Election Coverage 1998

"...would be funded through the issuance of General Obligation Bonds. General Obligation Bonds are repaid by the collection of..."

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

Council members' feuding bond proposals are sure to set off a major tectonic event at this week's council meeting.

"...Beverly Griffith's ambitious proposal to commit $95 million in bonds for building out East Austin parks and acquiring green..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can a super-sized Long Center fit in Austin's Happy Meal box of civic dreams?

"...one May 3 -- to reallocate $25 million in bonds approved in 1998 for the Waller Creek Tunnel flood..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beverly Griffith and Raul Alvarez rain on the mayor’s bond parade by adding a few proposals of their own; Cedar Avenue settlement goes back into mediation.

"...already did the big public investment thing back in 1998, when we passed $100 million in bonds for watershed..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A Day of Dickering

Bonds Take Center Stage Over Budget

"...pay scant attention to the presentation of the overall 1998-99 budget proposal, and the more detailed presentation from the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Column

That Figures

City Manager Jesus Garza introduces a budget that focuses on roads, utilities, and cops, and skates around a needed tax increase.

"...elsewhere. Yet the point of passing $1 billion in bonds in 1998 was to keep such projects from biting..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Before the Flood

The Waller Creek Tunnel could have been a boon to Downtown; now its just another failed proposal in the City of Ideas.

"...million, the sum for which voters would later (in 1998) approve bonds. Today, though, the tunnel is estimated to..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Gods and Monsters

The final days of the man behind Hollywood's Frankenstein

"...the crux of the story emerges from the unlikely bonds of friendship that grow between the two men. Boone..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...platform, and Austin's New Deal was ratified in May 1998, when voters approved bonds to both expand the Convention..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...to new facilities being opened as the city's billion-dollar 1998 bond program begins to bear fruit. Foremost in FY..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Budget Battles, Round 3

Will Wynn proposes permanently shuttering libraries, parks, and other facilities to devote scarce resources to the ones that are left.

"...most recently with the projects approved by voters in 1998's billion-dollar bond package. But City Hall's penury is already..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Red Ink Hits the Fan

City Manager Toby Futrell says the budget won't balance without years of tax hikes and service cuts

"...projects approved in the Billion Dollar Bond Package of 1998, for which Futrell's predecessor Jesus Garza thoughtfully earmarked property-tax..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Balance the Budget (In Three Years) in Five (Not-so-Easy) Steps

It will take both unpleasant tax hikes and spending cuts to balance the city budget -- and not until 2006

"...Most of the projects of the 1998 bond program -- 80% of the total cost --..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...city projects spawned of the boom and the billion-dollar 1998 bond program. (The ordinance's overall target for African-American participation..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The MACC: Back on Track, or Under Attack?

The city approves a new board for the Mexican-American Cultural Center -- and the center's previous shepherds cry foul.

"...and operate the city-owned facility, approved by voters in 1998 (on its second spin at the ballot box; it..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

In the Works

Pending Bike Projects

"...pending city of Austin bike projects – funded with 1998 bonds, federal grants, and city matching funds – plus..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Near-Term Downtown Transportation Plan

"...cost of $17.5 million. The money would come from bonds, cash on hand, utility funds, and Austin's share of..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...new facilities online as the city builds out the 1998 bond list, which is supposed to be completed in..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Tomorrow

Building on the Past

"...The winding, rutted road that brought us the November bonds runs along the border between different cities: Austin Tomorrow,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Despite the many good arguments in their favor, Beverly Griffith's parks bonds and Raul Alvarez's housing bonds get shot down at council; meanwhile, Kirk Watson's $150 million transportation proposal glides through with nary a hitch.

"...members argued that it was risky to tie up bonds for parks when other heavy public investments may soon..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...When she arrived, the agency's budget was $192,600; in 1998, Eways nearly doubled that amount, pulling in $387,000. Projected..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

"...of the City Council. They failed to derail the bonds, but this biggest Pct. 3 box voted 1,315 for..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Column

From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...In 1998, environmental and development interests came together to support a..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

Travis County Bond Propositions

"...Proposition #1: The issuance of $36,015,000 of road bonds and the levying of the tax in payment thereof...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Neither a Lender, Nor a Borrower Be...

1995-96 City Budget: Bond Debt and the Capital Budget

"...they get funded, and the cash comes primarily from bonds...."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Wallering at Last

Let's review the recent history of the Waller Creek tunnel project

"...review the recent history: Voters approved $25 million in bonds back in 1998. The money wasn't enough. The economy..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Election 2006: All Their Base Are Belong to Us

Crunching the numbers on the November 2006 election

"...the partisan split by district that we saw in 1998 and 2002. But that's in a race with a..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Miles to Go

A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.

"...change, but to leverage that money by selling revenue bonds and amassing cash up front. To make those bonds..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

King Kirk

illustration by Doug Potter

"...7. Bound by Bonds. Not only did Watson manage to garner credit for..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Column

Septic Overload?

LCRA Waits in Wings While City Ponders Sewer Service

"...Back to Bonds..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

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