BOG Survey

• February 17, 2025
• Call To Action, Explanations

Please take a few minutes to take our 2025 BastropBOG Survey. Focused on transparency in local government, the goal is to see what people know about what’s happening in their local governments.

YES on Proposition K

• October 14, 2024
• Call To Action, Explanations

City of Bastrop Voters: Stop ‘Council Majority’ Private Meetings Vote YES on Proposition K – Keep Government Meetings Open to the Public! Proposition K is about transparency. Right now, three out of five voting council members – the majority — can meet privately to discuss city business, out of the public eye. That’s not right.…

Charter Change Discussion

• August 18, 2024
• Call To Action, Explanations, Meetings

SPECIAL City Council MeetingMONDAY • August 19 • 5PM Deadline for Charter changes to be voted on if they’re to be on the November 5 ballot. See discussion below.

Will the City Council uphold this major transparency win?

• July 30, 2024
• Call To Action, Explanations, Meetings

The Council-created City of Bastrop Charter Commission met yesterday (July 29). The City Council, when creating this Commission, required a super-majority (10 out of 13) to vote in favor of any proposed changes to the Charter. The Commission is not empowered to place changes on the ballot for voter approval. The Commission is only empowered…

July 23 Council Meeting

• July 23, 2024
• Call To Action, Meetings

Come out to tonight’s City Council meeting. 6:30. Come early. Once seats are filled, no one else is allowed in. Read Councilwoman Fossler’s flyer below. https://bastropbog.com/…/uploads/2024/07/Fossler-Flyer.pdf Sign up to speak or share your thoughts. https://www.cityofbastrop.org/page/cc.request_to_speak Item 9O, 9P, Prop 5, page 508 on the agenda is about reducing quorum so a voting majority can’t meet…