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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Facing parks panel revolt, commissioners accept its ‘recommendations’

Faced with the threat of mass resignations from the Citizens Parks Advisory Board, the Hays County commissioners court today yielded to a range of the group's "recommendations" that its chairman told the court were not negotiable.

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

The List: County parks projects funded so far

A rundown of parks and preservation projects that have been funded as part of a $30 million bond package approved by Hays County voters in May 2007.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Parks panel seeks direction from commissioners on next step

For more than a year, Hays County's Citizens Parks Advisory Team has been sidelined under the commissioners court's moratorium on considering new parks and open space projects. On Tuesday, county leaders tried to restart the process.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Ford ‘on my knees’ asking for emergency Dripping Springs park funds

After consistently opposing a somewhat similar measure in San Marcos earlier this year, Hays County Commissioner Karen Ford (D-Dripping Springs) asked the commissioners court Tuesday for emergency parks bond funding in her precinct.

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Too soon to panic

The Hays County Commissioners Court has approved $1.6 million in parks bond money to support youth football fields in San Marcos. But it's still too soon to panic that the court has lost track of the county's...

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