Members of the South Texas community voted, which was the center of the missile launch company from Elon Musk, Spacex, on Saturday to establish an official A new city called StarbasAchieving one of Mr. Musk’s long dreams.
As the polls were closed at 7 pm, 173 were out of 177 votes In favor of Merging the city of Star base, according to the Cameron Province, which managed to vote.
Remy Jarza, the provincial election director, said there are 283 qualified voters. Mr. Jarza said that about 40 votes were left to be calculated, but the early vote had “exceeded” the requirements of the majority that needed to agree to the foundation.
The community, known to the local population as Boca Chika, covers about 1.5 square miles on the spitting of the ground on the Mexican border.
Spacex Breaking the Earth in the area In 2014And since then it has become the central center of the company and the launch site, in addition to the home of its employees.
On the social media platform, X, Mr. Musk referred to the region as Starbase More than ten times in The past four years.
“My primary home is literally a $ 50,000 house in Boca Chika / Starbas, who hired it from Spacex,” Mr. Musk books In June 2021. “It’s somewhat wonderful.”
In December, people who live around the company’s offices and the launch site petition To create the city of Star base, Texas officially.
The description of a society has a society with about 500 people, including at least 219 main population and more than 100 children. Almost everyone is rented and works in Spacex, according to the petition.
The municipality will be eligible to create its police stations, as well as to adopt its own decrees, although it does not have to do so.
“Cities are required by the law to do very little,” said Alan Bojurkiz, a lawyer in Austin who specializes in assisting Texas through the process of integrating the new municipalities.
Road maintenance is one of the most important practical issues and will not be dealt with by the province. Mr. Bojorquez said that, as a municipality, Starbase will be eligible to obtain the grants of states and federal scholarships, and will have a certain immunity of lawsuits and can condemn property.
David Godman The reports contributed.
