City Council Races: Usual Suspects Endorse Usual Suspects

Courtesy Austin Political Report  Sun, 03/30/2008 - 7:24pm

Democrats around the country are clamoring for change in a heated presidential campaign. But as the endorsement rounds for the May city council races come to a close back here in Austin, the message is more of the same.

Place 1 incumbent Lee Leffingwell has all the establishment support in his re-election campaign against upstart Jason Meeker, who is criticizing Leffingwell for essentially running two campaigns: one for re-election this year and a second, for Mayor, next year.

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