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Departing Austin City Council Member Laura Morrison and Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole joined returning incumbent Kathie Tovo and incoming Pct. 2 Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea at what turned out to be newly elected District 7 Council Member Leslie Pool’s victory party Tuesday. That Pool would be the likely winner was reflected in what appeared to be blue script on a chocolate cake.

 

Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written...