Beside the Point: An Open Letter to Rich Oppel
Sometimes it's hard not to agree with Rich Oppel
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Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Rove: The History Campaign
Turd Blossom to bloom anew in Hill Country
"...Rove also has been long associated with Austin academia. Although campaigning originally distracted him from completing a..."
Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
"...eating up the once pristine Hill Country west of Austin. Nice job, Joe...."
Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature
Beside the Point
Council sharpens its pencil before tackling public safety budget
"...you're acquainted with the centerpiece of public-safety spending, the Austin Police Department, which consumes $220 million – well more..."
Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Statesman Transportation Writer Can't Read Road Signs
You'd think that would be a prerequisite for the job.
"...So the city of Austin would like to build a $4 million bicycle bridge..."
Aug. 20, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols
Bush: The New Mr. Blackwell?
Dubya: Fashion icon?
"...Marques Harper wrote a fairly innocuous story for the Austin-American Statesman and the Waco Tribune Herald about President Bush's..."
Aug. 17, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Elvis Lives!
Allison Orr choreographs a new comeback special for the King
"...That may sound strange considering that this Austin choreographer is about to open the third incarnation of..."
Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Beside the Point
The plots thicken at City Hall
"...and Diane Hyatt, lists a who's who of hard-hitting Austin developers as defendants: development firms PBS&J, Malcolm Pirnie, Owen..."
July 27, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar
@ Chronic: Slusher Speaks
Is Daryl Slusher benefiting from a revolving-door arrangement down at City Hall?
"...over Toby Futrell's 2002 staffing of a specially created Austin Energy position with her brother-in-law, a name familiar to..."
July 20, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Point Austin: Futrell's Twilight
As the city manager looks homeward, odd old business
erupts
"...in hiring was proper") recounting the 2002 hiring by Austin Energy of Futrell's "brother-in-law by marriage," Kurt Stogdill, under..."
July 13, 2007 News Column by Michael King
Council's Got ... Talent?
At intermission, we talk to the headliners
"...is the establishment embodiment of all that's hot about Austin right now: A most eligible Downtown resident, he's presided..."
July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Dying Alone in Williamson County
Animal shelter conditions draw outrage and accusations
"...On June 28, Sobel released a lengthy statement defending..."
July 6, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
The Miller's Tale
Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'
"..."If anybody is writing a history of Austin, I got stuff they can use," she offers, lifting..."
July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
So Long to My Other Brother Daryl
Slusher remembers Janes
"...newsletter focusing on city government. The setting was boomtown Austin of the mid-1980s. Daryl and I had arrived in..."
June 22, 2007 News Feature by Daryl Slusher
Unsuspended Judgments
Battle lines drawn over the police shooting of Kevin Brown
"...At a press conference last week outside the Austin NAACP offices, the family of Kevin Brown, shot and..."
June 15, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith
And the Award Goes to ...
The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...On Monday, June 4, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding..."
June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
APD Shooting: What went down
Officer shoots and kills 25-year-old after scuffle early Sunday in East Austin, Department of Justice to investigate APD's use-of-force tactics
"...bluntly, last weekend was a shitty one for the Austin Police Department and for the family of 25-year-old Kevin..."
June 8, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan
Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.
"...Widespread ranting has been flying thick in the Austin air as council approaches its Thursday vote on the..."
June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor
Point Austin: Green Is as Green Does
Saving the planet begins at the grassroots
May 25, 2007 News Column by Michael King
Outstanding!
Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...the future. That said, the nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1,..."
May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Oops!
Our latest batch
"...reported in a May 3 press release from the Austin Public Library Foundation. It turns out Dunkerley's quote originated..."
May 18, 2007 Column
Developing Stories
City plans ahead for sustainable funding of Austin's new flagship Downtown library
"...Getting Austin's new flagship Downtown library built by 2012 is one..."
May 11, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Giving City Hall the (Small) Business
Small Business Group raises some serious concerns about the city's finacial forecast – in between all the hand-wringing.
"...not exactly what I'd call urgent priorities in the Austin of 2007. So while we'll obviously take it with..."
May 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
On the Lege
Voter-ID bills protect voters ... by keeping them away from polls
"...In testimony, Austin attorney and election pro Buck Wood said he's handled..."
May 4, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
Developing Stories: Town Lake Trail - Closing the Gap
Town Lake Trail takes aerobic sprint toward reality
"...a year. The waterfront trail currently dead-ends near the Austin American-Statesman, not to reappear again until Lakeshore Boulevard. Determined..."
April 27, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Taking Austin for a 'Spin'
TCBlog make the Austin rounds in the new Spin.
"...One of Austin scenesters' favorite gripes is how we don't get enough..."
April 25, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray
Woodward and Bernstein Make 'Statesman' Editor Squirm
Legendary reporters who broke Watergate story question Oppel's role at Statesman, opinion on confidential sources
"...Rich Oppel, editor of the Austin American-Statesman, came under criticism Friday from none other than..."
March 30, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
TCB
Permits, or lack thereof, cause a huge to-do between FactoryPeople, SXSW, and various city agencies, while musicians spin some hot-rod yarns and the King of Sixth Street abdicates his throne
"...open letter to SXSW organizers and the city of Austin (published on Austinist and Austin360.com) criticizing SXSW officials for..."
March 30, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray
Worse Than Watergate?
Which icons of American journalism think the Statesman needs to make some serious changes?
"...Rich Oppel, editor of the Austin American-Statesman, came under criticism Friday from none other than..."
March 26, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
We Were the Urban Pioneers
Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown
"...grand achievement comes a new kind of pioneer to Austin. We're speaking, of course, of the urban pioneers –..."
March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
The White Horse
