County judge approves election to decide whether SpaceX launch site will become a city.
If a majority of the roughly 500 residents living around the South Texas site vote yes in May, Starbase will be the state’s newest city.
If approved by voters in the town’s proposed area, the base would become a Type C municipality, defined as less than two square miles with 200 to 5,000 residents. Type C municipalities use a commission form of government with a mayor and two commissioners; the petition notes that SpaceX’s security manager, Gunnar Milburn, is the sole candidate for mayor.
The petition required at least 10% of potential residents to sign, and a simple majority is required in the election to create the new city. The petition had just over 70 signatures and an affidavit attached to the judge’s order showed just under 500 people living in the area, including almost 120 children.
Almost all of the signatures on the petitions were by people with addresses the affidavit marked as residences of SpaceX employees.
The affidavit also states that SpaceX owns almost all of the homes; just four homes listed in the affidavit are not owned by SpaceX, which also owns all of the land within the prospective city’s footprint, “with only a few exceptions.”
Emphasis mine. Note, that's one step toward extra-territoriality for all my cyberpunk fans(?).
Company towns always work out great for everyone.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt
They also are aiming for extra territoriality so they can dodge regulations. Especially concerning weapons research, biotechnology, and medical advancements. With the ultimate goal to extend their own lifespans and out evolve the rest of us.
They being tech fascists such as Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.
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