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Best Councilmember
Best Effort To Control Pollution/Improve The Environment
Best Effort To Improve Public Areas
Best Effort To Preserve A Natural Area
Best Job In Austin
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Best Public Servant
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Best Texas Legislator
Best Rumor
Ann Richards is Gay/Bi
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Previous Winners
1998:
Everyone's Gay, Especially Local Sportscasters
1997:
Eric Mitchell is....
1996:
The Austin Chronicle Goes Daily
1995:
Chronicle Bought by Statesman
1994:
Ann Richards Is Gay
More Politics & Personalities - Readers Poll
Best Councilmember
Max Nofziger
Best Effort To Control Pollution/Improve The Environment
S.O.S. Coalition
Best Effort To Improve Public Areas
S.O.S. Coalition
Best Effort To Preserve A Natural Area
S.O.S. Coalition
Best Job In Austin
Governor of Texas
Best Lobbyist/Consultant
Robert Johnson
Best Local Eccentric
Carl Hickerson-Bull
Best Local Scandal
Lena Guerrero
Best Local Visionary
TIE: Shudde Fath; Molly Ivins
Best Person Who Least Deserved What She/He Got
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Best Person Who Most Deserved What He/Shegot
Lena Guerrero
Best Public Servant
Ann Richards
Best Texas Legislator
Gonzalo Barrientos