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We strike water!
Oct 24th
Jimmy’s Well Service of Bastrop, Texas brought their water drilling rig to our land at 1191 Shiloh Road, Cedar Creek, TX 78612 and drilled a 380′ water well that came in at an awesome flow of 60 gallons per minute (gpm). Normally wells come in around 15-30 gpm so this was an exceptional result.
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Democrats gather at Mitzi VanSants in Smithville
Aug 10th
Mitzi VanSant’s charming Smithville home was the gathering place for Democratic Candidates for office for US Senate, Texas Supreme Court, US House of Representatives, Bastrop County Sheriff, and Bastrop District Judge. This is the first video in an 8 part series of videos of the event. It will feature appearances by Chris Duggan, Wayne Smith, Lloyd Doggett, Joe Doherty, Susan Shelton, Linda Yanez, Rick Noriega and Mitzi VanSant among others.
The first video in the series features Susan Shelton, a leading Democratic strategist who gives us an overview of how the Democrats will gain control of Texas in the upcoming elections.
How to Make an Electoral Revolution – Bastrop event
Aug 1st
“How to Make An Electoral Revolution”
Sponsored by Independent Texans
Sunday, June 8, 10 am to 5 pm
This event was held at the Aqua Water Coop, 415 Old Austin Highway, Bastrop, Texas Call us at 512-535-0989 or 512-657-2089 – click on any of the links below to see videos of the event, there are 21 10-minute videos in all, published to several video sharing websites such as Youtube.
12:30 Stopping Stinko Sweetheart Deals
Brian Rodgers & Paul Walhus for Stop Domain Subsidies
1 Brian Rodgers – Stop Domain Subsidies 1 of 3
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
2 Brian Rodgers – Stop Domain Subsidies 2 of 3
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
3 Brian Rodgers – Stop Domain Subsidies 3 of 3
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
4 Paul Walhus – Stop Domain Subsidies 1 of 1
YouTube, Yahoo, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
1:30 Voter Contact: Where the Rubber Meets the Road!
Nancy Robbins, Ron Paul activist
5 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 1 of 4
YouTube, Yahoo, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
6 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 2 of 4
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
7 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 3 of 4
Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
8 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 4 of 4
MySpace, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
10:30 How Ron Paul Made the Revolution
Chuck Young, Ron Paul activist
9 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul Paul campaign 1 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
10 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul Paul campaign 2 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
11 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul Paul campaign 3 of 4
Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
12 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul campaign 4 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
2:30 How to Protest Perry
Merry Anne Bright & Jan Tracy, Piney Woods Alliance
3 Piney Woods 1 of 2
Yahoo, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
14 Piney Woods 2 of 2
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
2:45 Taking Power: Electoral and Electrical
David Schraub (on solar farming) & Jere Locke (on Climate 1Sky)
15 Solar Farming 1 of 3
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
16 Solar Farming 2 of 3
Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
17 Solar Farming 3 of 3
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
8 Global Warming 1 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
19 Global Warming 2 of 4
Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
20 Global Warming 3 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
21 Global Warming 4 of 4
Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast
3:45 Winning Elections to Protect Your Water Rights
Marie Day, Lavaca County Taxpayers, Inc.
4:30 State Independent Convention Planning, September 6
10 Political Independence: What’s Obama, Kucinich and Paul got to do with it?!
Linda Curtis, Independent Texans
11:00 How Youth Organizes (for Arlan Foster), Arlan Foster, HD 18 Candidate
Eric Price & Clayton Scott, and other high school student activists
12:00 How Citizen’s Lobby Congress & the Texas Legislature
Ann Del Llano, Esq., Capitol City Solutions
Judith McGeary, Esq., Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Lloyd Doggett at Baxters on Main
Mar 3rd
Lloyd Doggett talks to Texas Democrats at Bastrop’s Baxter on Main.
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
The Bastrop Democrats roadmap to the election
Feb 25th
Texas Independence Birthday Party!!!
Sunday, March 2 will be the date of the Bastrop Democrats first large fundraising event for the party in 2008 at Baxters on Main in Bastrop. Tickets are $35 per person. Click here to see and print a flyer that will fill in the details for you. Sign up you, your family, your company, your neighbors and your friends to celebrate the candidates, the voters and the public servants. Congressman Lloyd Doggett will be the special guest. Bastrop Democrats are seeking your sponsorship so that they can provide year ’round support for their growing base of Democratic voters in Bastrop County.
BastropBuilder will be videotaping the event and you can see it here, on BATV (Bastrop Access TV), Austin Access TV, and on this blog. BastropBuilder will see you there!!
March 4, 2008
Texas Presidential Primary
7am – 7pm
Precinct Voting Polls
Bastrop County
Click here to see list of voting locations
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County Precinct Caucuses
7:15 pm at your
Precinct Voting Poll in
Bastrop County. Click here to see a list of Precinct Caucus Locations. They are the same as the precinct voting locations. Cast your vote again for the presidential candidate of your choice, by electing delegates pledged to him/her and likely needed to win the nomination.
Turn out may be large with long lines to vote after the polls close. The caucuses will start as soon as the last voter casts his/her ballot. Be there to support your candidate and offer your resolutions to be considered for inclusion in the party platform. See you there!
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After the caucus, come to Baxters Restaurant downtown where all Democrats are welcomed to meet for an after-election gathering to watch results at the Bastrop Advertiser (just behind the Baxter’s patio) and celebrate the election winners. Baxter’s has graciously agreed to provide grilled burgers and a bar at reasonable rates for hungry election workers. Join us to watch the returns and enjoy the company.
March 29, 2008
Bastrop County Democratic Convention
Aqua Water Conf. Rm
Bastrop, TX
June 5 – 7, 2008
Texas State Democratic Convention
Austin, TX
August 25 – 28, 2008
Democratic National
Convention
Denver, CO
November 4, 2008
U. S. Presidential Election
7am – 7pm
Precinct Voting Polls
Bastrop County
Democratic Rally in Elgin TX
Feb 25th
BastropBuilder.com attended the Democratic Rally on Sunday, February 24 from 4 to 7 pm at Veterans Park on Main Street in historic downtown Elgin, Texas. We met and interviewed candidates and campaign staff for Congressional District 10, State Representative District 17, Railroad Commissioner, State Supreme Court Justice, Court of Appeals Judge, 423rd District Judge and Bastrop County Sheriff.
We discussed issues of concern to BastropBuilder.com: law enforcement, domestic terrorism, subdivisions, water well regulations, home owners associations, and more. We will be doing followup interviews with all these candidates on topics of concern to Bastrop builders, realtors and developers.
Listen to the podcast we recorded at the event and find out where the candidates stand on the issues. You can also click on the play button on the podcast player just below.
Coming soon: a video podcast of the event (which we’re editing now) and more interviews on issues of concern to builders, realtors, developers and citizens of Bastrop County.
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
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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