson’s demand to stop talking and go away, Bill Aleshire asked Mayor Watson on Twitter: “have ya read TOMA sec. 551.007 (e)” Text of Bill Aleshire’s tweet: Hey, @KirkPWatson have ya read TOMA sec 551.007 [https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/SOTWDocs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm] (e) [https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/SOTWDocs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm] A governmental body may not prohibit public criticism of the governmental body, including criticism of any act, omission, policy, procedure, program, or service." Thanks for reading AUSTIN TEXAS TIMES! Subscribe now to receive new posts and podcasts for FREE (while supplies last). Besides Mayor Kirk Watson illegally denying citizens their First Amendment right to speak - the most disturbing part of yesterday’s meeting was the (lack of) reaction by the Councilman in question, Mr. Zo Qadri. Here was the perfect opportunity for Mr. Qadri to show some compassion, class and contrition. He could finally address the elephant in the room, offer an apology, ask for forgiveness and try to save his political reputation. But instead of quelling the uproar by acknowledging his anti-Semitic tweets contained hurtful words (why did Zo delete the evidence if there was nothing wrong?)… Zo put his head down, stayed silent and refused to glance in Clayton’s Fidler’s direction. Instead of meeting the moment, acknowledging his tweets and offering an apology, Zo just wants the whole thing to go away. TOO BAD. Austin Texas Times is the only news organization in Texas covering the social media uproar surrounding Austin City Councilman Zo Qadri’s anti-Semetic tweets. Except for a tiny sidebar blurb in last week’s Austin Chronicle parrot cage liner. Read the full story here: EXCLUSIVELY ON AUSTIN TEXAS TIMES: “Austin City Councilman Zohaib “Zo” Qadri Deletes Controversial Tweets about Israel and Cancels Town Hall after Social Media Uproar” - October 11, 2023 (link [https://austintexastimes.com/2023/10/11/austin-city-councilman-zohaib-zo-qadri-deletes-controversial-tweets-about-israel-and-cancels-town-hall-after-social-media-uproar/]) THANK YOU CLAYTON FIDLER for your courage, activism and breaking off time this afternoon to join us on the podcast! SUBSCRIBE to the Austin Texas Times podcast: * Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3MmzcrF7phntxVB3krPdvr] * iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-austin-texas-times-pod-115907757/] * TuneIn [https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/The-Austin-Texas-Times-Podcast-p3742044/?topicId=287804967] * Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-austin-texas-times-podcast/id1689611711] Bookmark AustinTexasTimes.com [https://austintexastimes.com/] today. The only unbiased, carbon-neutral news organization in Central Texas. Thank you for reading AUSTIN TEXAS TIMES. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austintexastimes.substack.com [https://austintexastimes.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Episode #1 of The Austin Texas Times Podcast with special guest Brad Swail

Episode #1 of The Austin Texas Times Podcast is available exclusively on Substack tonight. Tomorrow you will be able to subscribe and listen to the podcast on all major streaming platforms: Spotify, iHeart, TuneIn Radio and Apple Podcasts. Our special guest for Episode #1 is Brad Swail (@bradswail [https://twitter.com/bradswail]), the beloved host of ‘The Austin City Councilman [https://www.austincitycouncilman.com/]’ podcast. Mr. Swail is locally famous in Central Texas for his weekly appearances on KLBJ’s #1 ranked morning talk radio show “The Todd and Oz Show [https://www.newsradioklbj.com/show/todd-and-oz-show/]”. Mr. Swail is internationally famous for being an intelligent, charismatic heart-throb who makes all the ladies swoon. Episode #1 features Brad Swail and Austin Texas Times founder, publisher, IT director, VP of graphic design, podcast producer, and bombshell story dropper Teddy Brosevelt discussing over a dozen Austin-related topics. EPISODE #1 TOPICS INCLUDE: * Two part bombshell investigation into Item 23 on AustinTexasTimes.com [https://austintexastimes.com] leads to item getting pulled from the agenda. * Teddy’s older sister Anna Brosevelt (@annabrosevelt [https://twitter.com/annabrosevelt]) joins the staff of Austin Texas Times * Austin Convention Center expansion should be halted * Vanessa Fuentes calling anyone who opposes Project Connect a “far right extremist” * Austin Public Health still spending money to run ads promoting unhealthy propaganda. APH wants still kids to wear masks all the time in May 2023. * Story preview: Austin Aquarium horror show * Teddy ranks the best libraries in Travis County, while Brad ranks the Austin Central Library parking garage as the #1 worst parking garage in the world * Teddy tells Brad why he is declaring war on Austin news hack and why he has no choice but to brutally conquer the Austin news landscape in 2023 * Clinton Rarey being an inspiration for citizen journalists * Women in Austin getting attacked on greenbelt trails in broad daylight * Why Teddy is demanding that the hypocritical hacks who work at Austin’s two print newspapers the Austin American-Statesman and the Austin Chronicle either (a) shut down their tree killing, environment-destroying newspapers immediately or (b) stop publishing stories that there’s a “climate emergency”. * Much, much more! Follow Brad Swail on Twitter: @bradswail [https://twitter.com/bradswail] Listen to ‘The Austin City Councilman’ podcast hosted by Brad Swail on Spotify: * Follow Teddy Brosevelt on Twitter (@_TeddyBrosevelt [https://twitter.com/@_teddybrosevelt]) * Follow Austin Texas Times on Twitter (@AustinTxTimes [https://twitter.com/austintxtimes]) * Bookmark AustinTexasTimes.com [https://austintexastimes.com/] * Subscribe to the Austin Texas Times substack (AustinTexasTimes.substack.com [https://austintexastimes.substack.com/]) Thanks for reading AUSTIN TEXAS TIMES! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit austintexastimes.substack.com [https://austintexastimes.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]