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Losing TX Small Cities One-by-One

Robert Fedewa, a San Antonio Area Realtor, posted this video on Instagram about development in Fredricksburg. Substitute the City of Bastrop for Fredricksburg and the names of a couple of developments, and we think it’s applicable to us. The full video is on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHT0pcURj4k/ at which link you can post comments relative to

Cronyism for Planning & Zoning, Denial of Citizen Rights and a Hurried Push to Bring Austin to Bastrop

Originally published on CitizenLyle.com. Reprinted with permission from the author, Lyle Nelson. On the Consent Agenda for the Special Called City Council Meeting of March 4, 2025, there were several items that should have been considered as individual items. Consent agendas are passed without discussion or public input. There was even a Consent Agenda Item

You Cannot Protect Your Property Rights Without Open Government

Reprinted with permission from the author, Lyle Nelson.Comments of former Mayor Lyle Nelson to the Planning & Zoning Commission on February 17, 2025. Mr. Chairman and Commissioners, thank you for your volunteerism and work. And thanks to the public for your interest. My comments are not on the technical points of the City’s Land Development Codes but

Last Chances to Speak on Zone Changes

City Council Hearings March 4 & 11 Listed left are the seven ordinances on the City of Bastrop Council agenda on Tuesday, March 4. These are all applicable to the zone changes proposed in the neighborhood and rural zones: P2 and P3. Being rushed through, these were just the subject of hearings before the Planning

BOG Survey

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.