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Golf Course Design By Phil Cook   The Bastrop City Council and senior staff are studying the feasibility of building a 9-hole, par-3 golf course on a 15-acre plat of dedicated park land that it owns.   The plat is adjacent to Chestnut Street and the BISD Performing Arts Center to its west, Cedar Street to its north, Farm Street to its south, and several residences with frontage on Hwy. 95 to it’s east. Gills Branch borders the park land to the east.   Building, operating and

In this Edition of LIV News: Bastrop Forum Wednesday! Y'all Come! We have three wonderful and well-prepared speakers to hone in on the city of Bastrop's governance problems that led to a game of hide and seek of their public notice to issue public debt -- in part -- for a golf course without public support. It's also to start Bastrop Independents, a nonpartisan group to do ongoing work for open government. Don't Be Jackasses, be independents . Is an independent fusion movem

Yesterday, a decommissioned power plant went up in flames in Texas City, Texas. Don't worry, it's just smoke, says ABC News.

What’s going on for Texas independent voters? Is it a Texas fusion movement or a risky fizzle? It’s probably not yet a full-blown independent breakout as seen in Ross Perot’s 1992 race when he stood a real chance of winning the presidency. But it’s at least a start.