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Best Local Scandal

Freeport McMoRan/Jim Bob building at UT

In a town full of 'em (from the looks of this ballot, at least), the chilling grand-daddy of them all is Jim Bob Moffett's megalithic Freeport. The second most-mentioned controversy was the series of "Gay Raids" at Pease Park, Bull Creek and Hippie Hollow. Some of the others mentioned are intriguing: "The Communist Bicycle Helmet Law," French Smith, the gutting of S.O.S., the privatization of Brackenridge, and the cheerleaders' skirts at Round Rock High.