May 7, 2008

TEXAS POLITICS TODAY on the Austin Elections This Week

By deece

Lots of elections this Saturday in Austin:

  • Three seats on the Austin City Council — Place 1, Place 3 and Place 4. 
  • One contested seat on the Austin Community College Board of Trustees — Place 1
  • One contested seat on the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees — Place 3
  • $343 million in AISD bond issues

TEXAS POLITICS TODAY takes a quick look at all the races and the key issues.  Our guest is Wells Dunbar of the Austin Chronicle, who has been covering all these local races. 

TEXAS POLITICS TODAY airs on Wednesday from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. CDT on KOOP, Austin’s community radio station.  KOOP is at 91.7 on the FM dial and streams live over the Internet at www.koop.org.   

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