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Best Activist

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Best City Service

Recycling and Bulky Item Pick-Up Day

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Best Council Member

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Best Eccentric

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Best Effort to Improve Austin

TIE: Light Rail Now!; Save Our Springs Alliance

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Best Effort to Keep Austin Weird

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Best Employer

University of Texas at Austin

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Best Local Online Personality

Harry J. Knowles

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Best Mover & Shaker

TIE: Alex Jones; Lonny Stern

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Best Nonprofit Group

TIE: SAFE Alliance; Texas Freedom Network

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Best Scandal

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Best Sexiest Austin Personality

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Best State Department

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Best State Legislator

Gonzalo Barrientos

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Best Unsung Hero/Heroes

TIE: Firefighters, EMS

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Best Visionary