AustinVoter com Surveys Austin Candidates Makes Endorsements
Released on = May 10, 2006, 11:21 am
Press Release Author = AustinVoter.com
Industry = Government
Press Release Summary = AustinVoter.com surveyed each of the Austin City Council and Austin Mayor candidates. Each candidate was asked of his or her postion on the Austin City Charter propositions, single member districts, and a Taxpayer protections Act. Based on these answers AustinVoter.com issued endorsements.
Press Release Body = FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5/10/06
AustinVoter.com surveyed each of the Austin City Council and Austin Mayor candidates. Each candidate was asked of his or her position on the Austin City Charter propositions, single member districts, and a Taxpayer protections Act for the City of Austin. Based on these answers, AustinVoter.com issued its endorsements.
Austin, Texas - 5/10/06
AustinVoter.com makes the following recommendations with regards to the Austin City Charter propositions
May 2006 City Charter Proposition 1-No Proposition 2-No Proposition 3-Yes Proposition 4-No Proposition 5-Yes Proposition 6-No Opinion Proposition 7-Yes
AustinVoter.com endorses the following candidates:
Austin Mayor-Will Wynn Ausitn City Council Place 2- Wes Benedict (with our strongest endorsement) Austin City Councel Place 5-No endorsement Austin City Council Plance 6- Sheryl Cole
AustinVoter.com sent each candidate a survey of issues on 4/27/06 via e-mail.
Each Candidate was asked:
1. Their position on each charter proposition.
2. Do they support single member districts for Austin City Council?
3. Do they support requiring voter approval before the city can increase total revenue (i.e. taxes and fees) more than the combined rates of increase of inflation and population?
Candidates that did not respond where then contacted by e-mail and phone. A summary of the candidate responses can be found at http://www.gizmophd.com/voter1/May06Survey.htm
Candidates Who Responded:
Will Wynn-Mayor Wes Benedict-Place 2 Mark Hopkins-Place 5 Colin Kalmbacher-Place 5 Kedron Touvell-Place 5 Sheryl Cole-Place 6 Darrell Pierce-Place 6
Candidates Who Did not Respond:
Jennifer Gale-Mayor-No Response Danny Thomas-Mayor-No Response Brewster McCracken-Place 5 -No Response DeWayne Lofton-Place 6-No Response
About AustinVoter.com:
AustinVoter.com is working to be your one stop place to get informed on all issues (local, state, and national) that impact voters in the Austin, Texas area. We come at these issues from the perspective of a \"Pragmatic Libertarian.\"
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