. @GovAbbott today said #txlege would freeze property taxes of TX cities that "defund" police.

He targeted #atxcouncil for reducing its PD budget, citing @WSJ analysis that Austin has the highest % increase in homicides this year of big US cities
https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-governor-threatens-to-freeze-property-taxes-of-cities-that-defund-police-11597786792

Worth noting, however, what the Gov did not: That the WSJ analysis also found that Austin had the second-lowest number of murders of big U.S. cities and the lowest murder rate of the Texas cities.

Fort Worth, where the Gov held his presser, has had a murder rate nearly double Austin's so far this year. Houston and Dallas have rates 3-4x that of Austin so far. It's easy to have a big percentage increase when you have such tiny numbers to start with.

Still no details on this plan-- whether cutting even $1 counts as defunding or whether it's a percentage. Whether shifting roles between departments counts. All that will be for #txlege to figure out.

Only answer I got to questions was: "Defunding means defunding."