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With last summer's drought and this year's tornado & flood TKO, it's no wonder Austin loves its firefighters and first-response emergency teams.
Austin Fire Department
92 Red River
Austin Fire Department Headquarters, 4201 Ed Bluestein, 512/974-0130
Austin Fire Department Station #7, 201 Chicon
Fire Station #11, 1605 Kinney
South Austin Fire Station, 1705 S. Congress, 512/442-6822
Fire Station #1, Fifth & Trinity, 512/974-4100
www.cityofaustin.org/fire
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The Happy Kitchen provides nutritional info, shopping hints, and cooking tips as a public service. It won Critics Picks in '95 and '96. This is its first showing in the Readers Poll. Congratulations!
Sustainable Food Center
2921-C E. 17th
512/236-0074
www.sustainablefoodcenter.org
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The Slush man woneth. Could it be that you, our readers, feel that way because you read him here first? Seat jumpin' Gus Garcia was a very close second.
Daryl Slusher
Eighth & Colorado
499-2260
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The court decision to uphold S.O.S. seemed to steady Austin's enviro keel. Second-place Yellow Bike program colorfully addresses our auto-erotic car obsession and encourages alternative transportation.
Save Our Springs Alliance
221 E. Ninth #300
512/477-2320
www.sosalliance.org
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Behind nearly every major citizen initiative and progressive candidate in this town lies veteran political consultant Mark Yznaga, whereas after Richards lost the Governor's Mansion, she landed on a velvet cushion as a lobbyist for weapons makers, railroads, and the City of Austin.
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Former councilmember and mayoral hopeful Nofziger beat out four-time champ Crazy Carl to win this soft spot in Austin's heart (head?) – now, what does that tell you?
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Ah, Big E. There were many to choose from – we're guessing that most readers had his graceless concession speech in mind.
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God loves a lefty, and so do you. A couple of them, apparently. Curious that Max swept the "eccentric" category, as well.
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This relatively new category honors the labor-of-lovers of Austin's public service community. Congrats, ASA, and runners-up Sustainable Food Center, S.O.S., and Center for Battered Women.
Vivent Health
104 E. Highland Mall Blvd. #100, 512/458-2437
7215 Cameron, 512/458-2437
viventhealth.org
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This ubiquitous activist-attorney donatesabout 20 hours of legal services a week to 20 different public service organizations.
MariBen Ramsey
Austin Community Foundation
4315 Guadalupe #300
www.austincf.org
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Chairman of the Travis County Family Violence Task Force and the Director of Travis County Attorneys' Trial Division, Denton exemplifies what a good lawyer can be: compassionate, dedicated, and humane.
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There were so many scattered votes in this category, but the curious common element in a great number of them was "Eric Mitchell" and what he supposedly is. Believe us, the list is too tedious to put here. Hmmmmmm.
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Maxey and Barrientos trade this trophy every year or so, and with good reason: They're both strong local advocates who govern from the heart.
Glen Maxey
www.fb.com/glen.maxey