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Mixed Up Signals

"...and look forward to continuing to work with The Austin Chronicle on its coverage of city issues...."

April 24, 1998 Column

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...the local news much lately, he's familiar to many Austinites. Back in the 1990s, Moffett and Freeport engaged in..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...of low-slung buildings to a skyline that neatly defined Austin, Texas, circa 1989. John Kunz had just moved his..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...neighborly audience from the Lakewood Homeowners' Association in Northwest Austin. They are fielding questions that touch the heart of..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

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Off the Desk:

"...the Chronicle's Election Board, /election/, and the city's webpage, http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/election......"

April 25, 1997 News Feature

A Colossal Wreck

The Intel Building and its discontents

"...was an eyesore, a civic embarrassment, a symbol of Austin's high tech downturn and the costs of Smart Growth,..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

The Candidate From Brown & Root

As Halliburton CEO, Dick Cheney and his employer made millions on government projects.

"...demanded by the Browns, or another dam, parts of Austin would likely have been inundated.)..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Vision of a New Republic

Plans for the Revitalization of Republic Square

"...of Southern Union Gas, was chair of the Downtown Austin Alliance in 1997-98, she was determined to focus attention..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Chale Nafus

CSC Who?

"...high demand: computer networking and information management. The company's Austin division, CSC Financial Services, specializes in outsourcing data processing..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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"...and Seaholm neighbors met, and heard from city of Austin Transportation Planning and Sustainability Department (TPSD) Urban Designer Greg..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Naked City

While the Chamber woos AMD in hopes that it will build its new chip fab plant here, the council stays coy.

"...A good many years have passed since the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce had its high tech recruitment heyday..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...to its center) are important to a great many Austinites, we don't complain too much about the high-handedness...."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

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Park and Ride

"...The Austin Parks Foundation endorses and supports Proposition 2 and Proposition..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

Chamber of Avarice

Developers Costing City Its Future

"...Commerce, and other boosters. It is reported faithfully by Austin's only daily newspaper and on what passes for news..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Texas Biofuels Movement Building Momentum

As Bush makes groundbreaking revelations about the U.S. being "addicted to foreign oil," Texans may be pleased to know that many of the scientific "breakthroughs" he says will someday break our oil fixation are already in the works here.

"...more public transit and human-powered alternatives is necessary both economically and environmentally, a rapid sea change in Americans' auto..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...As reported in a blog post from the McCracken-endorsing Austin-American States­man, Sanders felt that because Leffingwell had not procured..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

"...According to Thomas Wakely, executive director of the Economic Justice Foundation, Travis Co. election officials have once again..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Reflecting on the Deal

"...the details are yet to be determined, the basic economic aspects of the deal are already in place --..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Monday Oct. 12, at 8pm at the Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 Congress, Room 118 ......"

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature

City Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment, Less So on Hotel Occupancy Tax

First meeting after summer break features plenty of theatrics

"...approval on Thursday (Aug. 8) to the 97-acre mixed-use redevelopment at 4700 E. Riverside that’s been dubbed the “Domain..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Impulse Buying

City approves $15 million toward Convention Center Hotel, which the city will own in 30 years.

"...Who says the city of Austin is hobbled by a passion for process, a paralysis..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Don't Let Her Off, Rich

Statesman's Oppel Defends Ann's Influence-Peddling

"...Liipfert Bernhard McPherson & Hand, counts the City of Austin among its clients. They - and Richards in particular..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

West Lake Comes Out Swinging Against LCRA

West Lake Hills wants to regain control over its wastewater line

"...But then one recalls that West Lake Hills, Austin's wealthy suburban neighbor, is the protagonist. "Our city has..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

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"...executive committee voted Monday to sue the city of Austin and Lincoln Property Co., saying the site plan for..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

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"...billions and billions in federal contracts to major American corporations. Didn't happen. He either totally misread the report he..."

Aug. 11, 2006 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

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...John Bernardoni, Charles Eckerman, and Steven Scott formed a corporation, acquired the lease, and in 1975, reopened the theatre..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...Visionary, long-range policy-making has become the guiding principle of Austin politics, or (2) we no longer care about anything..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Council Watch

Council moves out of City Hall annex, addresses the needs of poor, examines csc's record on hiring minority contractors, approves neighborhood proposal for the chamption tract, names a designer of the Mexican American Culture Center.

"...on vacation, and in no mood to contemplate the Austin City Council in any manner whatsoever, many a joke..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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Off the Desk:

"...last week's district court dismissal of its lawsuit against Austin Community College. S.O.S. attorney Philip Durst filed the pleadings..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature

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