Emotions run high as Lee Leffingwell is made Austin's 51st mayor, new council members Bill Spelman and Chris Riley are inaugurated, and Mike Martinez and Sheryl Cole begin term two. Their priorities may surprise you!
On this installment of Hust FM, we examine the new fire chief Rhoda Mae Kerr's controversial staff reorganization from all the angles. Featuring City Council member Mike Martinez, Kerr, the Statesman editorial page, and lots more. Listen up!
It’s an emotional moment in City Hall, as badly-trailing Brewster McCracken concedes the mayor’s race to Lee Leffingwell. Will Wynn’s on hand to officiate; the Hustle catches up with the principals afterwards. Keep ya head up!
It's an election night gala as the Hustle party-hops all night. Watch us chop it up with Lee Leffingwell, Brewster McCracken, Chris Riley, Mike Martinez, Josiah Ingalls and our friend Laura Morrison.
You know Election Day's almost here – it's time for the Hustle's campaign ad round-up! Thrill to our deconstructions of ads from Perla Cavazos, Chris Riley, Sheryl Cole, Lee Leffingwell, Brewster McCracken and Carole Keeton Strayhorn. All this, and a nod to another presence on the video-blogging scene. Check it out!
It's the devastating denouement of the Hustle's five-part interview series. Here, we try to get a handle on the enigma that is Carole Keeton Strayhorn. This is the one you've been waiting for!
Businessman and "liberal libertarian" David Buttross sits for an interview and the results are the Hustle's most combative taping. Hear the candidate sound off on federal stimulus dollars, homelessness and other topics.
Josiah Ingalls sits for the Hustle's cameras, and lays out his priorities as mayor: a focus on the homeless, greater transparency, and some unique transportation solutions. You don't want to miss this one.
In his interview with The Hustle For Mayor, Lee Leffingwell inveighs on hunkering, budget challenges the city faces, his leadership style, transportation, Capitol Metro reform and more.
Earlier today, the Austin Chronicle debuted the Hustle for Mayor, a series of one-on-one video interviews with the city’s mayoral candidates. Over the last few weeks, Brewster McCracken, Lee Leffingwell, Josiah Ingalls, and David Buttross – all the candidates that agreed to meet – sat for wide-ranging discussions with the Chronicle’s Wells Dunbar. The results are in-depth and unhurried conversations spanning the election's most important issues: local responses to the recession, tough budget decisions, leadership styles, transportation solutions, public safety, and more.
Highlights include Leffingwell naming McCracken as a supporter of the expensive, abandoned public safety salary premium (a charge McCracken dismisses as “invented”); Leffingwell responding to progressive criticism; McCracken addressing his silence on rail this election; Ingalls’ passionate defense of the homeless; Buttross’ surprising stance on federal stimulus dollars, and much more.
The first episode, a two-part interview with McCracken is online right now; it and all the subsequent interviews will be accompanied by summaries and analysis in the pages of the Chronicle. Interviews with Leffingwell, Ingalls, Buttross, and more will be posted online each day leading up to the start of early voting Monday, April 27. Watch the Hustle for Mayor starting now at at austinchronicle.com/hustle.
