Petition Strategies & Data Center Dance All Over Texas!
Mon, May 18
|Virtual Event
Come at 8 for the petition strategies discussion and/or at 8:30 for a 45-minute discussion about data centers and the battle for water, energy and taxpayer protections going on across the state, just as Bastrop enters center stage with Elon's Space X going to Texas Enterprise Funds. More below.
Time & Location
May 18, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Virtual Event
Guests
About the event
LIV continues its deep dive into the policy nightmares involved in the gold rush for data centers.
Make sure to read our Thursday post: Hill County stands as City of Austin bows to AI data center sucking sounds.
Then, read this short article in the Austin Business Journal about Space X coming for "reinvestment zones" to snag money from Gov. Abbott's "honey pot" fund -- Texas Enterprise Fund. Way to go to unify Republicans, Dems and independents, boys!
Then, prepare to attend the Bastrop Commissioners Court meeting on Tuesday May 26 at 9 am. Prepare to speak on the item or in publiv comments. You can also weigh in on their WebEx portal. More on this in an email update. Be sure to sign in to get ours at https://LIVTX.org
Tonight's agenda:
8 pm with petition strategies for independent candidates.
8:30 pm. The data center discussion will continue through 9:15 pm or even 9:30.
If you haven't yet, please watch LIV's 16 minute video, "Data Center Dance" HERE. We also highly recommend the 62-page paper (read at least the first 4 pages!) released by the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance HERE. (If you are a member of LIV, you can watch the video of last week's meeting with Hanes upon request by sending an email to us at contact@livtx.org or calling LIV at 512.360-8754.