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Re: Austin mayor candidates in the news

realtor2 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:17:44 -0000

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Re: Austin Mayor Leffingwell

Allen Ray j.r. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:41:23 -0000

Dear Austin Mayor leffinwell
My name is Allen Wayne Ray Jr.I recently in the past few months emailed you and Assoc. with supporting ideas for the city , by introducing such projects such as the town lake boat scene for more tourist as well as a depression relief on the city giving them something new to look at. I also suggested new median gardens in spots and places that seem deserted and desolate to provide more color and inspiration ; I did see a man painting a mural by the obvious YMCA building I wonder if I had a part in that , fore I do not get ay positive update responses by word but is OK imp cool with that. I just gave a proposition for another bush and garden project that will help bring back some old and new friends and make life better on the inner and outer fishing scene that was the point on that one.
SOMETHING NEW:
Anyway I am a young & handsome African American male twenty four years old trying to make a name and find a spot for me carrier wise as well as for the experience of life. Now this is a band new proposal I present to you for the sake of enjoyment and happiness. What if we took Barton springs the free area and made it a half-beach half rocky area by smoothing it out breaking it down with all the right precautions adding sand and gravel for a more sunset beachside look? by doing this it will attract more people attention and eye witch means tourist food vacations , well as the look is more happy and joyous like we gave you the beach now settle down its cool. Also this will be safer for the construction workers because they are now on the ground. This is just a thought for a suggestion comment if you will that could become ground breaking reality for the sake of something new God bless thank you for your time.

Re: The Silver Bullet

Chris Searles — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:18:01 -0000

thanks Max!

Re: Austin Mayor Leffingwell

Roger Barb — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:05:30 -0000

City's green energy effort comprehensive
Includes hybrid cars, wind and solar energy, and methane power from landfill
By Sara Foley (Contact)
Sunday, June 21, 2009

CORPUS CHRISTI — The city has a plan to shrink its carbon footprint by buying hybrid cars, using wind energy and lighting city parks and traffic signals with solar power.

The “Green City” program, which will go before the City Council for a vote Tuesday, calls for the city to reduce its energy usage by 5 percent and teach residents to cut energy costs.

The plan ties into Mayor Joe Adame’s vision for city pride, an increased emphasis on recycling and a cleaner city, he said.

“I think that anyone thinking along the lines of conserving energy is the kind of person who cleans up the city and has pride in it,” Adame said. “It’s all the same mindset as far as I’m concerned.”

The proposed energy management program includes tentative plans to place up to 15 wind turbines at the Cefe Valenzuela landfill, using methane gas at the Elliot Landfill to power a nearby wastewater treatment plant and installing solar-powered panels at school zone traffic signals and other sites. There’s also an idea for a large-scale solar energy project at the city airport.

The plan also asks the council to commit to buying hybrid or natural gas vehicles when it replaces outdated city cars. The city regularly replaces 100 to 150 cars a year and the plan calls for a portion of them to be eco-friendly models, which can cost about $10,000 more but use less fuel.

Councilman John Marez said the council reviewed how Austin shifted to hybrid vehicles and was interested in Corpus Christi doing the same.

“(Fuel costs) have been a big concern and hopefully hybrid vehicles could reduce the overall cost,” he said. “I think everyone on the council supports green living.”

The plan would also require a review of the city’s policy for personal use of city vehicles and rearrange city driving schedules and routes to reduce the $7 million annual fuel spending by 5 percent a year.

Part of the program would be a campaign to help city residents reduce their energy bills. That would be done with energy saving tips on the city’s Web site and programming on the city’s public access cable channel.

The city has been allocated $2.7 million in federal stimulus dollars for energy efficiency programs, which could pay for some of the changes. Another request for $500,000 in federal energy efficiency grants is pending.

The plans comply with statewide goals identified two years ago by the state Legislature, City Intergovernmental Relations Director Rudy Garza said.

May work here in Austin

Re: Runoff: LeeandBrew

Bluefalcon — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:58:03 -0000

Its funny how a 18% stake in a boondoggle keeps paying off. According to Austin Energy; we paid 15 million for boondoggle electricity, which supplied 27% of our power. On the other hand, we paid 275 million for natural gas, that only supplied 26% of our power. Funny how that boondoggle saved us from spending half a billion dollars on our power needs. Of course without the boondoggle we would have ended up picking up the slack with coal on the open market. And all the "renewable" power in Texas couldn't power half the homes in Austin. P.S. not a fan of Carole.

Re: Runoff: LeeandBrew

Paul Schultz — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:13:53 -0000

Uh, didn't Carole get us into the biggest boondoggle Austin has ever seen? The NUKE! How could you even think of supporting her??

Re: Howa McCracken can win

Michelle Greer — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:46:44 -0000

Brewster didn't really "use" me per se; I volunteered because I am concerned.

If we aren't proactive, we'll get swallowed with the rest.

Re: Howa McCracken can win

Phillip Martin — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:54:28 -0000

True, but the post said Mavs down 3-1...

(it was one of the numerous errors w/in the post)

Re: Howa McCracken can win

ursel — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:45:57 -0000

McCracken should just go away....I think he's a sham :)

Re: Howa McCracken can win

Paul Schultz — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:02:48 -0000

This may be the stupidest thing I've ever read. Brain Rodgers and Linda Curtis powerhouse mailing list? What candidates have benefited from that? And Max, the last time you ran for Mayor you got like 10% of the vote. Give me a break.

Re: Howa McCracken can win

anon — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:46:05 -0000

That is true, but the Mavs are down 3-0 and no one has ever came back from a 3-0 deficit in the NBA playoffs, and Brewster cannot comeback either

Re: Howa McCracken can win

Phillip Martin — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:37:24 -0000

Lots of teams have come back from 3-1 before, including the Rockets back in The Dream days. The Red Sox came back from 3-0 to beat the Yankees in the ALCS and go on to win their first World Series in 86 years.

Re: RUNOFF: Leffingwell vs Strayhorn

KCM — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:04:25 -0000

Nice premature call! What was this based on, your hope?

Re: Vote Tomorrow!! But for Whom??

Kedron Touvell — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:19:06 -0000

Not sure why you're comparing Lee against yourself, rather than the candidates he's actually running against. Certainly the environmental movement had many successes 15 years ago; unfortunately many of them were ephemeral and wiped out by the State Legislature and Governor Bush. We're still suffering from the after effects of that time. Anyway, if you want some more information on Lee's environmental platform, please view this website: http://www.austinenvironment.org/mayor . One major difference between him and his main opponents is that he gave us the courtesy of filling out the questionnaire. The other things you left out (and unfortunately, his campaign website as well) are his support for alternate transportation (bikes and rail, with a 2010 bond election), his leadership on open space bond acquisition (including the recent 2000+ acre easement acquisition of the Dahlstrom Ranch), his leadership on water conservation (this was a full task force that produced implemented recommendations, not related to the EPA mandated piping projects), his leadership on zero-waste and the recent price revisions for solid waste service. As for air quality, much of the local effort is coordinated at the regional level not just the city, but I think that supporting alternate transportation, as well as biodiesel and solar energy plants are a good start. He has also stated that Austin Energy needs to start formulating a plan to decommission Fayette.

Re: Think about this…

Jude — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:41:54 -0000

This is worth checking out.

Ideas For Austin

Re: what the polls say

Ed Cowan — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:48:29 -0000

Lee Leffingwell is a man of character, great intelligence, and considerable energy and will make an excellent mayor. Go, Leffingwell, go!

Re: Think about this…

Paul Schultz — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:08:49 -0000

Max,
I hate to tell you this but the City has preserved tens of thousands of acres over the Barton Springs portion of the Edwards Aquifer since you left office. That's hardly greenwashing, its green preserving. They've also banned coal tar bases sealants, established new rules for development on the Drinking Water Protection Zone, prohibited big box retail over the aquifer, and so on and so on. Protecting the environment hardly ended when you left office.

Re: Brian Rodgers endorses Carole

jojo — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:07:23 -0000

Brewster McCracken endorses self!
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Re: Think about this…

Kelley — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:49:21 -0000

Hey Max, reading this from New Zealand, it's simply bizarre that we stand a chance to have Carole Keeton <whatever-her-last-name-is-this-time-around> again as Mayor. Gee the more things change, the more they stay the same..... Kelley