When you do a double-take at your water bill …
More than 100 customers in and around Steiner Ranch have reached out to Travis County Water District #17 in search of answers regarding what appears to be a considerable increase in their water bills. What does WCID #17 say? You should check for a leak, and there are 35 days in the September billing cycle. Many water users are skeptical about the utility’s response.
When you like kiting and kickback schemes …
On September 25, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the Lakeway Regional Medical Center and several of its founding investors/administrators, charging that the group defrauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in a mortgage loan transaction that eventually cost HUD $172 million. Hopefully, American taxpayers won’t be left with the bill.
When you’re referred to as a cedar chopper …
The Westlake area has been educating students since 1872 when Robert Eanes established and built the first schoolhouse, now known as Eanes Elementary. And before there was anything — roads, stores, electricity — there was a school.
When you think you’re a tough guy …
You make verbal threats and inappropriate gestures toward elementary students. And then you get arrested.
When you like ketchup packets and syrup dispensers …
IHOP and Chick-Fil-A are headed to Four Points. On Wednesday, LTL’s Cathy Hale shared a rundown of the new businesses headed to The Center at Four Points.
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