Concerned that Hays County is likely to loose its attainment status under the federal Clean Air Act, Hays County commissioners are asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve a standard by which the county wouldn’t be penalized for air pollution in Austin.
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.
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.
After slightly more than three years of battling on the Hays County Commissioners Court, it came down to Tuesday’s vote between County Judge Liz Sumter and Precinct 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton for the Democratic county judge nomination. After Barton won, he said he had “a great conversation” with Sumter.
Republican Hays County judge candidates Bert Cobb and Peggy Jones spoke in depth with San Marcos Local News about the issues leading up to the March 2 primary election. The winner will take on the Democratic nominee, either Hays County Judge Liz Sumter or Precinct 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton, in the November election.
Organizers of an initiative to place San Marcos CISD in the Austin Community College District will soon announce a petition drive with hopes of putting the matter on the November ballot. About 2,000 voters within San Marcos CISD would have to sign the petition by April 9.
Buda residents wary of more industrial development than allowed by the city’s master plan and opposed to the construction of a 500,000-square-foot US Foodservice facility suffered a blow dealt by the United States Third Court of Appeals Monday.
San Marcos resident and Texas State professor Rebecca Bell-Metereau said the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is missing the point about education, so she’s running for a seat on the board.
New figures from the Texas State Data Center released this week show that Hays County has topped 150,000 residents after starting the young century with fewer than 100,000.
The San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recently cut a ribbob for My Texas News, an online news publication. Owner Greg Hardin was accompanied by colleague Susi Thames in cutting the ceremonial ribbon.
