INDEPENDENT TEXAN, IT'S REDUNDANT!

We are sharing this blog post by Carol Spencer , a respected Republican in Bastrop County. We don't always agree on things, but LIV...

The story of how the gold rush on development and water in Texas can also bring in bad political actors is laid out in this article about...

Note! LIV has no plans to endorse in this election. BUT, we are encouraged by more people paying attention to national, state, and local...

Bastropians for Open Government (BOG) Don’t Bog Transparency Down! Please visit the BastropBOG.com website for lots more! Mission...

We're glad former President Donald Trump is OK. We're not OK with fist-pumping for us to fight, fight, fight.

Bucking the status quo entails knowing what you're talking about. LIV wants to hold many more and better-organized educational forums on...

SAWDF (the nonprofit Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund) is not known to engage in hyperbole. So, their news is alarming. Read the full...

Kinky Friedman’s death today at age 79 is well-covered in the Texas Tribune and on Kinky’s Wikipedia page. LIV sends its condolences to...

Should political independents let the two-party U.S. war machine grind down our economy, along with hundreds of thousands of Ukraine's...

Independent Texans PAC also played a minor role in two high-stakes State Rep GOP runoffs. Gary VanDeaver talks about the "quiet war" on...

“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum ...

National: Call your member of Congress. Tell them you want bread and butter, not bombs. Our friends at the Farm and Ranch Freedom...

City of Bastrop: Independent Texans PAC (IT PAC) was founded in 2001 after the implosion of the Reform Party founded by Ross Perot, IT...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to hold runoff primaries on the heels of the May city elections* and just after Memorial Day (May 28)...

People are leaving Austin. It's never been "cool" to pave over paradise and put up a parking lot. But having made Austin "just one big...

The City of Bastrop Texas has approximately 12,600 residents. Its rate of growth is high, nearly 25% since the last census in 2010. But...

Congratulations to Kerry Fossler and all the residents of the City of Bastrop! Fossler won with 53% of the vote in her two-way race with...

Quorum Report: Dave Carney admits Abbott's campaign tirade to remove House opponents based on "bull#3!t". Read it here. Meanwhile, Glenn...

Voters in the City of Bastrop have a rare opportunity to nip the placement of the Gateway Project -- a massive development across the...

Every once in a while, the people score. This time, we thank the dynamic attorney trio -- Aleshire, Bunch and Lewis -- as citizens get...