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posted on
February 19th, 2013
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Texas Watchdog
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Publicly-funded gondolas a ‘viable transportation alternative’ for Round Rock, Texas?

When one of the most innovative cities in America takes its first crack at mass transit you can bet it won’t be buses, trains or streetcars.

No, Round Rock, Texas, elevation 709 fee ...

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posted on
February 14th, 2013
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Texas Watchdog
based in
Texas

Austin Energy customers foot bill – $2 a month per customer for 19 years – for idled biomass plant

Around the clock, seven days a week, in a plant 233 miles away, a full complement of energy professionals stands at the ready to provide wood-fired power to Austin Energy customers.

The s ...

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posted on
January 22nd, 2013
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Texas Watchdog
based in
Texas

Texas props up wind, solar with hundreds of millions of dollars per year, lawmakers cautious on more $

With a nearly $1 billion federal renewable energy tax credit in doubt, Texas Rep. Mark Strama delivered what to another audience would have been an odd message.

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posted on
December 11th, 2012
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Texas Watchdog
based in
Texas

Texas couple fit to be tied in red tape, stimulus weatherization cash more trouble than it was worth

Viewed in one very particular way, carefully following the bureaucratic contours of a $327 million stimulus energy efficiency program, the weatherization of Brandi and Byron Hockaday’s sout ...

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posted on
October 29th, 2012
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Texas Watchdog
based in
Texas

Special districts, special favors: An insider network of favors surrounds these proliferating governments in Texas

For decades, Texans have relied on special districts for services that local municipalities can’t provide. Water to an isolated settlement. Crime prevention in a region that can’t aff ...

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