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April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
Cleanliness, Godliness, and Money
Critics charge that Clean Water Clean Government's finances are a bit murky
"...Bunch said that SOS, while heading up the petition campaign last fall to..."
May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King
Election Notes
Critics charge that Clean Water Clean Government's finances are a bit murky
"...Bunch said that SOS, while heading up the petition campaign last fall to..."
May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King
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Our readers talk back.
"...editor-in-chief, stage_sceneSOS Alliance Against EverythingDear Editor,..."
July 15, 2005 Column
Naked City
The Politics of Watershed Urbanization
"...the debate you stand on. Austin voters passed the SOS ordinance 10 years ago. Today, it's still unclear what..."
April 22, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
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Our readers talk back.
"...clearly since June 7 of 1990. The city and SOS Alliance have won almost every lawsuit, and yet huge..."
July 12, 2002 Column
Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow
A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal
"...wrong (not evil or corrupt, but mistaken), and because SOS has been unable to do more than simply be..."
July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Field of Dreamers
Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.
"...SOS: Support it...."
Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
City Hall Hustle: Hell or High Water
WTP4 opposition increasing – and increasingly not on the same page
"...one WTP4-related lawsuit, while another waits in the wings. SOS, joined by SOS science officer/University of Texas biology professor..."
Aug. 20, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
"...Authority water deal pending and proposed amendments to the SOS Ordinance also on the agenda. See "Beside the Point."..."
Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature
Austin's New Karl Rove
Former council member doesn't care for SOS's charter amendments, and they don't like him, either
"...the environmental community for insufficient devotion, or as the SOS Web site puts it: "Slusher spent more of his..."
March 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King
Lowe's Loses Again
The Brodie Lane big-box project remains shut down until a September trial
"...either bring the Brodie Lane store into compliance with SOS or vacate the site altogether...."
July 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
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The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.
"...Clark-Madison's neighborhood planning article and his sidebar comments on SOS support for Smart Growth ["Would You, Could You Be..."
Sept. 14, 2001 Column
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The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.
"...SOS Clears Misunderstandings..."
April 13, 2001 Column
What's the Deal?
The Details in the City's Proposed Settlement With Stratus Properties Are the Fine Print in the Term Sheet.
"...commercial space over 452 acres. The developer would use SOS impervious cover levels on 270 acres while using a..."
Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature
The Life and Times of Gus Garcia
City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service
"...Environmentalists responded with a petition drive for the citizen-drafted SOS (Save Our Springs) ordinance -- patterned on the interim...."
June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher
High and Dry
LCRA Approves Controversial Pipeline to Dripping Springs
"...more vehement opposition in the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS), stood behind Rose with smiling faces."We will hold off..."
June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
Naked City
Brigid Shea resigns from the Save Our Springs pac over the board's refusal to endorse Kirk Watson for mayor; Millennium March on Washington is April 30.
"...decade. Shea resigned from the group's political action committee, SOS Action, because its board of directors refused to endorse..."
April 21, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife rethinks its pact with the Lower Colorado River Authority; prospective candidates are lining up to run for two open on district court, and Brigid Shea leaves the SOS Alliance.
"...reason for them to rush into this agreement," says SOS Alliance President Robin Rather. Both SOS and the Hays..."
Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith
Save Our Springs Sues City Over Statesman Site Redevelopment
They claim city violated procedural rules and affordability requirements
"...SOS claims that the PUD “goes beyond zoning by essentially..."
June 7, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher
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"...which you would want to live and raise children." SOS passed and survived court challenges...."
Aug. 3, 2012 Column by Louis Black
Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'
The incumbent mayor defends his record
"...to explain it. You know in the past the SOS [Save Our Springs] Ordinance, back in 1992 or 1993,..."
April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King
Beside the Point
Council and SOSA haggle over ballot language
"...morning showtime, cut to the quick the debate between SOS and council over how to accurately reflect on the..."
March 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Loosey-Goosey Land Agreement?
Environmentalists and AISD face off once again over school construction in Southwest Austin
"...grumbling that AISD is trying to weasel out of SOS, which is up there with "covet thy neighbor's ass"..."
Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Lowe's Gets More Complex
The retailer wants the county to be a co-defendant in its SOS lawsuit
"...comply with the city's Save Our Springs Ordinance. Under SOS, such a development would ordinarily be capped at 15%..."
Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...of several groups, including the Save Barton Creek Association, SOS Alliance, Public Citizen, SEED Coalition, and Far South Austin..."
Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall
The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans
"...allow the company to build beyond the scope of SOS. But those six votes didn't appear likely, and a..."
Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Here a Box, There a Box, Everywhere a Big Box
One Lowe's, two Wal-Marts, and three sets of angry Southside citizens
"...would enforce the 15% impervious cover limit under the SOS Ordinance. A lawsuit and a legislative maneuver on Lowe's..."
Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
Battle of the Big Box
Enviros and Southwest neighbors find a common cause: fighting Wal-Mart and its plans for a Supercenter on the aquifer
"...level of 65%, four times the amount allowed by SOS. Wal-Mart recently bought the land from local developers Endeavor..."
July 11, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
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A decade after SOS, we need to develop a realistic vision and useful political tools to address future development in the Barton Springs watershed.
"...The SOS Alliance is talking about leading a coalition to sue..."
