Bill would launch pilot bus-only lane program in local counties

From Austin Business Journal, January 19, 2009...

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, has filed a bill that would create a motor-bus-only lane pilot program for state highways in Travis, Williamson, Bexar and Denton counties.

If passed, Senate Bill 434 would require appropriate mass transit authorities to initiate the pilot program no later than Dec. 31, 2009.

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Goats for hire: Will eat weeds for $25K

From KXAN, September 9, 2008...

Bexar (BAYR) County has a new group of groundskeepers, and all 50 will work twice a week for only $25,000.

Then again, "the work" just involves gorging themselves on weeds at two county parks.

They'll be part of 2 goat herds used in a pilot project to control weeds at parks in the northwestern and eastern parts of the county. Commissioners today approved a $1.17 billion budget that included the appropriation.

The money will pay a rancher to supply two 25-head herds twice a week.

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Hill Country Militia

From Austin Chronicle, June 27, 2008...

At what point does dissatisfaction become dissent, and dissent a full-fledged movement?

In the hills outside San Antonio, we may be about to find out.

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