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Runoff: LeeandBrew

LeeandBrew…sounds like a German beer…
The big surprise in the Mayoral election was that almost ALL of the large undecided vote went to Leffingwell.  Brewster and Carole hardly budged from their pre-election poll numbers.
I thought Carole was showing some late momentun, and I felt sure she was really working the Stop Domain! mailing list.  The other [...]

Thirty Years of Austin Politics

This Spring is the 30th anniversary of my first run for city council in Austin.
In 1979 I was a candidate for Place One, and that’s when I first met then-Mayor Carol McClelland.  She went on to win re-election, while I finished next-to-last in my race…Lee Cook was re-elected to Place One.
So began my quest for [...]