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Today I learned: Williamson County is named after the the first white person documented to have played the banjo.

Millennials are the elite generation because they cranked out 12-page essays the night before they were due. No ChatGPT. No Claude. Just lo-fi beats playing in the background, Black coffee at midnight, footnotes that were somehow correct, and pure delusion. Grade was an A minus. Period.

We had a new langauge for translation during today's evictions court docket- Turkish! Precinct 1 serves a very diverse population and our court staff hiring is reflective of that.

@wilcotxgov I'm trying to dig into research but there may have been over a dozen Justices of the Peace at that time. wilcotx.gov/1643/1880-to-1…

The 1880 United States Census for Williamson County @wilcotxgov lists a population of about 15,150 divided into eight precincts: Pct. 1, Florence area population: 3,127; Pct. 2, Georgetown area population: 2,835; Pct. 3, rural area population: 1,451; Pct. 4, rural area population: 1,580; Pct. 5, Corn Hill area population: 799; Pct. 6, rural area population: 2,543; Pct. 7, Post Oak Island area population: 1,052; and, Pct. 8, (Old) Round Rock area population: 2,769.

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Today I learned: Williamson County is named after the the first white person documented to have played the banjo.

As a young man, Williamson had a serious two-year illness. As a result, his right leg had been crippled and shriveled. For the rest of his life, he fastened a wooden leg at his knee, thus the nickname. The act of the legislature also stated that John Berry, William Dalrymple, David Cowen, Washington Anderson, Jacob M Harrell, and James O Rice be appointed as county commissioners, and that said commissioners’ names be submitted to the voters for election on the next first Monday of May. Williamson County was formed by dividing Milam County.

Q: Who was @wilcotxgov named after? A: As lawmakers were in the habit of honoring one of their own members when selecting county names, Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson, known affectionately as “Three-Legged Willie,” was chosen for the honor. Williamson had been stationed in the new county area during his service as a Texas Ranger. wilcotx.gov/1596/1848-to-1…

Even though JPs are elected and in partisan elections at that- the reality is that a large majority of the work of the our courts isn't inherintly political. We've spent the last four years building trust and a working relationship that has been essential to advancing the cause of the ME, including the creation of the Death Investigator program until we get there. Each of them understands on a very personal level why depending on JPs to assess manner and causes of death is outdated and no longer physically and emotionally feasible. We all ran again with the intent to make sure that the 4 of us are the last Wilco JPs to sign death certificates. I just can't believe it's been 8 years I've been working on the ME. It was a good idea and overdue when I started. The four of us are going to finish the job.

All 4 Wilco Justices of the Peace have now been nominated and all four of us will get to serve another term together as none of us faced any primary or general election opponents. That means we can get to work right away on our collective goal of advancing the cause of establishing a Medical Examiner in Wilco and getting elected judges out of the business of death. A 700,000 person county simply can no longer rely on our curret antiquated system. Stay tuned...

With 12,623 votes cast for me in this week's Democratic Primary, I'm honored to be your nominee with 100% of the vote! That's nearly double my prior primary election totals- 5,317 (2018) & 6,129 (2022). While there is still a general election in November, I have no Republican opponent so I'm looking forward to serving the voters of Northwest Austin and Round Rock for a 3rd term. I'll be working to continue cutting down on our case backlog and working tirelessly with my fellow JPs to finally get a Medical Examiner established in Williamson County.

Williamson County polling locations to remain open until 10pm after reports of voters being turned away. Here is the official announcement.

BREAKING: Two Williamson Co. polling locations have received orders to stay open. Northstar Georgetown and Georgetown Annex will remain open until 10pm for both Democratic and Republican primaries.

That’s up to 3 votes a second by the final hour of voting in Austin. There are still lines now after polls have been closed in student precincts.

Travis County hitting 180 voters a minute right now, still

Gillespie County (Texas Hill Country) Early/Mail in stats: 2022: 424 2024: 378 2026: 901 Turnout is wild!

Nothing. @wilcoelections has tweeted 3 times. This year. Total. No more live turnout monitor. And the voting locations for each party in separate PDFs. wilcotx.gov/185/Elections