POLITICS February 21-27, 1997

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Articles and Features

Shock to the System by Louisa C. Brinsmade
Deregulation may not happen this session, but it will happen.



Energizer Lobbyists by Robert Bryce
There is a lot of money at stake in the electric utility deregulation -- and hence, a lot of lobbyists.


 


City News

Naked City edited by Amy Smith

Items off the desk; the Austin Police Department's audit is in, and things don't look pretty; turmoil at The Texas Observer; Mayor Todd suddenly becomes wary of "emergency" bonds; rich Freeport looks to get richer; recommendations for protecting the aquifer from US290 runoff; the new Telecommunications Services Ordinance forges ahead in the name of "progress"; an internet prank has The Daily Texan unhappy.


Council Watch by Alex de Marban

Jackie Goodman's proposal to hire consumer advocate W. Scott McCollough wasn't as frivolous as it might have seemed.


Environs by Robert Bryce

Even the biggest boosters of market incentives for environmental protection admit they don't work; OPIC may soon be history.


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