Mayor’s races heating up in 4 big Texas cities
Houston Chronicle
By ANGELA K. BROWN AP Writer © 2009 The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Mayors will be elected Saturday in four of the state’s largest cities, …
McCracken broke campaign finance law, Leffingwell camp says
Austin American-Statesman –
By Sarah Coppola | Sunday, May 3, 2009, 08:47 PM A dispute over campaign donations has flared up in the final days of the Austin mayor’s race. …
Mayoral candidates kick campaigns into high gear
CBS 42 –
Election day is less than a week away, and mayoral candidates are out vying for your vote. Major candidates Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Brewster McCracken and …
Mayoral candidates push into final week
News 8 Austin –
More handshaking and less sleep is what the last week of city election campaigning is all about. The countdown to Election Day has begun, and though the …
Mayor’s races heating up in four big Texas cities
KDBC –
AP – May 3, 2009 1:15 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Voters head to the polls Saturday in 4 of the state’s biggest cities to cast ballots in mayoral races. …
Decider’s extremely shallow guide to the Austin mayoral race
Decider Austin – 21 hours ago
by Dan Solomon May 3, 2009 Austin’s upcoming mayoral race has been generating a resounding “That’s this year?” from many Austin residents, to which we can …
Money in the bank, Austin candidates near Election Day
News 8 Austin – May 2, 2009
Austin City Council candidates reported how much campaign money they’ve collected since the start of April, and how much they’ve spent. …
Leffingwell, McCracken enter home stretch with cash to spend
Austin American-Statesman – May 1, 2009
By Marty Toohey Mayoral candidates Lee Leffingwell and Brewster McCracken headed into the final stage of the campaign with a hefty lead in cash over the …
St. Louis Won’t be Backin’ McCracken
Riverfront Times – May 1, 2009
By Chad Garrison in Follow That Story, Politics That headline courtesy of News 8 in Austin, Texas, where mayoral candidate Brewster McCracken has launched …
Brewster McCracken
Austin Business Journal – May 1, 2009
This election comes at a critical time in Austin’s economic history. The foundation of our economy — the semiconductor industry — is moving overseas. …
David Buttross
Austin Business Journal – May 1, 2009
My top priorities include providing good quality basic services like good roads and utilities, maintaining public buildings and spaces and ensuring that our …
Lee Leffingwell
Austin Business Journal – May 1, 2009
I believe the race for mayor should be a contest of ideas for a city of ideas. That’s why I’ve proposed the broadest and most specific platform of any …
St. Louis won’t be backin’ McCracken
News 8 Austin – May 1, 2009
The situation is much like a boxing match. In one corner is Austin mayoral candidate Brewster McCracken. The City of St. Louis, Mo., is in the other. …
Austin mayoral candidate Brewster “Phil” McCracken has ENRAGED the entire city of St. Louis by talking about how horrible they are, vis a vis the completely perfect city of Austin (which many an Austinite will assure you is “not like the rest of Texas” because they “keep it weird” with their single charming homeless man who parades around bus stops in a thong). Anyway, here’s a link to the offending campaign ad. (McCracken is “keeping it weird” by not allowing YouTube embeds, because why would you want people to look at your video all time?)So of course folks in St. Louis, as well as McCracken’s mayoral opponent, have rushed to the defense of the fair midwestern city of hoboes and snakes.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Apr 30, 2009
By Jake Wagman As already discussed in our Talk of the Day blog, the Austin, Tex. candidate for mayor has a commercial — confined, for the moment at least, …
McCracken ticks off St. Louis with YouTube video
Austin American-Statesman – Apr 30, 2009
By Sarah Coppola | Thursday, April 30, 2009, 12:33 PM It’sa good thing that Austin mayoral candidate Brewster McCracken isn’t running for mayor of St. Louis …
Hey Brewster: Here’s some advice for YOU about dissing St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Apr 30, 2009
By Amanda St. Amand If your name is Brewster McCracken, you might have had a hard time at recess when you were a kid. Maybe people still pick on him — and …
Brewster McCracken “St. Louis” Ad Causes a Stir
Burnt Orange Report – Apr 29, 2009
On it’s face, I think it is a fair comparison and critique. The St. Louis of today is not that of 1904 (nor is Austin for that matter). …
Mayoral candidates take to the airwaves
Austin American-Statesman – Apr 29, 2009
Timing their final push to the start of early voting this week, Austin’s main mayoral candidates have begun airing TV ads. …
WATCH: Austin mayoral candidates sound off on budget plans
KVUE – Apr 29, 2009
By STEVE ALBERTS The economy will be a big challenge for Austin’s next mayor. He or she may face a $30 million to $40 million budget shortfall. …