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Previous Winners
2000:
Leslie Cochran
1998:
Salamanders
1997:
Eric Mitchell (pick one)
1996:
Freeport McMoRan/Jim Bob building at UT
1995:
Circle C Golf Club
1994:
Brackenridge Hospital (lack of) Accounting
1993:
Lena Guerrero
1990:
Ruben Johnson
More Politics & Personalities - Readers Poll
Best Councilmember
Max Nofziger
Best Effort To Control Pollution/Improve The Environment
Save Barton Creek Association
Best Effort To Improve Public Areas
Save Barton Creek Association
Best Effort To Preserve A Natural Area
Save Barton Creek Association
Best Lobbyist
Jack Gullahorn
Best Local Eccentric
Crazy Carl Hickerson-Bull
Best Local Visionary
Max Nofziger
Best Public Servant
Ann Richards
Best Texas Legislator
Gonzalo Barrientos
Person Who Least Deserved What She/He Got
Robert Barnstone
Person Who Most Deserved What He/She Got
Clayton Williams
