A pair of Austin landlords wanted some extra parking space for their upcoming SXSW event, so they decided to bulldoze the piñata party store belonging to two of their Mexican tenants.
SXSW lists AT&T, McDonalds, and Miller Lite (MillerCoors) as "Super Sponsors". It's fitting that an event being co-opted by corporate douchbags is employing small-time douchbags
It can't be both. Either the bike was stolen or it wasn't. If it wasn't stolen, the victim didn't buy a stolen bike. If the bike was stolen, the cop did sell a stolen bike. If the true owner gave the cop permission to sell his bike, the bike wasn't stolen, at least at the point where the owner gave the cop permission to sell it.
I realize it's hard to make a decent bust in Austin these days, but I still don't see this as a righteous bust.
Did the cop offer the proceeds of the sale to the true owner?
Don't tell me an event like South by Southwest couldn't use some pinatas to liven it up.
given the weirdness of the story . . . and the fact that it's texass . . . probably both.
Indeed. This is fine encapsulation of libertarianism.
there you go . . . sneakin' around in the details again.
from a pic i saw elsewhere it looked like a small house converted to a store.
[assuming the pic was of the actual business]
I travel at least once a month and I'm sacred I'm going to bring some home with me from the hotel one of these days
Exactly.
That statement was nearly satire!
I'll have to remember that in case I ever find myself renting from those schmucks and I see a roach...
Jordan French & Darius Fisher? I'd hit that. (Piñata joke!)
SXSW lists AT&T, McDonalds, and Miller Lite (MillerCoors) as "Super Sponsors". It's fitting that an event being co-opted by corporate douchbags is employing small-time douchbags
It can't be both. Either the bike was stolen or it wasn't. If it wasn't stolen, the victim didn't buy a stolen bike. If the bike was stolen, the cop did sell a stolen bike. If the true owner gave the cop permission to sell his bike, the bike wasn't stolen, at least at the point where the owner gave the cop permission to sell it.
I realize it's hard to make a decent bust in Austin these days, but I still don't see this as a righteous bust.
Did the cop offer the proceeds of the sale to the true owner?
Hope they don't forget their towels.
Ya give one a solid whack and it gets whippin' around at the end of that rope, and damned right it's uncontrolled!
Is it against Nice People Commenting to wish they're beaten until candy comes out?
Leave it to places like Texas to make "freedom" feel like a dirty word.