Leave it to the Travis County Republican Party to piss in the punchbowl. Stacked against Sysiphean odds this election, they recently came out against the bulk of the city’s seven bond propositions. As the Statesman reports today, the TCRP statement reads “Austinites should be concerned about the City Council’s excessive and frivolous spending and pressure them to focus on providing basic services well.” Burn! Only time will tell if their effort has the same sweeping reach of their No Blue Dot campaign. For now, the TCRP is the first (and likely only) group to endorse against specific bonds. But then again, the Statesman hasn’t entered the bond endorsements fray just yet…

This article appears in October 20 • 2006.

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