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KVET’s Bucky and Bob Show comes to Baxters on Main 2
Dec 16th
This is the full 40 minute video of Bob Cole and Bucky Godbolt from KVET appearing at Baxters on Main in Bastrop, Texas on Friday, August 1, 2008. Ronnie Macdonald, Bastrop County Judge, and Terry Orr, Bastrop Mayor, stepped up to the mic on this early morning Austin radio talk show. Click on the link below to play.
KVET’s Bucky and Bob Show comes to Baxters on Main
Oct 1st
Bob Cole and Bucky Godbolt brought the KVET traveling show to Bastrop, TX on August 1, 2008. We’re going to run a 5 part series on this event starting with their interview with Bastrop County Judge Ronnie Macdonald. Much more to come in the coming days.
Bastrop, Texas candidates forum – part 1
Sep 23rd
This is part 1 or a 2 part series on the Bastrop, Texas Candidates Forum on Sunday, Sept 21, 2008.
Stay tuned for the 2nd video in this series in a few days. Also, we’ll be submitting this to BCAT – Bastrop Community Access TV.
Bastrop Chamber Candidate meet up
Aug 3rd
High Definition Video of the candidates meetup
Audio Podcast of the Candidates meetup
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce Political Forum
Tue, Feb 26 2008 in Bastrop, 4:00 pm to 6:45 pm
Sponsored by the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee. At First National Bank, 489 Hwy 71 W. Voters were able to come meet and hear from candidates for local, state-wide and federal offices.
BastropBuilder.com has contacted Cable Channel 10 in Bastrop and Bastrop Access TV has agreed to carry this video and the video from the Democratic meetup in Elgin from Sunday February 24. Check back on this website for dates and times.
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Mar 5th
ELECTION RESULTS
Results: March 2008 Primary
Bastrop County
SUMMARY REPORT STATISTICS
(ELECTION DAY)
RUN DATE:03/04/08 10:27 PM
VOTES PERCENT
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 21) . . . . . 21 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 38,695
REGISTERED VOTERS - REPUBLICAN PARTY . 0
REGISTERED VOTERS - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . 0
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 9,052
BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN PARTY . . . 2,700 29.83
BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . . . 6,352 70.17
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 23.39
********** (REPUBLICAN PARTY) **********
President
VOTE FOR 1
Alan Keyes . . . . . . . . . . 14 .52
Hugh Cort . . . . . . . . . . 2 .07
Mike Huckabee . . . . . . . . . 1,021 38.13
Mitt Romney. . . . . . . . . . 26 .97
Ron Paul. . . . . . . . . . . 405 15.12
Fred Thompson . . . . . . . . . 29 1.08
Rudy Giuliani . . . . . . . . . 13 .49
Duncan Hunter . . . . . . . . . 8 .30
John McCain. . . . . . . . . . 1,132 42.27
Hoa Tran. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Uncommitted (No Comprometido). . . . 28 1.05
United States Senator
VOTE FOR 1
Larry Kilgore . . . . . . . . . 675 27.85
John Cornyn. . . . . . . . . . 1,749 72.15
US Representative Dist 10
VOTE FOR 1
Michael T. McCaul. . . . . . . . 660 100.00
US Representative Dist 25
VOTE FOR 1
George L. Morovich . . . . . . . 1,274 100.00
Railroad Commissioner
VOTE FOR 1
Michael L. Williams . . . . . . . 1,935 100.00
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
VOTE FOR 1
Wallace B. Jefferson. . . . . . . 1,904 100.00
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
VOTE FOR 1
Dale Wainwright . . . . . . . . 1,889 100.00
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
VOTE FOR 1
Phil Johnson . . . . . . . . . 1,866 100.00
Criminal Appeals Judge Place 3
VOTE FOR 1
Tom Price . . . . . . . . . . 1,857 100.00
Criminal Appeals Judge Place 4
VOTE FOR 1
Paul Womack. . . . . . . . . . 1,551 75.77
Robert Francis. . . . . . . . . 496 24.23
Criminal Appeals Judge Place 9
VOTE FOR 1
Cathy Cochran . . . . . . . . . 1,859 100.00
State Representative Dist 17
VOTE FOR 1
Tim Kleinschmidt . . . . . . . . 1,944 100.00
Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals Dist
VOTE FOR 1
Ken Law . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854 100.00
District Judge, 335th Judicial District
VOTE FOR 1
Reva L. Towslee Corbett. . . . . . 1,873 100.00
District Judge, 423rd Judicial District
VOTE FOR 1
Charlotte G. Hinds . . . . . . . 1,113 47.79
Derek Van Gilder . . . . . . . . 1,216 52.21
Sheriff
VOTE FOR 1
Terry Pickering . . . . . . . . 1,639 65.48
Rosanna L. Abreo . . . . . . . . 864 34.52
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
VOTE FOR 1
Willie Pina. . . . . . . . . . 494 100.00
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 3
VOTE FOR 1
Don Loucks . . . . . . . . . . 443 100.00
Constable, Precinct No. 1
VOTE FOR 1
Dan "Ranger" Hall. . . . . . . . 487 100.00
County Chairman
VOTE FOR 1
Albert L. Ellison. . . . . . . . 1,864 100.00
********** (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) **********
President
VOTE FOR 1
Bill Richardson . . . . . . . . 26 .41
Hillary Clinton . . . . . . . . 3,272 52.15
Joe Biden . . . . . . . . . . 16 .26
Barack Obama . . . . . . . . . 2,833 45.15
John Edwards . . . . . . . . . 118 1.88
Christopher J. Dodd . . . . . . . 9 .14
United States Senator
VOTE FOR 1
Ray McMurrey . . . . . . . . . 696 13.73
Gene Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 1,270 25.05
Richard J. (Rick) Noriega . . . . . 2,580 50.90
Rhett R. Smith. . . . . . . . . 523 10.32
US Representative Dist 10
VOTE FOR 1
Larry Joe Doherty. . . . . . . . 1,161 73.95
Dan Grant . . . . . . . . . . 409 26.05
US Representative Dist 25
VOTE FOR 1
Lloyd Doggett . . . . . . . . . 3,426 100.00
Railroad Commissioner
VOTE FOR 1
Art Hall. . . . . . . . . . . 888 19.29
Dale Henry . . . . . . . . . . 1,258 27.33
Mark Thompson . . . . . . . . . 2,457 53.38
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
VOTE FOR 1
Jim Jordan . . . . . . . . . . 4,270 100.00
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
VOTE FOR 1
Sam Houston. . . . . . . . . . 3,198 66.24
Baltasar D. Cruz . . . . . . . . 1,630 33.76
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
VOTE FOR 1
Linda Reyna Yanez. . . . . . . . 2,001 42.30
Susan Criss. . . . . . . . . . 2,729 57.70
Criminal Appeals Judge Place 3
VOTE FOR 1
Susan Strawn . . . . . . . . . 4,103 100.00
Criminal Appeals Judge Place 4
VOTE FOR 1
J.R. Molina. . . . . . . . . . 4,205 100.00
State Representative Dist 17
VOTE FOR 1
Donnie Dippel . . . . . . . . . 2,612 53.74
Latreese A. Cooke. . . . . . . . 2,248 46.26
Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals Dist
VOTE FOR 1
Woodie Jones . . . . . . . . . 4,151 100.00
District Judge, 21st Judicial District
VOTE FOR 1
Terry L. Flenniken . . . . . . . 4,264 100.00
District Judge, 423rd Judicial District
VOTE FOR 1
Ernie Bogart . . . . . . . . . 2,185 40.34
Chris Duggan . . . . . . . . . 3,231 59.66
Sheriff
VOTE FOR 1
Wayne Smith. . . . . . . . . . 1,892 34.84
Tommy Oates. . . . . . . . . . 2,128 39.18
Glenn "Skip" Wobus . . . . . . . 1,411 25.98
County Tax Assessor-Collector
VOTE FOR 1
Linda Harmon . . . . . . . . . 4,879 100.00
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
VOTE FOR 1
Dock Jackson . . . . . . . . . 737 54.03
Willie "Bill" Peterson . . . . . . 627 45.97
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 3
VOTE FOR 1
Martin Brown . . . . . . . . . 571 40.96
John Klaus . . . . . . . . . . 823 59.04
Constable, Precinct No. 2
VOTE FOR 1
August "Gus" Meduna . . . . . . . 1,210 100.00
Constable, Precinct No. 3
VOTE FOR 1
Matthew Henderson. . . . . . . . 950 71.16
John Wesley McRee. . . . . . . . 385 28.84
Constable, Precinct No. 4
VOTE FOR 1
Roy Pruneda. . . . . . . . . . 1,129 100.00
County Chairman
VOTE FOR 1
Martha E. VanSant. . . . . . . . 4,273 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 1001
VOTE FOR 1
Lillie Dale Barnett . . . . . . . 271 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 1013
VOTE FOR 1
Gwendolyn L. Smith . . . . . . . 220 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 1014
VOTE FOR 1
Sam Owen West . . . . . . . . . 241 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 1021
VOTE FOR 1
Joni F. Ashbrook . . . . . . . . 183 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 2003
VOTE FOR 1
Ruth Sawyer Burns. . . . . . . . 216 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 2011
VOTE FOR 1
Connie L. McMillin . . . . . . . 122 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 2016
VOTE FOR 1
Anne P. Beck . . . . . . . . . 81 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 3005
VOTE FOR 1
Forrest Douglas Arnold . . . . . . 329 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 3010
VOTE FOR 1
Linda K. Laughinghouse . . . . . . 225 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 3019
VOTE FOR 1
Sherri Baker Bryant . . . . . . . 295 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 4006
VOTE FOR 1
Annie Lee Haywood. . . . . . . . 351 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 4008
VOTE FOR 1
Ivy Ann Cronin. . . . . . . . . 154 100.00
Precinct Chair PRECINCT NO. 4015
VOTE FOR 1
Marsha Henson Correira . . . . . . 158 100.00
********** (REPUBLICAN PARTY) **********
IMMIGRATION
VOTE FOR 1
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,379 95.39
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 4.61
PHOTO ID
VOTE FOR 1
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,293 91.87
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 8.13
CONTROLLING GOVERNMENT GROWTH
VOTE FOR 1
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,288 92.89
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 7.11
Lloyd Doggett at Baxters on Main
Mar 3rd
Lloyd Doggett talks to Texas Democrats at Bastrop’s Baxter on Main.
Texas Independence Birthday Party
Mar 3rd
The Bastrop County Democratic Party put on a birthday bash at Baxters in Bastrop on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
Bastrop Democrat candidates speak in Elgin
Feb 27th
Bastrop’s Democatic candidates spoke at an outside event at Elgin’s main downtown park on Sunday, Feb. 24.
Democratic Links
Feb 27th
Democratic Links
Request a Voter Registration Application
Solicite una Aplicacion de Registro del Votante en Espanol
Candidates
Woodie Jones for Chief Justice of the Third Court of Appeals
Larry Joe Doherty for Congress
Dan Grant for Congress
Judge Susan Criss for Texas Supreme Court
Ernie Bogart for District Judge
Chris Duggan for District Judge
Dock Jackson for County Commissioner Pct. 1
Elected Officials
US Representative Lloyd Doggett
State Representative Robby Cook
Justice Diane Henson
Justice Jan Patterson
Political Organizations
Bastrop County Democratic Party
HouseDemocrats.gov
Texas Democratic Party
Woman’s National Democratic Club
Texas Democratic Women
Texas Coalition of Black Democrats
Young Democrats of America
Texas Young Democrats
Progressive Democrats of America
Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party
MoveOn.org
The Misleader
People for the American Way
Government Organizations
Texas Legislature
Federal Election Commission
Lost Pines Groundwater District
U.S. House
U.S. Senate
Media
Air America
Democratic Talk Radio
Resources
United States Constitution
Texas Constitution
Envision Central Texas
Crawford Peace House
TransTexas Corridor Watch
Primary Elections in Bastrop County, Texas
Feb 24th
Bastrop Elections – early voting begins Feb 19 and the primary is March 4
SheriffRepublican – Rosanna Abreo vs. Terry Pickering. Abreo is the incumbent and Terry Pickering is a Travis county veteran deputy sheriff.Democrat – Stg. Glenn “Skip” Wobus vs. Tommy Oates, a former DPS Trooper.
Pct 1 Justice of the Peace Wayne Smith, Retired FBI agent and former Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace
423rd District Court Republican – Derek Van Guilder, Bastrop Lawyer vs Charlotte Hinds, appointed to the post last year by Rick PerryDemocrat – Ernie Bogart, Elgin Attorney, vs. Chris Duggan, Travis county assistant district attorney.
Pct 3 Commissioner Democrat – Incumbent John Klaus vs. Martin Brown
Precinct 1 CommissionerDemocrat – Bastrop Council member Dock Jackson vs. Willie Peterson of Bastrop
PresidentDemocrat – Hillary Clinton vs. Barack ObamaRepublican – John McCain vs. Mike Huckabee vs. Ron Paul
The Bastrop Community Calendar
Oct 11th
10/14/2006
Pine Street Market Days
Details: Antiques – Handcraft – Pottery – Woodcraft – Plants – Carnival & Depression Glass. Takes place on Pine Street Between Main and Water Street. Market Days have booths set up on both sides of Pine Street between Main and Water Street. The street is blocked off for vehicle traffic.
For more information:
Phone: 512-303-623310/16/2006
Volunteer Meeting for Holiday Musical
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Details: Even if you don’t want to be on stage, but would like to participate in this years HOLIDAY MUSICAL, there are many volunteer positions available. The production will be very large and is growing every day. We need team players. All levels of talent and dedication are needed, from people who have as little as one evening to commit, to those who would like to be in charge of an aspect of the productions. If you’d like to volunteer, please arrive at the Bastrop Opera House at 711 Springs street 5:30 p.m. or contact Engela at 303-5516.
For more information:
Contact Person: Engela Edwards Phone: 303-5516 E-Mail: info@easytheatre.com
Web Site: easytheatre.com/boh-info.html10/16/2006
Adult Auditions for Holiday Musical
Time: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Details: AUDITIONS for the Holiday Musical, Bastrop Opera House, 711 Spring Street. Monday, October 16, ADULTS – 8:00 until 10:00 p.m. Arrive 15 minutes early. Rehearsals start Tuesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. Some roles are already cast. We need actors, singers, dancers, comedians, puppet masters, magicians, musicians, choirs, and more. You don’t need to be able to do it all. We’re looking for primary characters, supporting characters, and specialty acts. This is a large cast show. If you’d like to be a soloist or novelty act, please bring 1 minute of a prepared piece. The musical is about the townspeople of Bastrop staging a Christmas Pageant in the 1890s, complete with carols, nativity, and Santa. The show is a rollicking frolicking Holiday-Musical-Comedy from the creators of Marvelous Matriculation Musical and Dancin’ Café, john daniels, jr. & Engela Edwards. This is a production of the Bastrop Opera House Spring Street Players, and is not a dinner theatre production. Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays – December 1-16, 2006.
For more information:
Contact Person: Engela Edwards Phone: 303-5516 E-Mail: info@easytheatre.com
Web Site: easytheatre.com/boh-info.html
The Bastrop Community Calendar of upcoming events at the Bastrop Texas Network.
End family discrimination in Bastrop County, Texas
Oct 7th
Help end discrimination against families in Bastrop County. The U. S. Fair Housing Act provides protection for families. You cannot refuse a tenant or home buyer on the basis of family size.
You can help end discrimination in against large families (over 3 persons) in Bastrop County Texas and the rest of the United States. This isn’t just about Bastrop County. But Bastrop County can lead the nation in the fight against family discrimination! Sign our online petition now.
Bastrop Builder Blog heats up
Oct 7th
With the Longhorns down 10–7 in the Red River Shootout at half time, I’m busy creating a blog. What the heck, it’s better than watching commercials.
If you need a builder, architect or engineer give us a call (512.581.9617) and we’ll help you choose from the counties best builders, designers, and engineers.
The Bastrop Builder Blog is written by Paul Terry Walhus, award winning Urban Planner, Architect, and Web Developer. Paul is a resident of Bastrop County and is developing a 15 acre tract on Shiloh road with two large homes (3,200 sf and 4,400 sf), currently it has no address pending the completion of an all weather driveway.
Coming soon! Your complete guide to developing a subdivision in Bastrop County. This is a guide based on experience and will tell the tale of a real subdivision development project.
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