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Recently in City Politics Category
11:18 AM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink
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City Councilmember Brewster McCracken has decided to bow out of the runoff for Austin mayor after finishing a distant second to rival Lee Leffingwell on Saturday. Leffingwell...
4:29 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink
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The familiar last-minute ethics complaint is rearing its head in the final days of the race for Austin mayor. Mayoral candidate Lee Leffingwelllodged a complaint in municipal court Monday, alleging his opponent, Brewster McCracken, took illegal campaign contributions.
7:48 AM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 | Permalink
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I've revised my Travis County Early Voting Locations map to include the early voting locations for the Austin Mayoral election. Early voting begins today, April 27 and runs through Tuesday, May 5th. During early voting, registered voters may cast a ballot at any early voting location.
Zoom in on the map and click on the plot point for the specific name (i.e. Fiesta Mart) and address for each location. If you take it to a full screen you'll have all the locations on the left side of the screen.
If you notice any issues with the map (last time I had a plot point in San Marcos for some reason) please ...
9:02 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink
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I love a good twitter fight. The standard bearer is this one, between a tech reporter and a source, a PR gal from Toronto. It's the ultimate twitter meltdown, and I love, love, love it.
In comparison, the twitter kerfuffle between Burnt Orange Report's Matt Glazer and Austin Mayoral candidate Brewster McCracken's communications guy, >> Continue reading: Cyber Spat in the Austin Mayoral Race
10:39 AM Mon, Apr 13, 2009 | Permalink
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Austin City Council voted unanimously this morning to reject a bill (SB 1618) by state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, requiring that the city to adopt single-member council districts. Austin is the only large city in Texas in which councilmembers are elected citywide, instead of by individual districts.
Voters in the city have rejected single member districts six times in the past. While many members said they support -- in principle -- the idea of representative districts, they don't want Wentworth and the rest of the state lege to te...
10:01 AM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | Permalink
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Mike Levy, recently retired publisher of Texas Monthly magazine, drops his exploratory bid for Austin mayor. He cites personal reasons in an unexpectedly long goodbye letter, which is posted in full after the jump. The nut graph, as it's called in print journalism: I have learned a lot in the last several months, including that my candidacy would be more than just viable.
But very personal and family considerations, intensified by the recent death of my mother, have led me to the conclusion that I simply cannot make the commitment at this time to run and win, and to serve effectively. >> Continue reading: Levy Drops Out of Austin Mayoral Race
3:13 PM Mon, Feb 02, 2009 | Permalink
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The City of Austin approved $830,000 in spending to pay for the services of fifteen contract lobbyists this session. It's more than any other local government is spending this year. The hired guns will focus on Austin's "primary issues" as outlined by the city's government relations office:
- Opposing appraisal/revenue caps
- Opposing legislation that reduces the city's authority to regulate environment and water issues
- Seeking more funding for local transportation projects
- Seeking additional money for health care for the uninusured and underinsured in Austin and Travis County
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8:45 AM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink
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In a quick city politics-related update, City Councilmember Brewster McCracken makes his mayoral bid official today at noon. (Current Austin Mayor Will Wynn is term-limited next year.) The two-term councilmember was long rumored to enter the race. He will make his announcement at the Heliovolt factory on E. Stassney. From McCracken's letter to potential supporters: Austin has always done best by leading with our values. We are a community with the vision to take on the big challenges and the foresight to protect what we love. By innovating while remaining true to our community values, we will achieve th...
4:11 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink
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So much cool stuff is for sale on this site, where local governments in Texas are unloading their belongings.
Need a dump truck? The city of Longview has your answer.
What about a rubber boat? Try New Braunfels.
I'm not sure what an eye wash station looks like, but Lubbock has one of those listed with the 55 items it has for sale: Camera, Chairs, Clothing, Conference Table, Desks, Eye Wash Station, Foosball and Air Hockey Tables, Gym Equipment, Organ, Refrigerator, Sand Blaster and Parts Washers, Shelves and Bins, Sinks, Telecom...
10:00 PM Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Permalink
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Sorry, blog readers. I got called out today for leaving the "BREAKING" post up for the last three days, mainly because I'm suffering from my traditional post-election emotional hangover. Also, cause we got into a random car wreck on Veteran's Day (hit by a veteran, natch). Everyone's fine.
To bring you up to speed, the behind-the-scenes wrangling over House Speaker quietly continues, mostly out of sight. Lots of phone calls that we don't get to overhear. Where will the formerly Craddick D's land? How many Re...
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