The Totescast has tons on tap this week. Up first is a run-down of the welter of business before City Council, including revisions to the texting-while-driving ban, a controversial billboard relocation, and the avalanche of historic zoning requests before council.

Then staff writer Lee Nichols drops by to discuss the latest wrinkle in Capital Metro‘s rail woes – their firing of contractor Veolia Transportation – and the city’s plans for a bike boulevard along Nueces St. Lastly, an update on Fleet Service‘s tire-dumping scandal. As always, Jordan Smith and Wells Dunbar are your totally awesome hosts.

This article appears in December 11 • 2009.

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