• Home
  • :
  • :
  • Member Center
  • :
  • Make This Your Home Page
  • :
  • Special Offers


Austin News

Cars.com
cars.com  Find a Car
 Find a Dealer
 Sell Your Car
Other Services
 MoveCenter
 Datingcenter

Voters head to polls tomorrow in municipal elections

10:55 AM CDT on Friday, May 9, 2008

KVUE News

Voters in municipalities across Central Texas make their voices heard Saturday.

In Austin, three city council seats and a multi-million dollar school bond package are on the ballot.

Video
KVUE's report
02/22/2008
Also Online

In City Council Place 1, Incumbent Lee Leffingwell faces off against Allen Demling and Jason Meeker.

There is a bitter battle for Place 3 between Incumbent Jennifer Kim, Randi Shade and Kenneth Weiss.

Six candidates are vying for the Place 4 seat to replace outgoing Council member Betty Dunkerly: Robin Cravey, Jennifer Gale, Cid Gallindo, Laura Morrison, Sam Osemene and Ken Vasseau.

Austin voters also must decide whether to pass $344 million worth of school bonds to make additions and renovations to various campuses in Austin ISD.

The bond package is broken up into three parts:

-- Proposition 1 -- $188 million -- would pay for high school science lab renovations and additions to meet the new state requirements, and it would also make technology upgrades and address overcrowding.

-- Proposition 2 -- $74 million -- is for health, safety and other renovations.

-- Proposition 3 includes a district-wide performing arts center, land for a south high school and renovations at Anderson High School.