Point Austin: How Are We Managing?

Targeting city manager may be hunting the wrong game

"...The embattled folks in the Northcross-area neighborhoods, still fighting the looming plans for a massive Wal-Mart,..."

April 20, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: The Writing on the Wall

If neighborhoods don't embrace Smart Growth, the city as a whole will get stuck with stupid growth.

"...Commission a request that, if approved by the City Council, could limit the residential density of part of Central..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Central Austin Plan: Love Is All Around!

Shocking scenes of consensus unfold right before the City Council's eyes

"...reached over two years to spawn the proposed Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. But by that time, the City..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

If Mueller is a model, then why wasn't it followed with the Villas?

"...the Mueller project, fired off letters to the City Council, staff, and the Austin American-Statesman arguing that -- in..."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Travis Country residents battle with private school's placement of its athletic field

"...a typical November afternoon in Travis Country, a Southwest Austin suburb of large houses, wide streets, and late-model family..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

With HOME, Council Cuts Lot Size Requirements for First Time in 80 Years

Smaller lots, more apartments, towers near transit

"...For the first time in nearly 80 years, City Council has reduced the amount of land needed to build..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Conflict of Interest

Facing corporate tyranny, we're all "interested parties"

"...will have been heard loud and clear at City Council today (Thursday), as it has been reverberating through the..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...Judging from the City Council campaign so far, you'd think that the most important..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...There's no regular City Council meeting this week (the next is Aug. 31), although..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council Watch

Housing Squabbles

"...The council's holiday season officially began last week, the first of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Column

Council Watch

Here and There

"...Last week, Councilmember Jackie Goodman did something she's never done before -..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Column

Opinion: The Lack of Evidence Behind Austin’s HOME Initiative

There are indeed benefits to density, but affordability isn’t one of them

"...on less land will differently impact low- vs. high-income neighborhoods and neighborhoods historically home to communities of color...."

April 19, 2024 Column by Rich Heyman

Austin at Large: The Bold Eye of the Beholder

Watson releases his first housing proposals, puts his “get it done” brand to the test

"...of the things that got done, after a typically Austin 30-year cycle of not getting it done, was the..."

July 22, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...Congress strip, looks wholly unremarkable today. But it's an Austin cultural landmark dating back 45 years, home to vitally..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

City Council District 7: Land-Use Politics Take Center Stage

"...the race for District 7 in Central and North Austin, incumbent Leslie Pool has drawn a sole challenger in..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...one thing that almost everyone can agree on in Austin, it's that our transportation situation is unacceptable and unsustainable...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Council Gets Surprised by APD's New State Grants

Refund the police?

"...City Council meets today, Aug. 27, for the first time since..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck

Affordability is in the details

"...break and "festival season," with the next regular City Council meeting not until March 23, council members had plenty..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Dog Days Arrive

Budget hearings get under way this week

"...City Council is hitting budget crunch time, and the strain is..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Triangle, Full Circle

Seven glorious years later, and did we learn anything?

"...60,000-square-foot grocery store at the Triangle. Both the City Council and the state's ad hoc special board of review..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Takes Long Day's Journey Into Night

"...illustration by DOUG POTTER The stamina of Austin city councilmembers was tested again last week with another..."

March 5, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...the city's far northwest – including the portion of Austin that lies in Williamson County – contains suburban neighborhoods..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: If This Is Thursday, the Public Hearing Is Closed

Short-term rentals may cause quite a stir at today's City Council meeting

"...going to raise the most sand in today's City Council meeting (Thursday, Aug. 2). In theory, this meeting should..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Mueller in the Middle

Whatever disasters City Hall hath wrought, the old airport isn't one of them

"...converted into a model urban village. After the City Council voted unanimously last month to move forward with Plan..."

June 18, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Planning From The Neighborhoods Up

"...over the BFI and Balcones Recycling plants in East Austin (we've been writing about it since May), and the..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature

Council Watch

"...as an officeholder yet. The newest and most volatile councilmember, who has publicly called some environmentalists "assholes" and who..."

June 23, 1995 News Column

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement

City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk

"...City Council is expected to approve more changes to Austin’s land..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council District 10: In Seven-Car Race, Alter Finds Center Lane

D10 appears most likely to end in a December run-off – predicting who will make it past Nov. 3 is not easy.

"...the most candidates (seven) of all the 2020 City Council races, the Central and West Austin District 10 appears..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements: City Council

Who should sit on the next dais

"...Austin voters are fortunate to have two strong, experienced candidates..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Point Austin: Mayor Adler's Superhighway to the Mobility Bond

Speeding toward November

"...Although the final City Council approval of a November transportation bond proposition – or..."

July 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King

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