New Year, Cold!, Help Our Wounded ++

Happy New Year to all!  The COLD weather has really started out with a bang.  Monday morning brought the coldest temperatures of the season to Lakeway, 25 degrees at our home, but luckily there was no moisture included!  

One thing that has really bothered me lately has been the way police have been portrayed in some cities and how the news has made it look even worse.  Paul Harvey did a narration a few years back and I thought you might enjoy it - here is a link.  We have a GREAT police force and as citizens, I think we should let them know how much we appreciate the good work they do.  They do have car cameras, and they DO have body cameras - and have for years.  Join me in a effort of appreciation!

We attended the Help Our Wounded event at the Lakeway Inn New Year's evening - it was a GREAT event and for such a good cause!  Thank you for all the work by the committee members that made this possible.  They ended up raising $125,025 for our wounded veterans and presented the check New Years evening - here is a link to the website.  

Austin has passed an ordinance making it illegal to use electronic devices while driving - cell phones, ipad's etc.  We seem to have our share of "distracted driving" issues also as can be seen with the demolished mailboxes and damage along our roads.  Our Council may look into this type of ordinance for our City - I'll let you know.

The CAMPO meeting for January has been cancelled, but I plan to attend the Texas Transportation Forum this month in Austin along with Steve Jones.  I'm hoping that we can learn things that will help in our quest to solve the local traffic problems.   I'm also hoping with the changing of the guard in Austin City government that we can look at some new ideas to solve some of the issues.

ZAPCO will meet on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 9:10AM.  Here is that agenda.

The City Building Commission will meet in regular session on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 9AM - here is that agenda.

More as I find out - it looks like a good year ahead!  Thanks for all the support and a GREAT 2014!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us