The Making of an Endorsement

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Strange Bedfellows

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10/16/08 7:59 AM

Katherine Gregor

Strange bedfellows on Prop. 2, indeed ...

"We're very happy that the Democrats and the AFL-CIO are coming around to seeing that laissez faire economics is the way to go." -- Carl Tepper, TCRP

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10/16/08 12:00 PM

Nick Barbaro:

Yeah, should we run an endorsement breakdown in the next issue?

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0/16/08 1:18 PM

Richard Whittaker:

I thought we already had: It's called "their very big advert."

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10/16/08 1:59 PM

Nick Barbaro:

Yeah, but it seems kind of unfair to leave it so one-sided.

Surely we should list all our allies:

* Real Estate Council of Austin

* Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association

* Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

* Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

* Austin Chronicle

* Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty

* Former Austin Mayor Bruce Todd

* Former Austin Mayor Lee Cooke

* Former Austin Mayor Roy Butler

* Former Austin Mayor Pro Tem Betty Dunkerley

* Former Austin City Council Member Ronney Reynolds

* Former Austin City Council Member Lowell Lebermann