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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…
Planning & Zoning Handout 2/24
Understanding (or not) Public Hearings
The meeting started at 5PM. By 6:15, almost half the people in the room at the start of the meeting were gone. And yet, the public hearings on the various development code modifications had not even happened. Why? People don’t know how this all works. Nor was there any explanation for this large turnout about…