Beside the Point
Council sharpens its pencil before tackling public safety budget
"...2008 budget, you'll find a lot of large numbers and lofty goals – but none comes much bigger than..."
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Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Budget Breakdown
Public Safety's proposed '07 numbers
"...Thursday, Aug. 24 is the Public Safety budget presentation to City Council, the second of..."
Aug. 25, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
The Lewis File
Park Police personnel record casts a harsh light on small law enforcement agencies
"...24, 2005, Warren Struss, director of the city's Parks and Recreation Department, wrote a three-paragraph memo to Darryl Lewis,..."
Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Police Consolidation Not Recommended
Audit committee advises against police merger
"...A public-safety-service audit presented last week to the City Council Audit..."
April 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
City Council Notebook
What's council jamming out to this week?
"...4: Up to $100,000 for Holly Street Neighborhood park and rec projects from Austin Energy – this for shitting..."
May 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
City Council Notebook
A look at what's on the agenda for this week's meeting.
"...Item 4: Authorizing city staff the ability to negotiate and execute an ABIA contract for a low-income airline terminal...."
Aug. 22, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
PSEM: City Coy About Coy report
In wake of public release of assessment report of city's Public Safety and Emergency Management forces, officials announce Park Police Chief Darryl Lewis will step down to division manager, but dance around saying much else
"...over whether to consolidate the airport police, parks police, and city marshals – merged last August into a department..."
July 7, 2006 News Feature by Michael King
How Not to Pick a Police Chief
As the search reaches full speed, so do complaints about the process
"...who, among the five finalists, are the strongest contenders. And above all, they agree that publicly revealing either preference..."
June 8, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Beside the Point
Preternaturally talented rogue city manager tries escaping 'The Company' before it does her in
"...With all the pirates, green ogres, and spiders having vacated the neighborhood septuplex, we've entered the..."
Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Beside The Point
City Council racing to get tasks done before end of year
"...endeavors, drew a prolonged endorsement from sponsor Brewster McCracken and eye-rolls from his colleagues; the East Riverside Corridor Plan..."
Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Live-Blogging the Budget Talks
"...I wrote up in today's column. Slight decrease in public opinion on the quality of Municipal Court services? Dirty..."
Aug. 23, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
City of the Dead
Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery
"...I see you standing on the other side...."
April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Officer Cleared in Dog Shooting
Investigation concludes that Officer Johnny Wooldridge was behaving in accordance with guidelines when he shot and killed Naive the dog
"...Long Metropolitan Park. The investigation, conducted by the city's Public Safety and Emergency Management Department's Professional Standards Division, concluded..."
July 25, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky
Double The Flow Rate of Niagara Falls
City releases new Onion Creek flooding stats
"...Last night, the City of Austin Homeland Security and Emergency Management office released the latest information..."
Nov. 7, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
The Chips Are Down
Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games
"...Ott's recently released "menu" of some 240 proposed cuts and fee increases to the city's fiscal year 2010 budget...."
June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?
City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”
"...people off the street. The dance clubs, beer joints, and tattoo parlors are all perfectly legal and legit businesses...."
June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki
Council Mulls Radical Changes to Police Structure
Reimagining public safety – and how to pay for it
"...in. Thus far, Council members have focused primarily on public safety – looking for ways to reduce the Austin..."
July 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Austin at Large: More Than We Could Imagine
At an unexpectedly delicate moment, Austinites can flip the script on public safety
"...it was first conceived last summer, the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force was expected to deliver its final..."
April 23, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Driving on Thin Ice
Bad weather exposes bad road design
"...bring Austin to a grinding halt: barely freezing temperatures and a little bit of precipitation. On four days in..."
Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
On the COVID-19 Front Lines, Providers Feel Exposed
Seeking protection
"...The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has settled like an invisible fog over Austin, as..."
April 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas
Campaign Snapshots
Get up-to-date on the D3 and D4 candidates before next week's Ballot Boxing forums
"...our 10-1 City Council forum series, Ballot Boxing, produced and sponsored by the Chronicle, the Austin Monitor, KUT-FM, Univision,..."
Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
The Road to 10-1: Western Additions
Add two more – Districts 8 and 10
"...recent weeks. That brings the total of declared Council candidates to 58, plus five mayoral wannabes – 62! –..."
June 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King
City Council Notebook
A heavy agenda for Council this week.
"...all over the flippin' place). Item 27: The much-discussed parkland dedication revision, requiring all new developments pay in –..."
June 19, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
High Stress at EMS
ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs
"...resolution to "be done with this place," Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Ryan Burger took a Glock 40..."
May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
The Worst Is Yet to Come
Austin's Emergency Operations Center
"...week as Oklahoma City rescue workers pull the injured and dead from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah..."
April 28, 1995 News Feature
Where's the Fire?
Communications Bond Proposal Is No Emergency
"...Reported by the Politics Staff and edited by Audrey Duff..."
April 25, 1997 News Feature
Total Solar Eclipse to Draw Crowds of Tourists to Town
The once-in-a-lifetime darkness is coming to Central Texas
"...1:36pm on Monday, April 8, the sun will disappear, and the sky over Austin will go dark...."
March 8, 2024 News Feature by Robyn Ross
The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]
As May money season opens, candidates blossom
"...No, the list of candidates for the new 10-1 City Council isn't as crowded..."
May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King
Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping
What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios
"...natural disaster? Catastrophic power grid failure? A deadly, uncontrollable pandemic? A solar flare that zaps communication systems on a..."
April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin
Are City Employee Pensions at Risk?
Pension systems in Dallas and Houston have been beat up by bad spending.
"...Public pension systems – funds that pay out retirement income..."
