The Gale Force blows in from Big D Credit: Photo courtesy www.burntorangereport.com

And not a minute too soon, either. Perusing this week’s City Council agenda, we find this bon mot buried in general Citizens Communications:

Jennifer Gale – What has the Austin Council done to the downtown area?

Yup, that stalwart fixture of City Hall and perennial candidate is is back. And Downtown sure has changed a lot since Gale left to run for mayor of Dallas. Hell, she’ll probably came down to Second Street and feel as if she never left Big D. Welcome back – here’s to stirring the pot at City Hall.

This article appears in November 30 • 2007.

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