🥧 Can your dog have Thanksgiving food?

🗳️ Mayoral Hopeful's Recount Request Is Denied

Carmen Llanes Pulido requested a recount of mayoral election votes in 11 Williamson County precincts on Thursday, but within hours, heard from Austin’s City Clerk that the request was "defective." She is unsure if she’ll appeal. [KUT]

• Llanes Pulido told City Cast Austin she checked with the Texas Secretary of State’s Office before filing. “We were told we were perfectly fine,” she said.
• In a statement, Mayor Kirk Watson, who won his re-election, said he was ready to return to work, adding, "Hopefully, now that the effort to deny the election has been found defective, we can.”

🛣️ How To Weigh In on Toll Lanes Plan for MoPac

Through Dec. 29, you can give feedback on a proposal to build two tolled lanes in each direction of MoPac Expressway in South Austin. [Community Impact]

🍻 Where You Can Drink on Thanksgiving

This is a really important list: Here’s all the bars that are going to be open on Thanksgiving Day in Austin. Plan accordingly! [Eater Austin]

💰 Millions Spent on Combined Public Safety Headquarters

Austin has purchased two office buildings along Mopac Expressway near the Barton Creek Greenbelt for $107.6 million for its planned combined safety headquarters, housing Austin police, fire, and emergency medical services. [Austin Business Journal]