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Meetings Violation, Investigation at City Hall? (Updated)

UPDATE: Chris Riley has issued a statement, below. On the heels of a report today in the Austin Bulldog alleging that City Council members' individual meetings with one another and the mayor may violate open meeting laws, word comes that a complaint's been filed with the Travis Country Attorney's Office regarding potential Open Meetings Act violations.

4:23PM Tue. Jan. 25, 2011, Wells Dunbar Read More | Comment »

Democrats Attack Fraser on Voter ID Bill

Debate is underway in the Senate’s “committee of the whole” regarding the Voter ID bill. Democrats are peppering author Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, with questions, which he keeps deflecting by saying that expert witnesses will answer those later. “But it’s your bill,” several Democrats have complained.

10:40AM Tue. Jan. 25, 2011, Lee Nichols Read More | Comment »

Van de Putte On Voter ID

Hearings on the Voter ID bill are about to begin in the Senate. Stay tuned to LegeLand, both here on Twitter, for updates throughout the day. Expect Republican "experts" to testify about how an "epidemic" of voter fraud is threatening our democracy. Yesterday, in a back hall conversation, one senator scoffed at these claims:

8:17AM Tue. Jan. 25, 2011, Lee Nichols Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Wu-Tang Clan, Run the Jewels

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Harry Nilsson birthday tribute w/ Nick Diaz, Matt Hubbard, Jeff Olson, Mike St. Clair, more at C-Boy's Heart & Soul

Changarrito Cart: Magaly Cantú at Mexic-Arte Museum

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'Alternative' Budget Battle?

Times are tough all over – school funding is in peril and who knows what'll happen to health care for low-income children. But there is at least one budget item that seems not only safe, but also that the Senate would like to see get a sizable funding boost.

6:40AM Tue. Jan. 25, 2011, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

The First AISD Cuts

Like anyone whose bosses are telling them they'll get a pay cut, Austin ISD is working out how to cut costs. What the district's Board of Trustees heard tonight is that the state will hit their wallet so hard that the staff positions they cut tonight may be the first of many.

1:28AM Tue. Jan. 25, 2011, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Missing the Point on Election Fraud

The Texas Civil Rights Project today criticized Gov. Perry and the Legislature for making Voter ID an "emergency" priority. TCRP director Jim Harrington brings up the usual points about disenfranchisement of minorities, but also brings up an even better one: Voter fraud is a really ineffective way to tip an election. Insider fraud is the real danger.

4:43PM Mon. Jan. 24, 2011, Lee Nichols Read More | Comment »

UPDATED: Combatants Gear Up for Voter ID

The Voter ID fight is on. The Texas GOP just notified followers that the Senate will hear invited testimony on Senate Bill 14 beginning Monday at 1:30pm and then public testimony 8am Tuesday. (UPDATE: Quorum Report is reporting that laying out the bill has been put off a day, and the bill likely won't be laid out until 8am Tuesday.)

1:39PM Mon. Jan. 24, 2011, Lee Nichols Read More | Comment »

Screening at Ritz tonight examines redistricting tactics

Gerrymandering: The Movie

One of the biggest issues before the Legislature happens like clockwork every 10 years: redistricting. If you're a political junkie, you may want to head down to the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz tonight to see Gerrymandering, a film claiming to expose "the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud."

1:27PM Mon. Jan. 24, 2011, Lee Nichols Read More | Comment »

The Daily Hustle: 1/24/11

The incumbent kick-off trifecta's complete, as Chris Riley hosts a re-election party at Threadgill's tonight. That, plus the first endorsements of the season, rumblings of a 2012 election, fun with Solid Waste and more.

12:36PM Mon. Jan. 24, 2011, Wells Dunbar Read More | Comment »

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