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As President of the Bluff Springs Neighborhood association, I want to share my neighborhood's personal experience with Brewster McCracken. When 40 Ton Gravel Trucks were speeding recklessly through our 35 MPH neighborhood, it was a disaster in the making. From the beginning, Brewster turned his back on us, even after repeated calls and emails. Half of our neighborhood is within the city limit, the other half the ETJ. Not enough votes at stake? No photo op? Whatever the case, Brewster did nada.
Even though he was on the CAMPO board, and this was clearly a CAMPO issue (it was once an arterial roadway), Brewster didn't have the courtesy to return one phone call or answer one email unlike everyone else involved. Even CAMPO's Executive Director responded, as did Jennifer Kim and Better Dunkerly, along with numerous county and city officials.
I even called his aid and asked if there was a reason he was ignoring this issue? I also wanted to confirm that he was still serving on the Campo Board. He was. I even went to Brewster's website. Mostly what I saw was one photo op after another. All that was missing was him holding and kissing a baby.
When the Austin American Statesman published the OP ED piece I wrote called Dangerous Trucks, the city and county sprung into action. They soon declared Bluff Springs Road a No Truck Zone.
Recently, when the doors sprung open at Austin Studios, there was Brewster, front row and center. I'll say one thing for him, he knows a photo op when he sees one. But I had also heard he really didn't do much for the bond, in the beginning when it was most vulnerable.
I will support Lee Leffingwell because what you see is what you get! All you need to do is compare the two websites. It's clear Lee has substance.
I recently found out that it was Lee who authored the bill to keep Town Lake Animal Center as a satellite adoption center when the shelter moves to the east side. Maybe a small issue compared to the larger ones at stake, but it is important to me. It also shows Lee is someone who understands compromise!
I hope Brewster is ready for his close up, because hopefully after this election, he won't be posing for too many more.
Marcia Zwilling
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