Texas County to Vote on Giving Musk's SpaceX Its Own City
The Texas launch site of Elon Musk’s SpaceX could soon have its very own city.
Officials on Wednesday approved an election sought by the aerospace firm that would allow residents who live near its Starbase site—almost all of them employees—to carve out a new municipality in an unincorporated area of Cameron County near the U.S.-Mexico border.
If the May 3 vote is successful, the new city would share the Starbase name with the site, where the Musk-led SpaceX constructs and launches its colossal Starship rockets.
It would also likely be governed from within Musk’s orbit.
The form of municipality that would be created, a Type C under Texas law, is led by a mayor and two commissioners. The only candidate for mayor, according to a petition, is SpaceX security manager Gunnar Milburn.
That December petition, signed by 70 residents, stated most of the roughly 500 people in the area, which includes 100 children, were SpaceX employees.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-county-to-vote-on-giving-musks-spacex-its-own-city/
Just another reason for seceding from Texass.
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