The Austin Chronicle

February 19-25, 1999


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Articles and Features


Turning Point by Jenny Staff

The Save Our Springs Alliance is trying diplomacy on for size to fight the Forum PUD (Planned Unit Development) in South Austin.



A Disjointed Family by Clay Smith

In the wake of Cornerstone's closing, some in the gay and lesbian community are continuing to network online, while others are rethinking the center's purpose in the relatively gay-friendly Austin.


City News

Corner to Corner by Mike Clark-Madison

New Urban advocates are looking to turn the site of soon-to-be-closed Mueller
Airport into a model city within a city.

Naked City edited by Lisa Tozzi

AISD gives up trying to please everyone with new boundary lines; why the city might renege on its promise to shut down the Holly Power Plant; the Sunshine Project for Police Accountability PAC takes on the Austin Police Department; and more local politics news.


On the Lege edited by Lisa Tozzi

Attorney Gen. John Cornyn's press statements before scheduled executions seem unnecessarily boastful; an activist who successfully fought against a rendering plant's planned location near her home takes on a House bill that would prevent others from doing the same; and more state politics news.


Council Watch by Jenny Staff

Puzzling out which regulations would reduce the number and size of billboards in Austin; why the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood may be "the next Hyde Park"; and other City Council agenda items from this week.


Media Clips by Lee Nichols

Texas cable companies flex their news muscles in regional markets; Texas Monthly magazine rethinks its Web site.



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