May 14-20, 1999


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Articles and Features


School of Hard Knocks by Kevin Fullerton

Frustrated teens are giving up on learning anything at school, and there's more of them than you think.



The People's Porch by Melissa Sattley

South Austinite Rolando Piña plays host to politicos and neighbors with his Patriotic Porch parties.


Changing the Landscape by Mike Clark-Madison

East Austin may achieve a milestone with City Council's passage of overlay.


Don't Pop That Top by Janet Heimlich

Texas has no open container law, which makes enforcement of the "driving while consuming" law nearly impossible to enforce -- and change looks unlikely.


City and State News

Naked City edited by Amy Smith

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold holds a mysterious stockholders meeting; a call for a peace-based economy from a former U.S. attorney general and UT alum; community policing 101; and more local politics news.


On the Lege edited by Amy Smith

Byrd Bill stalls again; proposed legislation will force the world's largest trash company to clean up or shut up; Austin is closer to purchasing state-owned land for a new Austin Museum of Art location; and more state politics news.


Council Watch by Jenny Staff

A proposed Police Oversight Focus Group is met with opposition from council members who want to give Police Chief Stan Knee more opportunity to improve APD's community relations.



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