Hays County could lose a seat on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), now that the regional planning board has agreed to include Bastrop and Caldwell Counties.
San Marcos surgeon Bert Cobb took the lion’s share of the Republican primary vote against Kyle business owner Peggy Jones Tuesday to claim his nomination for Hays County judge. Surviving that Olympics, Cobb said he is preparing for another in November.
Hays County Sheriff Tommy Ratliff kept his losses low in Buda and was marginally favored across the county, winning the Democratic nomination to fill the rest of the term left unexpired when the late Sheriff Allen Bridges died in December 2008.
Patrick Rose took 79.7 percent of the vote against challenger Andrew Backus in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for his fifth straight nomination for his state representative seat.
In this letter to the editor, Susan Cook of Driftwood says it’s time to unseat Patrick Rose as the local state representative to the legislature and vote for Andrew Backus in the March 2 Democratic primary.
A county-appointed task force charged with locating a parcel for a shooting sports complex has put forth an open records request to learn of the parcels under consideration for wildlife conservation habitat. The shooting sports task force hopes to co-locate a facility with habitat conservation land, saying no other funds are available for purchasing land.
Charles Leslie Gault will serve 22 years for making methamphetamine after law enforcement noticed a foul chemical smell emanating from a pop-up trailer in Dripping Springs. He went on the run for two years before he was caught in Williamson County.
Long-time Hays County resident Gwen Smith received the Spirit of San Marcos Award from San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz after the screening of her interview on “Voices of Hays County” recently at the Price Seniors Center.
Two Hays County citizens committees — the Parks and Open Space Advisory Board (POSAB) and the Shooting Sports Task Force (SSTF) — are at odds about how the county should spend the remaining $8.4 million out of $30 million in parks and open space money approved by voters in May 2007.
Focus group meetings concerning a comprehensive plan update for Dripping Springs are scheduled now that two town hall meetings and a community survey have been completed. The focus groups will concentrate on specific issues to be addressed in the update.
