Elon Musk Spacex is obtaining its own official city of the company.
The residents of an area around the Spacex Starbase launch site in Southern Texas voted overly on Saturday to join as a city, also called Starbase. According Results published online For the Cameron County Elections Department, there were 212 votes in favor and only six against.
In a publication in its social media site X, The musk wrote That Starbase, Texas “is now a true city!”
It is believed that residents of the new city are mainly Spacex employees. Saturday they also voted to choose Three current and previous employees of Starbase – Bobby Peden, Jordan Buss and Jenna Petrzelka – who did not oppose, respectively, as mayor of Starbase and two commissioners.
Associated Press informs that Spacex has not shared many details about why I wanted to incorporate the area. The company said that it already manages the roads, public services and the provisions of schooling and medical care of the area, and is also seeking to change the county authority to the new city government to close the nearby Boca Chica Beach and the State Park for launches.
Musk – who recently said it would be reducing your role With the controversial efficiency department of the Trump administration government to a “day or two” per week, he announced last year he was Moving the Spacex headquarters From the second, California to the Starbase facilities in Texas.
At that time, Musk said that “I had enough to avoid gangs of violent drug addicts only to enter and leave the building” and that the “final straw” was An invoice from California That prohibits schools from revealing the sexuality or gender identity of students without consent.
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After last night, a new X account represents the city aware“Becoming a city will help us continue building the best possible community for men and women who build the future of the place of humanity in space.”