COME SEE THE RACISM INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM: DOJ Investigates Austin For Racism. “This is likely to put Austin Mayor Kirk Watson in a bind. Watson is a Democrat, but he campaigned on being a moderate Democrat, someone who was going to reverse the far-left excesses of the Steve Alder era. While Watson did tack closer to the center on a few key issues (like reinstating the homeless ‘camping’ ban), he has done very little to dismantle various other hard left policies enacted by the Austin City Council and the city bureaucracy.”