TDH: 5/26/11

City Council meets today

TDH: 5/26/11

Your elected representatives in the City Council convene today. Among the people's business: Changes to the city's tax abatements for historic properties, rapid bus for Cap Metro, cell-phone waiting at Austin Bergstrom. See our agenda preview for more, and follow our tweets for all the action inside council chambers (until we bounce, that is.) Ciao!

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