Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Governing Boards

A commission to study commissions -- it's not a political parody, it's for real.

"...Only weeks after his term began, we already know what Mayor Gus Garcia's legacy will -- or could, or..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Mayor Watson's final days dwindle to a precious few.

"...As hard as we've been ragging on Kirk Watson these past few weeks, it was hard not to..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...We have been treated, if that is the word, to copies of an..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Forget the Alamo

It’s strike three for Texas in the white-power rebellion game. Time to call folks out.

"...as bait to make him focus. He said, predictably, that everything was great and nothing was his fault and..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: If We Make It ’Til November

How noisy, chaotic, incoherent, and unpleasant can this election cycle get?

"...At the beginning of August, I used this space to..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: A Pre-November Pep Talk

Reasons for optimism as we ride this circus train into Election Station

"...Day, but as we live in our endless demi-quarantine, what is time anyway? (We haven't even had the conventions..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin At Large: Chronicles of Deaths, Foretold

The coronavirus works for free and cares not about its approval rating

"...Having already failed on a horrendous scale at the most fundamental requirements of the jobs they sought..."

May 22, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: People, Read the Zoom!

Don't make me leave the house to deliver some sense to y'all in times like these

"...can be a challenge; part of my job, or at least my personal schtick, is to amuse and inspire..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Forget the little boxes -- it's the big boxes we need to knock down

"...lazy here -- though I think laziness is terribly underrated -- but this is a column that pretty much..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Why is Mala Sangre less poisonous than Barton Springs?

"...Apparently, among the many virtues Toby Futrell has fostered at City Hall is the gift of prophecy. Chronicle readers..."

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

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council takes a hard look at the budget crisis -- and blinks.

"...-- despite months and months and months of talk (punctuated by an actual election, no less) about hard choices..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Council should remember the First Rule of Holes: When you're in one, stop digging.

"...It's like a bad futuristic thriller. (Perhaps I repeat myself.) If only our heroes could go back in..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

A slow summer news week means we get to take some well-deserved potshots.

"...portion of ink. Besides, ain't nothing else going on, at least at City Hall, which is still in dormancy..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"...neighborhoods, the daily, and me. Amazing, really, to think that less than five years ago our fair city was..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The council gives Children's Hospital to Seton before anybody knows what it's worth.

"...City Hall train, but rarely had she seemed more isolated or desperate -- or, if you'd rather, heroic --..."

June 20, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The mayor-elect faces opportunities and awkward options

"...week, a local club bill -- according to the information sent to the Chronicle -- featured three bands with..."

May 23, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For mayoral candidates, the rubber has yet to meet the road (or rail).

"...It's easy to argue, or hope, that the current election is a battle for the hearts..."

April 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Mayor's Task Force on the Economy is not completely clear on the concept.

"...At the Real Estate Council of Austin candidate forum last..."

April 18, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Too Many Cooks?

Restaurateurs Marc Katz and Brad Meltzer may spoil Will Wynn's (and Max Nofziger's) smooth mayoral campaigns.

"...Right now nobody is officially a candidate for mayor or City Council in the May election...."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: The Toxic Agenda

The Statesman's sensational report on Barton Springs is much less than meets the eye.

"...Whatever else you might think about the Statesman's ethics, at..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin girds its loins for its biennial journey up Granite Mountain.

"...Some time back, the crack investigative reporter (what kind of crack, we're not sure) at..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The sluggish transportation beat picks up speed and energy after the election.

"...important an issue as it is, for journalists the transportation beat is notoriously dull, slow-moving, and arcane. Those of..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

In Central Texas, the "progressive" agenda can trump the GOP "majority."

"...The news is good and bad, unless you're a Democratic partisan, in which case it's mostly bad. Although, both..."

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

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The postponement of light rail means we should look for other forms of mass transit

"...nobody is acting too surprised -- or disappointed -- that the transit authority won't mount another light-rail referendum until..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Coming to terms: The limited wisdom of term limits

"...It's a lovely image conjured up last week by Statesman columnist Susan Smith: Beverly Griffith, with her "Prada purse..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council greets the Gus Garcia Era.

"...In what we hope is not an omen, just about the..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can the new Green Council earn a mandate?

"...the all-star cast has risen to take the helm. What rocks and whirlpools lurk before Mayor Garcia as he..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large

An Austin political response to the New York bombing

"...Like Austin, New York will be choosing a new mayor on..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

"A different brand of law enforcement" doesn't have to be a bad thing.

"...not the only one who noticed the odd juxtaposition at last week's City Council meeting. At the noon hour,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin's chain store vs. local business battle is economic and political.

"...Last week, Mayor Will Wynn bemoaned the "Austin schizophrenia" that led neighborhood activists -- many of the..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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