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1. Mark Sokolow's Computer
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This response to The Austin Bulldog's open records request shows that the City of Georgetown purchased a Dell e6500 laptop computer for City Attorney Mark Sokolow for $1,408. ...

2. Assumed Name Certificate-Travis County, Texas
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This is the Assumed Name Certificate filed with the Travis County Clerk to operate the Austin Investigative Reporting Project under the name of The Austin Bulldog. ...

3. Assumed Name Certificate-State of Texas
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This is the Assumed Name Certificate filed with the Texas Secretary of State to operate the Austin Investigative Reporting Project under the name of The Austin Bulldog. ...

4. The Austin Bulldog E-mail August 8, 2010
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In the wake of the Attorney General's open records decision of August 3, 2010, The Austin Bulldog e-mailed City Attorney Mark Sokolow on August 8, 2010, to request that he promptly provide copies of the ...

5. The City of Georgetown v. Attorney General Greg Abbott
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Georgetown City Attorney Mark Sokolow filed this lawsuit in a Travis County District Court on August 13, 2010. The lawsuit seeks to contest the Attorney General's ruling concerning The Austin Bulldog's ...

6. Austin Bulldog Comments to Attorney General re: Open Records Request No. 10
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On June 7, 2010, The Austin Bulldog submitted a letter and exhibits to the Attorney General to refute certain arguments made by Georgetown City Attorney Mark Sokolow and Assistant City Attorney Bridget ...

7. The Austin Bulldog's Open Records Request No. 10
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The Austin Bulldog filed this open records request with the City of Georgetown on May 16 to request copies of City Attorney Mark Sokolow's written performance evaluations delivered by the mayor and city ...

8. Property Taxes Collected 1999-2009
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This chart shows the amount of property taxes collected by the City of Austin for residential and commercial properties 1999-2009, as well as the total value of residential and commercial properties for ...

9. City of Austin Line Graph: Property Tax Colletions 1999-2009
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This chart graphically illustrates that residential property taxes have carried an increasingly large share of the total property tax burden over the last decade, while commercial property taxes have paid ...

10. Contribution Form
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Want to contribute to The Austin Bulldog but would rather send a check? Simply fill out this form and mail it in. We'll put your funds to good use immediately. ...

11. Council Members Ethics Overview 2008
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2008 Ethics Overview for Austin City Council Members ...

12. Bylaws
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Bylaws of the Austin Investigative Reporting Project ...

13. Open Records Released
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... © The Austin Bulldog 2010 Georgetown City Attorney Mark Sokolow was tenacious about trying to keep his performance evaluations from being released. The Austin Bulldog filed an open records request ...

14. Sokolow To Be Terminated?
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About 1,500 words Updated 12:28pm Updated 4:25pm Georgetown City Attorney Ready for the Firing Squad Sokolow Increasingly Viewed as a Problem to be Solved by Ken Martin © The Austin Bulldog ...

15. Long Shot Lawsuit
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About 2,000 words Georgetown City Attorney Sues to Keep Performance Reviews Secret by Ken Martin © The Austin Bulldog 2010 Georgetown City Attorney Mark Sokolow has sued Texas Attorney General ...

16. Hidden in Plain Sight
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About 3200 words Human Trafficking and Slavery in Central Texas Investigative Report by Shelley Seale ©The Austin Bulldog 2010 The boy was 16 years old. His sister was 14. They ...

17. The growing monopoly
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... nine community newspapers in this area are owned by Cox Enterprises, which also owns the Austin American-Statesman, the initial concerns over interference have abated, as the Statesman has generally left ...

18. Community Newspapers Alive and Well
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... Investigative Report by Rob Patterson © The Austin Bulldog 2010 At first glance, Austin seems the typical modern American two-newspaper town: a mid-sized city with a daily newspaper, the Austin ...

19. Property Taxes
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 About 4,600 words Are Austin's Property Taxes Fair and Equitable? That Depends on Who You Ask Investigative Report by Greg M. Schwartz © The Austin Bulldog 2010 It's property tax ...

20. Citizen Requests Investigation
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... told the Georgetown City Council they wanted an investigation into numerous matters reported by The Austin Bulldog and the Williamson County Sun. As reported by The Austin Bulldog July 18, the matters ...