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From local tragedies to national legislative action so much has happened this week. A brief recap follows.
11/3: Election Results
Just under 4% of registered voters in our precinct cast their ballot in the November election. That's just under the county-wide voter turn out of 5%, but Precinct 307 (just west of Zilker) had a 17% voter turn-out! Wow, way to go PC 307!
Proposition 1 received 48% votes for, and 51% against. All other props passed by a large margin. Click election results for more info.
11/5: Tragedy at Fort Hood
Everyone by now has heard of Thursday's shooting that took 13 lives and wounded 30 at Fort Hood. Many have shown their support of the survivors and their families --donating blood and money. News8 reports on local memorial events scheduled for today and information on where to send donations.
Local memorial events
-- Sunday at 5 PM, at Killeen Civic and Conference Center
-- Monday, A local grassroots organization is asking everyone to drive with their headlights on to honor those directly or indirectly affected.• The Central Texas-Fort Hood Chapter of Association of the United States Army has set up a Community Response to 11/5 Fund for anyone wishing to make monetary donations to help support the families of the victims involved in Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood.
Donation Information
--Monetary donations can be sent to the Central Texas-Fort Hood Chapter of Association of the United States Army. Send checks to the attention of "Community Response to 11/5, P.O. Box 10700, Killeen, Texas 76547.
-- Barton Creek Square mall goers can pick up $1 wooden rose at Kay's Hallmark. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the families of the victims of Ft. Hood.
-- Donations can also be sent to the Killeen Red Cross at 208 West Ave. A., Killeen, TX 76541.
-- Donations are tax deductible, click on News8 reports for more details.
11/7: Passage of House Health Care Bill
With a vote of 220 yeas and 215 nays, the United States House of Representatives passed the House version of the health care overhaul bill. The bill requires employers to offer health insurance and provide a public health insurance option to compete with for-profit insurance companies. It will reduce the percentage of uninsured Americans from 17% (today) down to 4% by 2019. Most of the a cost of the $1 trillion bill would go to help low- and moderate-income people purchase insurance (subsidies.) Now let's see what the US Senate ultimately churns out!
What will next week hold for us?
