Dear John,

<p>I have <strong>glorious news</strong> to share. <strong>WE WON!</strong></p> <p>After weeks of <strong>public pressure, phone calls, and thousands of signatures on our CitizenGO petition</strong>, the Austin City Council has caved under the weight of truth and conviction.</p> <p><strong>Austin&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>historic 1916 City Seal, steeped in faith, courage, and history, will remain exactly as it is.</strong></p> <p>This is no small victory. It is a triumph for every American who still believes that heritage matters, that faith deserves respect, and that the past is not something to be scrubbed away by woke ideologues with a graphics degree.</p> <p>When we launched this campaign, City Hall had already poured over one million taxpayer dollars into a &ldquo;rebrand&rdquo; cooked up by Pentagram, a design firm infamous for its ties to Planned Parenthood and radical LGBTQ activism. They called it &ldquo;inclusive.&rdquo; We called it what it was: an attempt to erase history.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>But we stood firm with Texans.<br /><img src="[link removed]" alt="" width="350" height="273" constrain="true" imagepreview="false" border="" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></strong><em>Faith, Heritage, and Courage &mdash; Still Flying High!</em></p> <p>Our team called Austin City Hall to make an appointment to hand-deliver the petitions that had already flooded their inboxes. Before we could even set foot in the building, they rushed us an email <strong>confirming what you made possible:</strong></p> <p><strong><em>&ldquo;The current City of Austin seal is not going away and remains intact. It will still be used for many legal and ceremonial purposes.&rdquo;</em></strong></p> <p><strong>They backed down. Completely.</strong></p> <p><strong>The 1916 seal, an emblem of Texas independence, Christian faith, and enduring grit, will continue to shine as it always has.</strong></p> <p>Make no mistake, <strong>this victory belongs to you.</strong></p> <p>CitizenGO members refused to bow to bureaucrats or marketing elites who thought they could bulldoze the heart of Texas behind closed doors. You spoke up, and you made them listen.</p> <p>The City Council&rsquo;s letter was a clumsy attempt to save face, but the truth is clear. <strong>They heard the roar of Americans who will not let their culture be rewritten by radicals.</strong></p> <p>This fight was about ownership: who writes American history, the truth&nbsp;or the woke politicians.</p> <p>And today, we proved it belongs to the truth.</p> <p><strong>Austin&nbsp;stands as an inheritance from the men and women who built it, rooted in faith, courage, and honor.</strong></p> <p>Thank you for <strong>standing tall,</strong> for <strong>defending what is right</strong>, and for <strong>showing the rest of America what happens when we fight back.</strong></p>
With fierce gratitude and unshakable pride,
<i>Anna Derbyshire and the entire CitizenGO Team</i>
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