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Campaign Finance

Vela takes big lead in fundraising for D4 special election

Seven candidates vie to replace Council Member Greg Casar This story was updated at 4:35 pm, December 30th to reflect corrected fundraising totals for Monica...

Council candidates raised nearly $1.2 million

All results tallied through final pre-election campaign finance reports In round figures the 18 active candidates running for the five seats on the Austin City...

Council candidates so far raised $930,000

District 10 candidates pulled in 43 percent of all contributions The 19 candidates running for five seats on the Austin City Council have so far...

City Council Tackles Charter Recommendations

City Council Tackles Charter Recommendations

Redistricting Expert, Charter Revision Committee Members,
and Grass-roots Group Critical of Task Force Plan


By Ken Martin
© The Austin Bulldog
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012, 9:30 pm

Although the City Council could wait until August to set the ballot for the City Charter revisions to be put before voters in November, action is already moving forward.

Seven items were on the April 26 council meeting agenda that dealt with recommendations offered by the 2012 Charter Revision Committee. Four were passed, two were postponed, and one was withdrawn in the face of strong opposition and advice from outside counsel.