Super Tuesday voters stood in longs lines at many Four Points polling places including the Randalls at Quinlan Park Road and RM 620. Voters in this line waited approximately an hour to cast their ballots. This is an unusual scene for a primary election. In general, the highly-publicized presidential race drew many voters to the polls.

By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

A record-number of Republican voters turned out for the March 1 primary election in Texas and Four Points Republicans were no exception.

“It’s unprecedented,” Tom Mechler, Texas GOP chairman, told the Texas Tribune. “It’s definitely historical.”

More than 2.8 million Republican ballots were cast in Texas, approximately double the 2012 Republican primary total of 1.4 million. In the Democratic primary, more than 1.4 million were cast, besting the 2012 totals but falling far short of the nearly 2.9 million Democratic ballots cast in the 2008 primary, when the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton drew strong interest.

More than 4.2 million Texans turned out to vote in the Republican and Democratic primary presidential elections, about 30 percent of registered voters.

Precincts 232 and 244 in Four Points also saw high voter turnout, with Republicans outnumbering Democratic voters in both precincts.

In Precinct 232, 27.5 percent of registered voters cast a ballot in the Republican primary. There were 1,642 ballots cast, compared to 661 ballots in the Democratic primary.

In Precinct 244, 22.2 percent of registered voters voted in the Republican primary. There were 823 Republican ballots cast, compared to 522 ballots in the Democratic primary. Continue reading →

By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

More than 1,000 water utility customers in River Place will soon be getting a check in the mail.

The money comes from a 2015 legal settlement the River Place HOA reached with Austin Water Utility over a spike in water and wastewater rates that occurred in 2014.  

At their Mar. 8 meeting, the River Place Residential Community Association board voted to disburse the remaining $733,000 it received from the settlement.

“The checks will be issued in the second quarter of 2016 based on their pro rata share of MUD property taxes for the benefit of the residents of the River Place MUD,” said River Place HOA chairman Scott Crosby.  

The River Place Residential Community Association board voted Mar. 8 to disburse the remaining $733,000 settlement that River Place received from the Austin Water Utility over a spike in water and wastewater rates that occurred in 2014.

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