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Our readers talk back.

"...to mention possible lawsuits against club owners by individuals (especially employees and musicians) who contract lung cancer from having..."

June 27, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...City" section of the June 6 edition. I accept that The Austin Chronicle is a liberal rag, and I..."

June 13, 2003 Column

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...Every morning at 7:10am, Katie Larsen, a senior planner in the city's..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Managed Health Care

The SIMS Foundation helps local musicians, and finally, itself.

"...Clearing House Sweepstakes. Such is the scene every March at the Austin Music Awards, when KGSR's Jody Denberg and..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...jar and frowned. A buck and some change were all that had come in from the few customers who..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Critic's Picks

Services

"...But every time we go in, we are greeted (usually by name) with a smile and a handshake and..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature

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.

"...and John Stephens, the city's former and current CFOs, that citizens may be caught off guard by Austin's new..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...open soon. Save for the delayed Intel project, here's what we can look for in the coming days, weeks,..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

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What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...Getting Treatment to Prisoners..."

March 23, 2001 Column

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Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...Thanks for the great issue about the history of Austin [Jan. 26]. It..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Altman Speaks!

The ultimate indie director shoots straight about breaking into the business, staying there, and loving it.

"...and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference is the first national conference to be devoted to the art of the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...She rose dramatically, with a fiery sword in her hand and her..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...Don't Cage the Cats..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...Around the Central Texas landscape, where there is water, there is power. Electric power, that is. Because the..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Man With Susan's Plan

"...directorial debut with the displaced ape-man comedy Schlock! (which featured the director in the title role), John Landis has..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...How did we get here? Remember that, back in the 1960s and early 1970s, when the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Austin's $712 million bond package was only a small sliver of the nearly $25 billion in tax-supported debt..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature

Between the Lines

"...When Christopher Dickey was eight years old, his father, the poet James Dickey, took him aside and told..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Books Review

Like Being Killed

"...I met Ellen Miller at a Barnes & Noble in Brooklyn this past April...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Fat and Mostly Healthy

City Rolls Out Brave New Budget

"...have said about the last few city budgets - that the spending plan debuted on August 5 ignores the..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Think Positive

"...is already a new, more detailed draft version of what ROMA is proposing for the Mueller site...."

May 8, 1998 Column

Marie Windsor

Tales of Noir and B Movies

"...sexuality mixed with pure danger, the kind of eyes that could gaze lovingly or cut you in half. The..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Room With a View

La Zona Rosa's Ripple Effect

"...photograph by Kenny Braun In truth, the war hasn't really started," says Liberty Lunch owner Mark Pratz of a..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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Open Records Good

"...Records Act dispute between the Texas Supreme Court and Attorney General Dan Morales ("Open and Shut Case"[Vol.17, No.1]) provides..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column

Countdown, 2001

"...is, "How can we best assure in our efforts, that the 21st Century will be improved over the 20th?"..."

March 14, 1997 Column

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...is the "Live Music Capital of the World." But what if we were merely charming instead? When word leaked..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

District 47

"...dreamed up a better story: three of the four candidates running in the Republican primary in District 47 of..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

Which Way Will Austin Swing? Ninth Inning, 3 and 2

Home By the River

"...One thing that can be looked at - going back to the..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Peeling Back De Layers

The Latest Budget Shell Game

"...Ever heard of delayering? It's a new thing down at City Hall. City Manager Jesus Garza describes it as..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

AISD Zero Tolerance Statistics

"...Under the proposed state zero tolerance policy, any student who gets caught with..."

May 12, 1995 News Feature

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