New Council Members speak out
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Following their success in this weekend's election, Tom Matzen and Marie Lowman gave us their thoughts and some insight on their intentions as new members of Bee Cave City Council, in response to this question: "how you expect your election to impact the City and the issues it faces in 2104(sic)?;
Voting numbers down 50%
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With the final numbers still to come in,local pudits are projecting total votes cast at just over 500 - almost half of the 2103 number. Tom Matzen and Marie Lowman join Council with a 2 year and one year term respectively. Bill Goodwin and Mayor Caroline Murphy are both returned for two years.
Election Update - election day results
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Here are the final results
Election day Saturday May 10th - early voting at half of 2013 level as predicted
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Saturday May 10th is election day in the City of Bee Cave and for the LTISD Board. Voting is at City Hall and any Travis County location (LINK to list) from 7 to 7.
Early votes in the City Council election totaled 369 versus 666 last year when the Covert issue was raging. Falconhead West votes are down by 60+%. Almost exactly as we predicted based on the attendance at the Candidate Forum two weeks ago.
Thefts from cars on the rise
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Area residents speaking on our Facebook group and in other places continue to report a rise in opportunistic thefts from cars in area parking lots - retail, gyms and others.
