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A sleepy New Year’s Eve at the Commissioners Court
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 by Jack Craver
The Travis County Commissioners Court has a meeting scheduled for today, but nothing notable is on the agenda. The plan is for the court to adopt the entire agenda on consent. Commissioner Brigid Shea tells the Austin Monitor via text that she has informed her colleagues she won’t be available for the meeting because she and her husband will be out of town. Why did the court bother scheduling a meeting on New Year’s Eve? Shea replied: “Good Q!”
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