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Watson Wire

Mistaken Identity

Me and Brad Pitt were together recently in the Capitol.  He’s been in Austin shooting a movie, and parts of the Capitol building were used.
The producer, director, or maybe the key grip thought it would be neat, since they were using the Senate Chamber, to have a few real-life senators in the scene.  It sounded […]

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An Underwire Wire

Last Saturday night, I emceed a Breast Cancer Resource Center fundraiser.
It was a bra auction.
Yeah. You got it right.  These women sold bras at a breast cancer deal.
Women – some fighting cancer, some survivors, and some honoring loved ones – designed "Art Bras."  The bras had designer names such as "Boo" (I had to really […]

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Press Room

CAMPO Decision Tree Takes Root

"It’s a very significant point in the history of transportation planning in this community," heralded Sen. Kirk Watson. After five months, the Transit Working Group this week unanimously endorsed a new, improved Trans­port­a­tion Investment Decision Tree. By strengthening the evaluation criteria for assessing all proposed transit and road projects regionally, and setting a standard that […]

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Streetcar Blow-Up

In place of position-based fights (transit lovers vs. road warriors), Watson has been advocating for a new process of data-based, rational decisions.

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