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Texas Elections

The real story behind Proposition 1

January 25, 2018November 3, 2009

If you’re voting today, Josh Baugh explains what Proposition 1 is really about: In spring 2008, local lobbyist David Earl began touting a plan that he said would simultaneously curtail encroachment on Camp Bullis and relieve gridlock on the far North Side. Estimated to cost as much as $190 million, the project called for the …

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