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Michael King
“We need to manage our growth so that it doesn’t manage us, and to preserve what we love about Austin.”
– Mayor Steve Adler, State of the City, April 2015
“Imagine what it would be like to live in a city that manages its growth, rather than let its growth manage it.”
– Laura Morrison, mayoral campaign kickoff, March 26, 2018
This article appears in April 13 • 2018.
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Contributing writer and former news editor Michael King has reported on city and state politics for the Chronicle since 2000. He was educated at Indiana University and Yale, and from 1977 to 1985 taught at UT-Austin. He has been the editor of the Houston Press and The Texas Observer, and has reported and written widely on education, politics, and cultural subjects. More by Michael King