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Key Utility In Suburban Barton Springs Zone Set To Weaken Long Standing Water Quality Protections In Lawsuit Settlement
The little know entity, West Travis County Public Utility Authority (WTCPUA), may be poised to abandon long standing protections for Barton Springs and Edwards Aquifer water quality.
Sorting Out District 10 – Incumbent Alison Alter Faces Six Opponents
Like its neighbor, District 6, the District 10 race is a humdinger. Incumbent Alison Alter drew six challengers. The bevy of candidates may more reflect overall discontent with Council policies as a whole than with Alter herself; although, like in other races, some of...
Pool Faces Political Newcomer Witt in District 7 Race
In District 7 Leslie Pool drew only one opponent, Morgan Witt, a self described “newcomer to the Austin political scene.” According to her campaign website, Witt is an educator whose career and philosophy flowed from “a life-changing class called ‘Educational...
Council Election Overview: Can the LDC Majority Be Flipped?
Spoiler alert: the most likely outcome from Austin’s City Council elections is that nothing much will change. Five of the ten Council seats are on the ballot. Four incumbents are seeking reelection and all of them, to varying degrees, stand a good chance of winning...
Flannigan Draws Heavy Fire in District 6 Reelection Quest
District 6 Council Member Jimmy Flannigan faces three determined opponents in reelection battle, challenging him on the police budget, Land Development Code, camping ban and more.
Challengers in District 4 Council Race Face Uphill Battle Against Incumbent Greg Casar
In the District 4 Council race incumbent Greg Casar faces two opponents. One, environmental engineer Louis Herrin III, ran for the seat in 2014 and 2016, topping out at 16% in 2016. Casar's second opponent, Ramesses II Setepenre is a political newcomer. On his...
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