Get the Facts Bastrop! Without open government, there is NO government.

When you see these signs, remember this warning. Developers are not the problem. It's the City Council members who front for them.

Councilman John Kirkland raised nearly half his campaign funds from developers doing business with the City of Bastrop. (See Kirkland's 30-day report HERE).

As of April 3, Kirkland has raised $8400, far surpassing anyone running in any race for City Council including Bastrop Mayor.

At the last city council meeting, Citizen Lyle Nelson spoke briefly asking that Council Members taking contributions with the developer to simply disclose whether they had taken campaign contributions from the developer on the agenda. Kirkland and Plunkett were mute. Councilman Kevin Plunkett transferred $3900 to Kirkland from his officeholder account. But the last report of Plunkett's -- that appears online at the City HERE -- was in 2023. In that report it appears that at least $2500 of Plunkett's money is from two developers who have regular business at City Hall. One of them is involved in a large and very current project and the other is the Gateway Project behind Buc'ees. But our beef is not with the developers. it's with Kirkland and Plunkett.

Get the facts Bastrop! The nonprofit, nonpartisan League of Independent Voters has written extensively about the closed door antics of 3 of 5 Bastrop City Council members -- with plenty of documentation HERE.

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