Category Archives: Austin

Round Rock ISD Elections and Other Down Ballot Races

It’s time, once again, for me to play the one-eyed man in the land of the blind, and offer some guidance on Round Rock ISD elections, as well as other down-ballot races, based on a modicum of quick-and-dirty research, second-hand … Continue reading →

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Texas Early Voting Starts Today

Early voting in Texas for the November 6 midterm elections begins today, October 22, and ends November 2. A list of Williamson County early voting locations can be found here. A list of Travis County early voting locations is here, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 20, 2018

Welcome to Friday’s LinkSwarm! I hope all my readers are dry and warm and well-away from any flooded riverbanks. Lots of Bobby Francis O’Rourke news this week. Pretty soon we won’t have him to kick around any longer… A critic … Continue reading →

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Central Texas Flooding: Worst May Be To Come

The worst flooding in the Austin area may still be to come: The LCRA is now projecting that Lake Travis may rise to between 705-710 ft. elevation by Friday, approaching the all-time record crest of 710.4 ft. from Christmas, 1991. … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Flooding Along the Llano River

If you hadn’t heard, heavy rains have caused serious flooding along the Llano river and the Texas hill country. The Farm to Market 2900 bridge in Kingsland over Lake LBJ (just before the Llano and Colorado rivers meet) has collapsed: … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 12, 2018

Trying to edit this last night brought up a repeated 502 error, since fixed. So enjoy this LinkSwarm as a triumph of persistence over technology: How the Kavanaugh fight united the right around President Donald Trump: Trumpism is now the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 5, 2018

Welcome to the season where ugly monsters in lurid costumes go running around shrieking at the sheer delight at scaring other people. And those are just the Democratic protestors on Capitol Hill! The Brett Kavanaugh cloture vote today, and the … Continue reading →

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Houston Chronicle Reporter Resigns Under Suspicion of Making Quotes Up

Another day, another press scandal, this time in Texas: Another Houston Chronicle journalist flagged me with questions about the accuracy of a story written by veteran Austin reporter Mike Ward. Ward joined the Chronicle in 2014 after a long career … Continue reading →

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City of Austin: Here, Soccer, Have Some Tax Subsidies! Travis County: Not So Fast!

Remember how the City of Austin voted to throw tax break subsidies in order to steal another city’s soccer team? Well, now Travis County has weighed in: “Homie don’t play that!” Oh hey, guess what? In its haste to approve … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 17, 2018

Themes for today’s LinkSwarm: Jihad, rape and China. Not necessarily in that order… So let me see if I have this story straight: New Mexico jihadis, one related to a New York City imam who might have been involved in … Continue reading →

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