POLITICS May 9-15, 1997

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Election Extra

Austin City Council Election Endorsementsby the Editorial Board



Articles and Features


Election '97

The Smell of Palmer on E-Day by Audrey Duff

The sights and sounds of the races as they went down to the wire.
 
Mayor: What, Me Negative? by Alex de Marban and Audrey Duff

Watson's 48.5% was the handwriting on the wall for Reynolds, who dropped out two days later.
 
Place 6 Gets Ugly by Kayte VanScoy

Election-day votes helped Lewis drag Mitchell down from behind and force a runoff.
 
Place 5: Man, o' Manny by Amy Smith

Zuniga leads with 43%, but Spelman can count on Hadden's voters. The real question is, who will get the Enriquez refugees?
 
Palmer Pandemonium by Alex de Marban

How the other 2.2% lives.
 
The Numbers Crunch by Mike Clark-Madison

Analyzing who won where, and by how much.
 

Wild, Wild Wildlife by Robert Bryce

A conversation with Texas Parks & Wildlife Executive Director Andy Sansom.


City News

Naked City edited by Amy Smith

The latest news from around the city; Some gay Eric Mitchell "supporters" are unhappy with an "endorsement" they never made; The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation gets eradicated in court; Beanal speaks on Freeport.


Environs by Robert Bryce

A peek inside Freeport's shareholder meeting.


Media Clips by Lee Nichols

What if they had an election, and nobody heard about it?


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