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Bastrop & Elgin Independent School District Elections
ELECTION DAY IS THIS SATURDAY, MAY 6TH! We REALLY like these two candidates for Bastrop Independent School District Board. They are...
Linda Curtis
May 1, 20231 min read


Megalomaniacs Anonymous
Check out today's Wall Street Journal article (use a Chrome browser), "Elon Musk is Planning a Texas Utopia -- His Own Town." It explains...
Linda Curtis
Mar 9, 20232 min read


Dust off your boots and get to this event Thursday!
We are sending you this alert to ask you to attend a meeting about the Waste Transfer in Cedar Creek THIS Thursday, November at 6:30 pm...
Linda Curtis
Nov 12, 20171 min read


Show Up Bastrop County!
SHOW UP, Y’ALL Have you witnessed or been part of traffic accidents in this area of Highway 21 and FM 812? We request your attendance at...
Linda Curtis
Sep 16, 20171 min read


We have enough natural disasters, please don’t add man made ones!
WARNING! A permit application is on file with the TCEQ for a Waste Transfer Station in much of Cedar Creek’s flood plain and could be a...
Linda Curtis
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Breaking News in Bastrop!
The City of Bastrop just filed an amended agenda item for tomorrow’s City of Bastrop, Texas (Tuesday, August 15) meeting at 6:30 pm at...
Linda Curtis
Aug 14, 20171 min read
Cedar Creek Waste Transfer Station Petition
If you live in Bastrop County, especially in or near the Cedar Creek or Del Valle communities, please consider signing this petition. It...
Linda Curtis
Jul 5, 20173 min read


Congrats to Lyle Nelson and all of Bastrop!
Tom & Kelly Dawson with newly elected Bastrop City Councilman, Lyle Nelson, all residents of Hunters Crossing Yesterday’s historic runoff...
Linda Curtis
Jun 18, 20172 min read


Another dump in Cedar Creek? Vote for Lyle!
Reminder for you city of Bastrop Voters. Early voting in the historic Place 3 runoff for Bastrop City Council ended Lyle and Jennifer...
Linda Curtis
Jun 15, 20172 min read


Enjoy this Bastrop Update…get ready for the runoff!
We took some snippets of the swearing in ceremony of newly elected Bastrop See for yourselves – in these short clips. (Apologies for the...
Linda Curtis
May 18, 20171 min read


Welcome the New Bastrop Council!
It starts at 6:30 pm at Bastrop City Hall, 1311 Chestnut. Come on over and greet the new Mayor and Council! Agenda here. Please note that...
Linda Curtis
May 15, 20171 min read


Election Day Tomorrow. Clean Out the Barn!
Give the ‘good ol boys’ the boot! Election Day is tomorrow, Saturday, May 6. Polls are open from 7 am to 7 pm. Thank goodness early...
Linda Curtis
May 5, 20171 min read


Waking up, Smelling the Coffee!
Today, Tuesday, May 2, is the last day to vote early in local municipal and All elections are important. We have focused on the city of...
Linda Curtis
May 2, 20171 min read


Boot Em’ Out, those Not Good Ol’ Boys of Bastrop!
Give the ‘good ol boys’ the boot! Is it not time for the voters of the city of Bastrop to dust off their boots and give the NOT ‘good ol’...
Linda Curtis
Apr 23, 20171 min read


Unchain our hearts, two parties!
Thanks to all you outsiders who showed up last night to hear the Click on this picture — enjoy a tad of this recording of local resident,...
Linda Curtis
Apr 20, 20172 min read


Water Alert: Show up tomorrow night!
With early voting starting next Monday, we ask for your help to Tomorrow, Wednesday, at 7 pm the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation...
Linda Curtis
Oct 18, 20161 min read


Bastrop Council Meeting Canceled BUT…come to this Sept. 7!
The Bastrop City Council meeting tonight is CANCELED, for lack of a quorum. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR October 3rd: Independent Texans...
Linda Curtis
Aug 23, 20161 min read


Updates! Petition drives, sludge & the BIG news on the water defense front
Enjoy and share these updates from our website links on this page or from our Facebook page here. Let us ask you a question. What’s...
Linda Curtis
Jul 8, 20162 min read


The test case for disasters of all kinds: Bastrop
Bastrop seems to be the test case of all terrible things going on in Texas. Just this year, Bastrop has had three disasters declared from...
Linda Curtis
Jun 21, 20161 min read


Wednesday’s Water Hearing – y’all come and bring some!
►It’s been 3 years since End Op, L.P. filed its permit demand for 56,000 acre-feet of groundwater per year for 5 years. Meanwhile, the...
Linda Curtis
Jun 13, 20162 min read
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