LIV News: Vouchers Could Collapse! Elon's Neighbor, Chap • Two Farm & Local Food Action Alerts! • City of Bastrop Survey on Growth

Hot off the Quorum Report's press is this piece by Scott Braddock about House Speaker Burrows and Lt. Governor Patrick dynamics.

What's hidden in the headline about Rep. Harrison's antics is at the very end of the article. It says it's possible that vouchers could collapse without a public school funding plan. Oops! Read and share.

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With permission from and thanks to the very local newspaper, the Elgin Courier, read the commentary by Chap Ambrose, the well-known neighbor to Elon Musk-industries and one of the organizers of the Colorado River Fundraiser for Environmental Stewardship next Thursday night. (More below and y'all come!)

"Musk’s businesses now border three sides of my homestead west of the Bastrop city limits. In our neighborhood, SpaceX has built a 1-million- square-foot factory. The Boring Company has drilled two tunnels and constructed a boring machine manufacturing facility. X, formerly Twitter, has offcially moved its headquarters nearby—and a few weeks ago, Gov. Greg Abbott announced $17 million in grants to further expand SpaceX here..." click here for the full article.

Live Music • Photo Contest • kids welcome!

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Judith McGeary and the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance are well-known for getting things done at the TX Lege and in DC. Please read these two timely alerts and take action for local foods and farms: • TX Alert HERE: Register for FARFA's May 6th Lobby Day • Federal Alert HERE: The LOCAL Foods Act (Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act) has just been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate as S.1212 — a powerful bipartisan step toward restoring control to small farmers and local communities!

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Do you live in the City of Bastrop?

Are you worried about growth?

Don't lose sleep over it! Take the Bastrop City Election survey and share it with others.

Click HERE for the survey or on the picture.

PS We really DO want your opinion. Take the survey and you'll see.

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Click on the picture for the video.

Cecilia Serna is NOT running scared for Bastrop City Council, Place 1. She's running for all the right reasons and turned some heads at last week's Bastrop Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum.

Watch this 40-second clip and see what you think. You can donate directly to Cecilia on her website and learn more about her HERE:

In a small city race, all donations really do make a difference.