March, 2008

• Texas Environmental Democrats, our state caucus, held a special meeting to elect officers for two-year terms on Saturday, April 26. The following people were elected at the caucus meeting:
  President: Blair Dancy (Austin) SDEC for next 2 years
  Vice-President: Marguerite Jones (Austin) SDEC for next 2 years
  Secretary: Rick Cofer (Austin)
  Treasurer: Sharron Hargis (Austin)
  Board Members:
  Gene Collins (Odessa)
  John Courage (San Antonio)
  James Hubener (Dallas)
• Texas Environmental Democrats of Austin welcomes guest Chris Kirksey, Austin Energy's Senior Vice President of Power Production, to our next monthly meeting April 23rd. Chris Kirksey will talk about our city's power needs and the future of electrical generation.
• Our bylaws require a 60% supermajority to win our endorsement. We endorsed just two candidates on March 26th: Tim Mahoney for Austin Community College and Lee Leffingwell for City Council Place 1. Congrats to both, and thanks especially to all the candidates running--without candidates, voters would not have a choice.
• The next endorsement meeting will be held on Wednesday March 26th at 6:00 p.m. It address the Austin City Council, Austin Community College, and Austin Independent School District races. Location: Gardner-Betts Juvenile Center, 2515 South Congress Ave. The candidates were asked to fill out questionaires, and their responses can be viewed here .
• Our state organization of Texas Environmental Democrats will have its quarterly meeting this Saturday, March 15, immediately following the State Democratic Executive Committee meeting. We anticipate the TED meeting will begin around 2 or 2:30 at the Austin Marriott North located at 2600 La Frontera Blvd., Round Rock, TX 78681. TED will be in the La Frontera I conference room. While TED of Austin has been successful in keeping the environment at the top of our local candidates' agendas, we always need help supporting efforts at the state level. Come if you can!

January, 2008

• 2008 TED-Austin Candidate Endorsements
• Take a tour of the South River City Citizens (SRCC) Neighborhood. TEDA member, Tim Mahoney, visits beautiful Blunn Creek, talks with Representative Lloyd Doggett and other water conservationists. Watch the 8 Minute video tour of South Austin’s Blunn Creek Watershed produced by ATXedition.TV.

December, 2007

• Candidates Environmental Positions - Links to Democratic candidates web sites and environmental positions.
• Our endorsement meeting will be in conjunction with the South Austin Democrats and Capital Area Progressive Democrats on Wednesday January 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at AFL-CIO, 1106 Lavaca. Find out more.

August, 2007

• Congratulations to Mark and Melanie McAfee, TED members, for their event center becoming the first in the state to be USDA organic certified. Story link .

July 2007

• At the Austin Democratic Reunion, the Texas Environmental Democrats and state Texas Democratic Party staff teamed up with some outstanding volunteers to help beautify Blunn Creek Nature Preserve in South Austin.