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Independent Texans endorsements focus on two county races (Lee and Bastrop) and on petition drives in Austin and San Antonio. We rarely endorse in the primaries – we’re independents – so we’re staying out of the state and federal races. We do have one County endorsement, Lee County’s stalwart protector of water and land resources, […]
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Help us take full advantage of the rather lame efforts by a number of Bastrop City Council members and their allies to defeat Propositions 1 thru 5, for More Reasonable Petition Requirements. You can do this tonight by reading this article that just got posted online at the Statesman and offering a comment. Here’s the […]
Folks, this is about as bad as it gets when you have an official, Lisa Hines, a member of the city of Bastrop’s Ethics Commission, trying to influence an election along with some local politicians who don’t give a hoot about ethics. That would be Councilman Gary Schiff, who recently tried to access $100,000+ for […]