A few of you may have heard that there's an election coming up in November, not just a Presidential election, but also several Llano County races that were postponed from May 2, including contests for Llano Independent School District Board of Trustees, Kingsland Municipal Utility District Board of Directors, and the City of Llano City Council.
Llano County Elections Administrator Cindy Ware pointed out that Texans will not have straight party voting for the first time in over 100 years.
Opposition to a sand mining operation that is planned along the Llano River near Kingsland is coalescing as citizens and attorneys against the project stand poised for a legal battle.
The proposed site of the Kingsland Sand Plant, which will be owned and operated by Marble Falls-based Collier Materials, Inc., is along the Llano River Arm of Lake LBJ at the Moss/Miles ranch, west of the 2900 bridge.
Collier’s plan is to use two barges to dredge sand from the Llano River and pump the sand ...
