Endorsements

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Austin Community College

Board of Trustees Place 6 Run-Off:

Veronica Rivera

Probably most readers haven't noticed yet that there's an election June 19, and that the early voting period runs from June 7-15. Our first and second choices for the open ACC board position, Guadalupe Sosa and Rodney Ahart, got hammered in the first round, so even with a strong field we're feeling a little gun-shy in endorsing attorney Rivera in the runoff. But Rivera, who began her career as a schoolteacher, has solid political and educational credentials for the job, has been involved with Austin schools at all levels, and has shown a dedication to public service that should get a real test in helping to restore confidence and institutional respect to the new ACC administration. Rivera is opposed by Marc Levin, currently a staff attorney for lame-duck Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith, of Hopwood infamy – and Levin's own background is most directly associated with his virulent campaigns against affirmative action as a UT student and leader of the hard-right Young Conservatives of Texas. Levin insists he has matured since his (recent) student days, but his position on affirmative action remains unchanged, and we remain unpersuaded that Levin belongs in the leadership of a public institution committed to equal educational opportunity for all. (For more info, see www2.austincc.edu/gvtcr/Elections%20ACC/election051504.)

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Early Voting Sites

The Austin Community College run-off election is Saturday, June 19. Early voting runs from Monday, June 7, through Tuesday, June 15. Early voting ballots may be cast Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm; Saturday, 10am-4pm; and Sunday, noon-4pm, on any ACC campus:

MAIN:

ACC Highland Business Center, 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.

BRANCH:

Rio Grande, 1212 Rio Grande

Northridge, 11928 Stonehollow Dr.

Eastview, 3401 Webberville Rd.

Riverside, 1020 Grove

Pinnacle, 7748 Hwy. 290 W.

Cypress Creek, 1555 Cypress Creek Rd., Cedar Park