Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
A whole generation of Austin voters has gotten used to electing and re-electing Ronnie Earle over the years. So when the Travis County DA-For-Life announced last month that we won’t be running again, it took a while for the reality to sink in. Eventually, though, four candidates jumped ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
As usual, the Travis County action is found in the Democratic primary, which may be one reason veteran Travis County Republican Chairman Alan Sager isn’t running again.
Probably the most interesting local race this spring is a free-for-all among four candidates to replace their current boss, retiring Travis County District Attorney ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
The retirement of longtime Travis Co. District Attorney Ronnie Earle seems to have set off a stampede of candidates talking about replacing him. And that’s just among Earle’s staff.
An early front-runner, State District Judge Jeanne Meurer, is taking herself out of the race before it even starts. That ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
A prominent story in this morning’s local paper by its chief political reporter claims that the need to “enhance security outside the Texas Capitol” is the reason behind plans to move the city’s busiest bus stop within a year. Apparently, security concerns are so serious that the State Preservation ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Should be one heck of a retirement party.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Our friends at Texas Weekly confirm whispers around the Capitol for the past few weeks now: that Democratic Dawnna Dukes is as big a spendthrift as the Republicans she supports.
Since 2000, the East Austin state rep has spent $80,000 using 19 different credit cards for purchases she failed to describe ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Whats the point of having a blog if you can't throw up a link like this?
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Ex-Planning Commissioner Cid Galindo is getting into the Austin city council race to replace the retiring Betty Dunkerley, bringing to three the number of candidates who have announced for the seat. One-time City Hall staffer Robin Cravey and veteran neighborhood activist Laura Morrison had previously announced.
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
‘Tis the season to file for public office, and challengers to curmudgeonly Gerald Daughtery, the lone Republican on the Travis County Commissioners Court, are apparently feeling festive. Veteran GOP activist Karen Huber is running — as a Democrat. Toll-road opponent Albert Gonzales, a Democrat, is running in his ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
The Princeton Princess made it official last night with her reelection campaign kick-off at Stubbs Bar-B-Q. The event featured a handful of supporters and about 100 candidates for other offices. Or maybe that was the other way around....
Meanwhile, rumors swirling around Travis County DA Ronnie Earle’s possible retirement ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Will Ronnie Run?
The quadrennial guessing game is in full swing: will Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle run again or at long last hang up his spurs? The inscrutable Democrat, a former state lawmaker who was elected to his current post the same year Jimmy Carter won the White ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
This week's AusChron has a story about the hunt for SMD's in Austin. The usual sides are drawn- Martinez pushing for a change, Cole pushing back because of re-election fears, and Gus Garcia wringing his hands.What struck us was this statement by Sheryl Cole against any sort of geographic ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
You heard it hear first: State Representative Mike Krusee won’t be running again for the Round Rock seat he has held since 1993. Texas Weekly and Political Junkie have the confirmation, which we signaled back on November 14.
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Da Man’s Tony Plohetski reported this morning on a bizarre incident involving Austin Mayor Will Wynn and his (unprintable) diatribe against a construction crew who made the mistake of blocking traffic at Fifth Street and West Avenue, near his downtown digs.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Austin motorists living in outlying ...
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
City Councilman Lee Leffingwell isn’t subtle about his hope to be elected Mayor over expected opponent Brewster McCracken in May 2009. Some say they’ve even spotted him sneaking into the office late at night to sketch plans for arranging the furniture once he gets there. Fung shui is ...
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