Tag Archives: Bastrop
Central Texas counties echo Travis, issue stay-at-home orders
While the city of Austin’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines, surrounding counties are also working to keep their communities safe. Alongside the news of its first presumptive coronavirus case, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra issued a…
Public Health • By Nina Hernandez • Mar 26, 2020
Bastrop's land use revisions aim to cater to new development, while maintaining 'authenticity'
Bastrop residents and city staff got their first look at ideas to help mitigate the city’s flooding problems at the Transportation and Drainage Rodeo on Tuesday. The community event was part of the process to update land use regulations after…
Land Development Code • By DaLyah Jones • Apr 11, 2019
Citing flooding concerns, Bastrop temporarily stops new development
Development in Bastrop has been temporarily put on hold. The Bastrop City Council voted unanimously last week to put a 90-day moratorium on development permits. The city wants to use this time to update its land development rules to try…
Development • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 23, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: Animal protection
Pine Forest still driving up Bastrop’s legal bills… During the past year, the city of Bastrop has paid an additional $106,308 to the lawyer representing the city and Bastrop County in their continuing legal battle with the Pine Forest Investment…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 9, 2017
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Bastrop's lawyer claims Aleshire in contempt
David Bragg, the attorney for the city of Bastrop, has threatened to seek a contempt of court ruling against Austin attorney Bill Aleshire because of Aleshire’s representation of a Bastrop resident in a lawsuit accusing the city of violating the…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Apr 6, 2017
Bastrop resident claims open meetings breach
After years of litigation and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on attorneys fees, the case involving the Pine Forest development in Bastrop County took a startling turn this week. Paul Burt, a Pine Forest homeowner, filed suit against…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Apr 4, 2017
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Attorney trying to settle Pine Forest suit
Bastrop’s City Council has budgeted just $220,000 for legal fees for the next fiscal year, starting in October, a small sum compared to the $1 million plus it has spent under the administration of former City Manager Mike Talbot and…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Sep 19, 2016
Bastrop's Pine Forest legal fees still rising
The city of Bastrop has paid nearly $652,000 to the attorney representing the city, Bastrop County and the Bastrop Independent School District to wrangle with Robert Leffingwell, the other owners of the Pine Forest Investment Group LLC and the homeowners…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Aug 24, 2016
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Bastrop's attorney quits, Pine Forest case on hold
Seeing the proverbial handwriting on the wall, Bastrop’s longtime attorney, Jo-Christy Brown, resigned, effective immediately, at Tuesday night’s Bastrop City Council meeting. Brown’s tenure has been controversial since at least last December, when the public began to complain about the…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Jul 28, 2016
Bastrop hoping to deal with legal fee problem
When they meet Tuesday night, Bastrop City Council members are scheduled to discuss and perhaps take action on the employment of their regular outside counsel, Austin attorney Jo-Christy Brown, as well as the ordinance governing the city’s relationship with its…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Jul 26, 2016
New affidavits filed in Bastrop case
Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape and two members of a Bastrop property owners group who went to court over control of their association have signed affidavits disputing the veracity of another affidavit, which was signed by a citizen who swore…
Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Jul 11, 2016
Recall petition launched against Bastrop mayor
A political action committee run by a longtime Austin-area activist is launching a petition to recall Bastrop Mayor Ken Kesselus. The petition, which was released by the Linda Curtis-led Independent Texans PAC, takes Kesselus to task for a number of…
