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October 27, 2000

Volume 20, Number 9

features

news

  • Endorsements

  • The Hottest Race in Texas

    The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Who's Buying S.D.3?

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Contributions by Locale

  • 31 Staples Contributors of $10,000 or Over

  • 29 Fisher Contributors Over $5,000

  • Cowboy Poker

    When Bush Marches on Washington, the Deck Gets Shuffled. Our Predictions:

    BY ROBERT BRYCE

  • All the Right Moves

    Democrat Donna Howard faces self-proclaimed moderate Republican Cynthia Thornton in the general election for Austin's seat on the State Board of Education

    BY KEVIN FULLERTON

  • The Greening of George W. Bush

    An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

    BY LOUIS DUBOSE

  • Ten Big Polluters Who Designed Bush's 1997 Anti-Pollution Program

  • It's the Planet, Stupid

    George W. Bush is not sure global warming and the greenhouse effect are a problem.

    BY ROBERT BRYCE

  • Naked City

    Daryl Slusher debates Max Nofziger on light rail; Garnet Coleman fights with Hugo Berlanga at the St. Louis presidential debate; Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins support a soft money campaign for Ralph Nader; the Statesman buries a Bush funeral scandal story.

    BY LOUIS DUBOSE

  • Naked City

    In response to East Austinites' outrage, Danny Thomas comes out against the light rail referendum.

    BY EMILY PYLE

  • Naked City

    A pipeline explosion in North Austin raises questions about Longhorn Pipeline's plan to run gas through a 50-year-old pipeline across the Edwards Aquifer.

    BY DAN OKO

  • Naked City

    Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs board member Florita Bell Griffin goes on trial for allegedly conspiring to benefit from housing projects she approved.

    BY KEVIN FULLERTON

  • Naked City

    Austin Adopt-a-Minefield is struggling to raise enough money to clear Praca, a village in Bosnia, of land mines.

    BY EMILY PYLE

  • Naked City

    Former TFSC head Dick McNeil testifies that he talked to Governor George W. Bush about the ongoing investigation into funeral giant SCI, a statement that contradicts Bush's sworn testimony on the matter.

    BY ROBERT BRYCE

  • Naked City

    What's coming up at City Council.

    BY EMILY PYLE

  • Naked City

    Port Austin, the turbo-hyped broadband expo planned for Nov. 9-11, has been canceled.

    BY ERICA C. BARNETT

  • Naked City

    CAMPO undergoes the peer review study sought by anti-light rail activists, but the results turn out quite differently than the road warriors expected.

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • The Hightower Lowdown

    Congress and China Trade; Rewarding Failure

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

  • Southeast Feast

    On 620, about halfway between Mansfield Dam and Lakeway, in Lakeway Plaza, is one of Austin's best pan-Asian restaurants. It's a small spot with limited seating and tiny tables turning out some of the finest Thai, Cambodian, Laotian, and Burmese cuisine around. As a matter of fact, they turn out the only Cambodian, Laotian, and Burmese cuisine in Austin, and it's not even on the menu!

    BY MICK VANN

  • Food-o-File

    Upcoming food and wine festivals, updates on local culinary news.

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

  • Second Helpings: Casual Fine

    Casual fine dining in Austin.

  • Liquid Assets

    Affordable Wines

    BY WES MARSHALL

  • Food Reviews

    Dot's Place

music

screens

the arts

  • Making a Front Porch for the City

    As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Articulations

    Austin playwrights are drawing attention around the nation, and one theatre company is getting hit by the Macbeth curse smack in the face.

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Arts Reviews

    A Macbeth, and Macbeth

columns

  • Page Two

    The opposition to Light Rail is rebutted by our Editor.

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

    More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.

  • Public Notice

    PN takes you through the final weeks of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and looks ahead to events on the public service horizon.

    BY KATE X MESSER

  • Letters at 3AM

    Michael Ventura reflects on the gateway of Time.

    BY MICHAEL VENTURA

  • After a Fashion

    The Style Avatar digs into the subatomic particles of the Atomic Cafe Fashion show and goes on a "Bender"…

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Coach's Corner

    Coach is having none of this "Subway Series" BS. Only question is: Which team does he hate the most?

    BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON

  • Mr. Smarty Pants

    More intriguing lumber for your mental woodpile.

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

  • Day Trips

    From Galveston to Cozumel on a Carnival cruise ship: food, gambling, food, and ruins.

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • About AIDS

    Volunteer Call for peer counelors at the HIV Wellness Center.

    BY LEAH GRAHAM

    • The Luv Doc: Abortion is a Sticky Wicket

    Nature doesn’t provide any clear cues for difficult moral questions.

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

books

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