Last Friday, Marc Ott sat down with the City Hall press corps for his second annual “Breakfast with the City Manager,” an informal, breakfast taco-fueled hybrid of background chat and bull session. Read the Hustle’s recollections below the fold.

Okay folks – you're really not taking this democracy (and education) thing seriously. As of this writing, just less than one percent of Travis County residents have voted so far. In case you missed it, Austin ISD and Austin Community College are currently holding elections. Early voting runs through Tuesday, Election Day is Saturday.

Sure, TDH toldya he'd have a write-up of the City Manager's press pow-wow today, but then the Hustle left his meticulously cataloged notes at the office all weekend. Good thing they didn't get recycled, since (segue!) more Blue Bin talk's bubbling up.

Can it have been a worse week for ol' coyote killer himself, Gov. Rick Perry?

Sorry to be late, but the Hustle just got back from having breakfast tacos with the city manager. (Oh, you namedropper!) Marc Ott just wrapped his second annual “Breakfast with the City Manager,” a little get together with the City Hall press corps. We'll recap Monday, as there's lots more happening – including a proposed city boycott of Arizona.

The Texas Ethics Commission on April 28 slapped Court of Criminal Appeals presiding Judge Sharon Keller with a $100,000 fine for failing to disclose a host of financial interests on both her 2007 and 2008 personal financial statements.

Rasmussen Reports has just issued the results of a poll on race relations that finds that 49% of surveyed U.S. voters believe race relations between white and Hispanic Americans are getting worse. But who were they asking, and in what language?

A low-key morn on the dais, as City Council tackled nothing quite as attention drawing as last week’s actions. However, the topics they navigated  – questions relating to taxi franchises, minority contracting and major construction projects – engendered the occasional flare of controversy.

Fallout from the city’s scrap tire mess continued this week with the suspension – without pay – of a Fleet Services “contract compliance specialist” who officials said improperly accepted a “loan” from fired Tire Program Manager Bill Janousek.