{"id":23125,"date":"2025-05-04T01:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/voters-approve-incorporation-of-spacex-hub-as-starbase-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:02:16","slug":"voters-approve-incorporation-of-spacex-hub-as-starbase-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/voters-approve-incorporation-of-spacex-hub-as-starbase-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk\u2019s rocket launch company, SpaceX, voted on Saturday to formally establish <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/24\/us\/starbase-texas-city-elon-musk-spacex.html\" title=\"\">a new city called Starbase<\/a>, fulfilling one of Mr. Musk\u2019s long-held dreams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the time the polls closed at 7 p.m., 173 out of 177 votes were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livevoterturnout.com\/ENR\/camerontxenr\/38\/en\/Index_38.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in favor<\/a> of incorporating the city of Starbase, according to Cameron County, which administered the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are 283 eligible voters, said Remi Garza, the elections administrator for the county. About 40 votes were left to be counted, Mr. Garza said, but the early vote tally was \u201cwell past\u201d the majority requirement need to approve the incorporation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The community, known to locals as Boca Chica, covers about 1.5 square miles on a spit of land that brushes up against the Mexican border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">SpaceX broke ground in the area <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/20140922222618\/http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/launch-report\/41957spacex-breaks-ground-on-texas-spaceport\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in 2014<\/a>, and it has since become the company\u2019s central hub and launch site, as well as home to hundreds of its employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On his social media platform, X, Mr. Musk has referred to the area as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1368915472142401540?lang=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Starbase<\/a> more than a dozen times in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1366848696298561536\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">past four years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy primary home is literally a ~$50k house in Boca Chica \/ Starbase that I rent from SpaceX,\u201d Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1402718368633745410\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> in June 2021. \u201cIt\u2019s kinda awesome though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In December, people living around the company offices and launch site <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jessica_kirsh\/status\/1867375268936982742\/photo\/1\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filed a petition<\/a> to officially establish the city of Starbase, Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The petition described a community of about 500 inhabitants, including at least 219 primary residents and more than 100 children. Nearly everyone is a renter and works at SpaceX, according to the petition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The municipality would be eligible to create its own police and fire departments, as well as to adopt its own ordinances, though it does not have to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCities are required by law to do very little,\u201d said Alan Bojorquez, a lawyer in Austin who specializes in helping Texans through the process of incorporating new municipalities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Road maintenance is one of the most significant practical issues and would no longer be handled by the county. But, as a municipality, Starbase would be eligible for state and federal grants, would have certain immunity from lawsuits and could also condemn property, Mr. Bojorquez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">David Goodman<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/03\/business\/spacex-starbase-south-texas-vote.html\">Source link 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