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June 9, 2006

Volume 25, Number 41

news

  • Fare Fight

    The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

    BY WELLS DUNBAR

  • Parsing the Permits

    Dunkerley compromise could be both too little for new franchise but too much for the market

    BY WELLS DUNBAR

  • Blind Leading the Sighted

    Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired

    BY R.U. STEINBERG

  • Yogurt Shop Reversal

    The CCA overturns Springsteen murder conviction

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • The Lame, the Halt, and the Parking Thieves

    Crusading against handicapped-parking violators

    BY MICHAEL MAY

  • Libertarian Ganders Goosed by Aleshire – 216 Times

    After filing multiple campaign-finance complaints against others, Libertarians get slapped with their own

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Ethanol Usage, Production Heat Up in Texas

    Production of renewable fuel source still pollutes but offers longterm potential for clean energy

    BY DANIEL MOTTOLA

  • Naked City

    Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

  • Anarchist Soccer Rules

    Local anarcho-athletes to travel overseas for Anti-Racist World Cup

    BY DIANA WELCH

  • Kinky News

    Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman announces seven-point political reform agenda designed to get politicians out of politics and to open political process "to the people"

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Can the Y Be Fixed?

    "Community alliance" of Oak Hill residents, anti-toll activists, and Austin environmentalists gets first shot next week at convincing CAMPO to reconsider TXDOT's plans for the "Y"

    BY KIMBERLY REEVES

  • APD's Follmer Fired

    APD's Follmer Fired Rookie officer let go for role in September official oppression arrest.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Radnofsky Talks

    Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Barbara Ann Radnofsky Courts Austin

    BY LEE NICHOLS

  • Abortion: Louisiana's Punching Bag

    Governor Blanco says would sign ban on abortion that is moving through hurricane-battered state’s senate

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Point Austin: Budget Time

    Running all the numbers, we have to pay for what we need

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Beside the Point

    Bond package continues taking shape, and the McMansion ordinance's day of truth arrives

    BY WELLS DUNBAR

  • The Hightower Report

    The Ruby Red Cocktail; and An Appeal to Evangelical Voters

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

music

screens

the arts

  • I'd Like to Thank ...

    The 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Requiem

    When site-specific dance maker Sally Jacques was told that she could use the concrete shell of the Intel building for her latest production, she leapt at the opportunity

    BY BARRY PINEO

  • A Place To Land

    With 'A Place To Land,' dancer Leticia Rodriguez realizes a longtime dream of producing an event that encompasses the idea and meaning of home inside an actual residence

    BY BARRY PINEO

  • In Memoriam

    Austin juggling sensation Warren "Red" Ryder Schwartz, who opened for Esther's Follies for almost 20 years, was stabbed to death on Sunday, May 28

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Arts Reviews

    Lonely, and You're No One's Nothing Special; and 'Pillar and Stretch'

columns

  • Page Two: Constitutional Conventions

    A document birthed in controversy is understood by few and respected by fewer

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

    Our readers talk back.

  • Letters at 3AM

    The history of Mary Magdalene is more mysterious than any pulp yarn

    BY MICHAEL VENTURA

  • After a Fashion

    Stephen remembers when his life was simply an orgy of sex and drugs and rock & roll... No, silly, not last week...

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • To Your Health

    Is mangosteen really a more powerful antioxidant than blueberries?

  • The Common Law

    Protesting High Property Taxes

    BY LUKE ELLIS

  • Day Trips

    McKinney recycles an aging courthouse making a performing arts center

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

    Prison populations and a Polish pope

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

    • The Luv Doc: Grabbing Crotch

    How to cure your attention deficit

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

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