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| | The Austin Chronicle News: Naked City: Austin Stories |
 | | The companion House bill stalled after anti-tax opposition from Austin GOP Reps. Todd Baxter and Jack Stick, and Rep. Arlene Wohlgemuth, R-Burleson, had tagged SB 1796 in the House Calendars Committee after county Republicans claimed it would allow abortions at city-owned Brackenridge Hospital. |
 | | In fact, if a district were created, it would assume the existing Brackenridge management contract with Seton Healthcare Network, which is prohibited by the Catholic Church to perform abortions. |
 | | A year ago this month, Floyd Marsh flew to Austin from Scottsdale, Ariz., to interview for the general manager's position at the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. |
| www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2003-05-23/pols_naked2.html (1216 words) |
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