Election predictions: Local and not-so-local
Early voting for the Republican and Democratic primaries got underway Monday in Kyle, but there were more volunteers holding signs at mid-day than there were folks standing in line to vote.
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Bob Barton
It’s time to say yes to changes in alcohol sales rules
Of Cabbages and Kings By BOB BARTON This month is crowded with elections – Hays school board, Republican and Democratic primaries in strange and odd-shaped precincts, and a local option proposition involving the expansion of restaurant opportunities in the City of Kyle. Early voting on all except the party primaries is already underway – [...]
History and politics in the making
I’ve waited nigh on to a lifetime to use this favorite quotation from my hero Mark Twain, spawned when a false rumor spread that he had kicked the bucket.
Elections in the hands of tech geeks
I’ve been observing and sometimes participating in the redistricting of congressional, legislative, county and more recently, city governmental bodies, on a once every decade basis since 1960.
Let the residents decide where their boundaries lie
Three dozen or so precisely drawn county redistricting plans later, the Hays County Commissioners Court is nearing the end of the once-a-decade challenge of ultimately recreating the boundaries of the four county commissioner precincts which will mark their fiefdoms for the next 10 years.
Redistricting handiwork could change county climate
Today, if the taxpayers are lucky, the legislature will call it quits and go home.
District lines represent poor politics
Release of additional census data relating to the racial and ethnic breakdown of Hays County’s current 36 voting precincts, as well as the makeup of three new and controversial congressional districts, is beginning to result in some burning of midnight oil by both political leaders and average citizens.
Dividing Hays County
Ten years ago the Hays County Commissioners Court spent much of the summer in battle between its four Republican members over redistricting the 36 bailiwicks from which commissioners are elected.
City elections should be non-partisan
Attempts to turn Kyle city elections from their long standing non-partisan traditions, which go back nearly 100 years, fell flat as a flitter last weekend as three incumbents racked up victories at the polls.
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