Texas Crushed Stone Co. estimates about 80 years worth of mining remains on the more than 6,500 acres the Sneads' companies own near what has become a prime development intersection in this rapidly expanding city.

"No, no, no," said Jim Stendebach, Round Rock's planning director. "Not 80 years, not 80 years."
(Austin American Statesman, 8/7/2006))

If you have been reading the news lately you can't help but NOT miss that the City of Round Rock is planning to annex TEXAS CRUSHED STONE company (TCS). You also read that TCS has been giving material, land, and money to Round Rock for years.

Williamson County Precinct 4 Commissioner Frankie Limmer assumed office in 1999. Since then he has expanded his real estate development activities in eastern Williamson County -- the area he represents on the court -- to include several major development companies currently building large housing subdivisions. Several of Limmer's business associates are also doing business with the county: Charles Crossfield, the Round Rock city attorney who has been negotiating many of the rights-of-way acquisitions for the county's $350 million road-bond projects; Dan Hejl, of the consulting firm Hejl, Lee & Associates, has done engineering work for at least one of the county's road-bond projects within Limmer's precinct; and Ted Hejl, the Taylor city attorney, who has also recently been cut a host of county checks for road-related bond work.

Under the law, passed by the Republican-led state legislature in January 2006, paid voter registration workers must personally submit the voter registration cards to the state, rather than allow the organizations overseeing the drives to vet and submit them in bulk.

By requiring paid canvassers to sign and put their addresses on the voter registration cards they collect, and by making them criminally liable for any irregularities on the cards, the rules have made it more difficult to use such workers, who most often work in lower-income and Democratic-leaning neighborhoods, where volunteers are scarce.

Link to Yahoo news

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - High-tech passports touted as advances in national security can be spied on remotely and their identifying radio signals cloned, computers hackers were shown at a conference.

Radio frequency identification technology, referred to as RFID, used in cash cards and passports, can be copied, blocked or imitated, said Melanie Rieback, a privacy researcher at Vrije University in the Netherlands.

Computer hackers get lesson on cloning passport, cash card tags (2006) Yahoo News Website

The federal government keeps two sets of books.

The set the government promotes to the public has a healthier bottom line: a $318 billion deficit in 2005.

The set the government doesn't talk about is the audited financial statement produced by the government's accountants following standard accounting rules. It reports a more ominous financial picture: a $760 billion deficit for 2005. If Social Security and Medicare were included — as the board that sets accounting rules is considering — the federal deficit would have been $3.5 trillion.

For the rest of this story visit USA Today

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Ok, the newsletter is published for this month. We still have stuff coming in but I couldn't push the dead line back any more. You will most likely see a special edition for this month!

Fun stuff!

The Williamson County Libertarian Party will be hosting a booth at the Round Rock 4th of July Festival!

We will be handing out free Constitutions for the United States Booklets (also contains the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights).

We will also be handing out separate Declaration of Independence flyers in mass to everyone that will take one.

Head on out to the Round Rock 4th of July festival! Enjoy the festival, get a free Constitution booklet, and watch the fireworks!

For more information just click this link:

Suit Filed Against Williamson County

A Central Texas county known for tough stand on crime is coming under criticism. A new lawsuit alleges Williamson County and some of its judges deny defendants the right to counsel.

This lawsuit deals with misdemeanor cases that go through some of the courts. It alleges that sometimes defendants give up their cases to prosecutors.

This new lawsuit clams that defendants who come through the courts on misdemeanor cases are sometimes not given proper information about the court system.

"They're getting pressured every moment. 'Speak to a prosecutor. They're on your side,'" Dominic Gonzales with the Fair Defense Project said.

I would like to take a second to let you folks know about something new we have just released this month. If you look in the top left hand corner you should notice a FREE newsletter.

It comes out once a month but you will also get several special editions during the month also. These special editions cover WCLP events that develop during the month, urgent political news, and other tid-bits that we think you may be interested in.

Thank you for your time,
Bryan