In what is widely expected to be the run up to a bid to get herself re-elected to Bee Cave City Council, Uplands resident and former Mayor Pro Tem Zelda Auslander has started a survey on quality of life and other issues in Bee Cave.
Bee Cave and Lakeway both saw November 2011 Sales Tax rise around 12% above the same month in 2010. Bee Cave rose from $497,000 to $555,000, Lakeway from $154,000 to $172,000. State wide increases averaged 9.5% and Austin City saw a 6.2% rise.
After a four year battle this week's Bee Cave City Council meeting gave the mayor the go ahead to settle the LCRA rate case litigation - as a precursor to the purchase of the systems from the LCRA by a consortium of which the City of Bee Cave is a part.
Bee Cave City Councilman Chad Bockius' company Socialware Inc. has raised an additonal $200,000 financing just five months after the company completed a $7 million funding round. The money - from two investors - according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissionand brings the total raised by the company since 2008 to $14 million. Socialware (of which Bockius is CEO) has 55 employees and competes with Bazaarvoice in the social middleware space.
Despite some reservations, Bee Cave City Council gave the go ahead to build another 300+ homes and condos in the land between Falconhad and Spillman Ridge near Home Depot on 620.