From Liberty Lunch to Homeland Security: Austin's Walk With CSC

Computer Sciences Corp. is now one of America's largest defense contractors. Is this a problem for City Hall?

"...Is the city of Austin -- which recently passed a resolution opposing a unilateral..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Food-o-File

Austin gets two new eateries and a possible fosterer for many more, in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...a time as any for new restaurant ventures in Austin. The city is abuzz with such activities as SXSW,..."

March 7, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...hidden fact of economic and psychosocial life here in Austin, the City of Ideas. Many of the people with..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

A Drip of Progress for Northridge Acres

The state questions why the plan to provide water to Northridge Acres costs so much.

"...directly into a fat loan from the Texas Water Development Board. Now it looks like he might need a..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...For three years now, since the community well failed, all of Northridge Acres' water comes from..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

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Austin Stories

"...The dogs of West Austin howled with happiness last week after neighbors of West..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cedar Park, Over Ice

Southwest Sports Group's high-powered campaign to win voter approval for an ice rink/concert complex could "put Cedar Park on the map."

"...the slick promo video, and the block walkers and community meetings, and the flyers stuck to every nonmoving windshield..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Austin Stories

"...Dedicated East Austin activist Robert Donley died Monday at the age of..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature

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"...I've researched Wackenhut and their fellow dark force, Corrections Corporation of America, for a number of years, and am..."

July 12, 2002 Column

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"...context: that there is a split in the bicycling community...."

June 21, 2002 Column

You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...On Memorial Day, two women, longtime Austin residents well into their eighties, decided to take a..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...week when he stated that "light rail is about redevelopment and changing land use and making a greater city,..."

June 14, 2002 Column

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"...that the average median family income in the five-county Austin area increased by 22% from 1989 to 1999 --..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...Group (N.A.G.) two years ago, primarily to advocate neighborhood development other than landfill expansion and new hauling companies. As..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...have no real differences with Jackie Goodman ["Governing Post-Boom Austin," April 12]. Jackie Goodman is a good woman, who..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Page Two

Endorsements are a pain, but we think they are also a service to our readers.

"...of the paper -- we not only cover our community, we aggressively interact with it. Doing endorsements is part..."

May 3, 2002 Column by Louis Black

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...The city is Austin, and an examination of its place in the lives..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...what happens to every child in the district," Education Austin President Louis Malfaro recently reflected, "when they are just..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...Your article of March 8, 2002 on Austin Community College (ACC) focused on the management of the..."

March 22, 2002 Column

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"...I would not be a "viable" candidate in South Austin where I live (north of Stassney between South First..."

March 15, 2002 Column

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"...without merit. Their dedication to the protection of our community's children deserves our support and any reform should be..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

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"...January 18 "Page Two" concerning the Villas on Guadalupe development, I would like to say that Mr. Barbaro's column..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

A Shifting Landscape

Texas Parks & Wildlife at an organizational crossroads

"...convincing ranchers, cowboys, and hunters that -- concerning land development and a broad range of environmental concerns -- they..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

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"...detailing why I think that the Villas at Guadalupe development is good for the Austin community ["Postmarks: Pro: Villas..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The roots of the Seton and CSC conundrums

"...of three blocks of city-owned land to Computer Sciences Corporation, were great solutions to thorny problems. They were, unfortunately,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...more" does a terrible disservice to the city of Austin staff. I served on the Smart Growth Task Force..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...year's police officers contract): Iris J. Jones, a former Austin City Attorney and assistant state attorney general, and currently..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Eric Mitchell Speaks!

"...good council members, both past and present, serve our community, the current system and lack of citizen participation makes..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.

"...Austin does not have five low-performing high schools, as News..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

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News Shorts

"...Bush prompted an anthrax scare Tuesday at the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. The envelope, which carried the chamber's..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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