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Williamson County commissioners on Tuesday approved hiring lawyers to explore legal options, including filing a lawsuit, to prevent the city of Austin from using a hotel to house homeless people. Last week, the Austin City Council approved spending $9.5 million to buy the Candlewood Suites at 10811 Pecan Park Blvd., an area of Austin that is in Williamson County. Commissioners had asked the Austin City Council last week to delay its decision to buy the hotel for six months because they had only recently learned of the project. By a unanimous vote, the Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved exploring legal actions against Austin over the hotel purchase. ....
Texas senator joins debate about converting hotel into homeless shelter Senator Schwertner represents the part of Williamson County where Candlewood Suites is located. AUSTIN, Texas - A seafood lunch wasn’t the only thing served up at Freda’s restaurant Wednesday afternoon. Some of the people at the northwest Austin restaurant were there for a protest. I’m worried about the security in the neighborhood, I’m worried about my home value, said Bob Mann, who lives in the neighborhood behind the restaurant. My nightmare scenario is if this goes through it’s going to destroy our business and destroy Freda’s , said Marie Chaudhari, who owns two hotels next to the Candlewood Suites. ....