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How do Llano County voter preferences stack up against statewide sentiments? Overall, Llano County voters mostly agreed with voters in the state’s other 253 counties in selecting candidates in the March 2 Joint Primary election, with an occasional deviation from the statewide trend. In the Governor’s race, Llano County Republican voters liked incumbent Governor Rick Perry and challenger Debra Medina a smidge more than statewide voters did, and took less of a shine to Senat ...

He may not be winning any longer at Augusta or Pebble Beach or St. Andrews, but he’s designing courses in South Korea and Thailand, in Mexico and Moscow, and also a pretty fair layout in Horseshoe Bay: Summit Rock. Good name. Jack Nicklaus knows something about the summit in his sport, and he knows plenty about golf courses. “We’re seeing progress made,” Nicklaus told a crowd of media and other guests, March 5, at Skywater Over Horseshoe Bay.

After the deadline to receive overseas ballots passed at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 8, Llano County Elections Administrator Candy Kokernot said no overseas ballots had been received since the election results were announced last Tuesday night. Ron Hewitt, Llano County Republican Party Chair, said that Linda Raschke will face Marvin Gray in the April 13 Republican Party primary run-off election to become Llano County Commissioner for Precinct 2. Raschke, of Kingsland, led a quartet ...

A marathon meeting of the Llano Commissioners Court on Monday was highlighted by the court’s decision to re-open the Llano County Park, with its new boat ramp, effective Tuesday, March 9. Lake levels are up considerably since the concrete was poured last summer; even though it is still six feet below normal for this time of year, the lake is high enough to allow full use of the facility.

After the polls closed at 7 p.m. last night, Llano County Elections Administration Candy Kokernot and her staff tabulated the vote totals. Candidates and friends gathered at Llano County Clerk Bette Sue Hoy’s office on the courthouse square to watch as the vote totals were posted. Many more Llano residents waited at nearby Stonewalls Restaurant for the final results, escaping from the cold night air. Four Llano County races were contested in the Republican Primary.

Unofficial returns Tuesday night show that Sheila Frazier will face Casie Wills on April 13 to determine who will become the Republican Party candidate for District Clerk in Burnet County. Frazier received 2,571 votes (45.71%), Wills received 2,071 votes (36.82%), and incumbent Dana DeBerry gathered 982 votes (17.46%). Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the winner will be determined in the run-off election and will face Democratic candidate Cynthia Chisolm in the General Election o ...

Martin Tyson, Sr. of Horseshoe Bay, pleaded guilty to felony sale of unregistered securities on Feb. 23, 2010, and was ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution to 10 people who had invested in a purported Internet venture. Judge Israel Ramon of the 430th District Court in Hidalgo County also sentenced Tyson to 10 years of probation, 160 hours of community service, and ordered him to pay a fine of $7,500 as part of his Order of Deferred Adjudication & Community Supervision. Jo ...

The City of Llano hosted a town hall meeting last Thursday evening to give representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Flood Insurance Program chance to explain the new mapping project and its impact on property owners near the Llano River and its tributaries. After a short presentation, the presenters answered a few questions from the audience, which numbered more than 100 concerned citizens. After brief introductions, Vice-President Mike Moya, of Ha ...

Eight third-graders who attended Monday night’s city council meeting got a first-hand look at some of the uncomfortable decisions faced by local governments. When a local property owner requested a Specific Use Permit to place a new manufactured home on a lot zoned for single-family housing, several neighbors objected, arguing that the presence of a manufactured home would hurt property values in the neighborhood, where several existing homes have been recently renovated, and a couple ...

At the request of Llano County Judge Wayne Brascom, engineers contracted by FEMA issued a revised set of maps to be proposed for future floodplain determination in the western end of Llano County. The revised maps use the flood of 1935 as a basis for determining the floodplain. Llano County officials note there are some changes from the original set of maps introduced in 2009.