Monitoring the Situation (9/2/25)
Million dollar logos, calls for the removal of RPT Chairman, former conservative journalist having breakdown?
Here are several stories that we’re monitoring or have monitored just for you.
SCAMS: City of Austin blows around $1M on a new logo.
REMOVALS: Republican Party Chairman calls for the removal of the Texas GOP Chairman.
VIDEO: Former conservative journalist is screaming outside churches.
The City of Austin Blows Almost $1M on a New City Logo
Take a look at this and ask yourself if you think this was worth almost $1M in taxpayer dollars:
Yeah exactly.
Former Austin City Councilmember Mackenzie Kelly was the first to break the news of the possible new logo for the City of Austin.
In an agenda item filed in May of 2024, City of Austin approved the execution of two contracts for “brand strategy” with Pentagram Design Inc. and TKO Advertising. Brand strategy may have included designs for the above logo.
The contract with Pentagram Design and TKO Advertising seemingly cost a total of $772,427.
Here is the old Austin logo:
Austin’s new logo has a lot of similarity to the City of Dallas logo as well as the old City of Carrollton logo:
What do you think?
Tarrant County GOP Chairman Calls for Removal of Texas RPT Chairman!
Yesterday, Tarrant County Chairman Bo French called for a complete ban on Republican Party of Texas Chairman Abraham George from ever holding any elected position.
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