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Most Successful Arm Twisting, The Bruce Todd Golden Waffle Award, Or, Revenge Of The Greenie Weenies

The Winner by a Couple Dozen Salamanders: The Sierra Club

More Politics & Personalities - Critics Picks

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Best (and Weirdest) Political Alliance

Daryl Slusher, Bob Larson, Gail Gemberling, James Cooley

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Best Campaign Song

"Slusher for Mayor" by Dick Price

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Best Choice For The Next Civic Battle

Robert Mueller Airport

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Best City Accomplishments

TIE: Gus Garcia; Brigid Shea

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Best City Collar

C-Shift Crew at Fire House Station 6

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Best Follow-up

"Jesus Said Love Thy Neighbor"-Skyview Baptist Church marquee, one week after Prop. 22 Passed

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Best Gadflies

TIE: Jim Hudson; Leonard Lyons

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Best Grip On The Greasy Pole

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Best New Hire

Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau Director Karen Jordan

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Best People's Protest

Brackenridge Is Everybody's Hospital

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Best Political Reading Room & Copy Center

District Attorney Ronnie Earle's Evidence Room

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Best Railroad Job

Mayor Bruce Todd's Ousting of Camille Barnett

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Best Reason To Grab A Butt

Smoking Ordinance

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Best Solution To The Housing Crunch

Bergstrom Houses

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Best Source Of Rhetoric

Holly Power Plant Fight

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Best State Accomplishment

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson: Charges Dropped

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Best Vidication Of The No Or Slow Growth Position

Traffic Crawl on I-35 During Rush Hour

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Best Working Relationship

Mayor Bruce Todd and Elizabeth Christian