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smokebomb

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  1. Hence the road named “Speedway” as it was how one got to the racetrack That and the clear cutting of any trees. Interesting fact: Some say the lack of grass plus the ability to better manage wild fires lead to the explosion of cedar/juniper trees in central Texas. My understanding is that although cedar/juniper is native, it wasn’t nearly as prevalent around Austin until after the area was settled.
  2. Serious question - what do you do if you believe TCAD made a serious mistake in their appraisal? I live in Clarksville and everyone’s appraisals went up 50% in our condo group. The last comp we have was from December 2016 and it was inline with last year’s appraisals. Do we all have to go through the protest process? If I felt I could get the new appraised value, I’d sell tomorrow.
  3. Looks like it starts a April 22nd:
  4. Notice that I-35 still has the same number of lanes for the last 60 years...
  5. Implosion in downtown Austin of Ashbel Smith Hall:
  6. Wulaw Horn said it best to start the original thread: Very sad to see that that over a year later, the above is still very much true.
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