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1. The Austin Bulldog E-mail August 8, 2010
(Download:Mark Sokolow Investigation)

... performance evaluations, with redactions for portions authorized to be withheld for attorney-client privilege. This e-mail also directed Sokolow's attention to Section 552.324 of the Texas Government Code, ...

2. Job Posting for Georgetown's Assistant City Attorney
(Download:Mark Sokolow Investigation)

... municipal government—experience that the applicant hired by City Attorney Mark Sokolow did not have. ...

3. Sokolow To Be Terminated?
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... weary of the continuing stream of news stories reporting problems within the city government, and they want the problems fixed. Carefully orchestrated process Mayor Garver chairs the council meetings ...

4. Long Shot Lawsuit
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... stated in an August 19 e-mail, “A governmental body has 30 days in which to file a lawsuit contesting an AG ruling.” The 30-day window is described in Section 552.324 of the Texas Government ...

5. Community Newspapers Alive and Well
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... on local government meetings, short versions of upcoming major print stories, and updates on stories being followed. In its initial launch area of Round Rock, Community Impact has lived up to its name. ...

6. Property Taxes
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...  “We are opposed to it (sales disclosure) for a variety of reasons... Our dedication is to fix a broken appraisal system,” says Mark Lehman, vice president of governmental affairs for the ...

7. Citizen Requests Investigation
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... lack of transparency in our city government that they are going to the council meeting to try to get their representatives to talk to them. “Not only are the people we elected not responding to ...

8. Citizens Want an Investigaton
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... then we need to turn to government agencies to give us the certified version of the truth. So I’m going to say that it rests with you to decide if in fact you want to use the power that the city ...

9. City Attorney Violates Charter
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... have practiced law in the State of Texas including experience as it pertains to municipal government matters; for example, litigation and commerical law, land use and development, zoning, contracts, civil ...

10. Q&A with Sarah Weddington
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... you think the government ought to require this or prohibit this?” Then they are not so enthusiastic about the government making those decisions. Now I do think we have some serious problems that ...

11. Broadband Access
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... to telemedicine, higher education and e-government. Broadband mapping errors The much-anticipated findings are, at best, inaccurate and, in the worst case scenario, may be deceptive, due to multiple ...

12. Mark Sokolow
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... right of way through condemnation the governmental agency acquiring right of way would be responsible for the cost of moving utilities that may be affected by the intended construction project. In ...

13. Central Texas Transportation
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... been to try to push the road funding burden down to the local level. Since local governments are struggling to meet other traditional needs, this certainly raises interesting policy questions. Given ...

14. More Legal Problems in Georgetown
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... from attorneys hired directly by the city council or other governmental bodies. “The state created an ethics enforcement officer as part of the Travis County District Attorney’s office that ...

15. Open Meetings Act Violations
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... taken in violation of the act are voidable,” attorney Hemphill said, pointing to Texas Government Code Section 551.141. “What that means precisely, and what other consequences may flow from ...

16. Q&A with Terri Burke
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... and is reviewing the federal government’s contract with for-profit prisons. Yes, some policies we don’t agree with, that were implemented under the previous administration, continue today. ...

17. Are Boom-Bust Cycles In Austin's DNA?
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... who would pay even more. Commercial lending had been too generous. Speculation had run rampant. The piper had to be paid. The federal government had stepped in to close banks and savings and loan associations ...

18. Austin's Road Building Plan
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... accord with a plan that puts much of the early spending on roads, while shifting the burden to local government? Left unclear is why current trends would, or should, facilitate clustered suburban growth ...

19. Climate Crisis
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... shows actual atmospheric measurements. The purple line is the A1F1 scenario (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Report), more commonly known as “the worst-case ...

20. Economy vs. environmental protection
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About 4800 words Updated April 14, 2010 Who Protects the Texas Environment? Hint: It Isn’t the State Agency That’s Supposed To Investigative Report by Greg M. Schwartz The Texas ...