Clean Water, Clean Government Campaign Kicks Off

SOS Alliance wants more open and more proactive government on aquifer issues

"...Most anyone at City Hall would tell you that open government is a..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

It's Your City Council!

Brigid Shea and Clay Dafoe vs. Lee Leffingwell

"...mayoral race could be described as "Classic" vs. "New Austin" – and voters will have to decide which candidate..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Republican honchos seek to influence route of public project in Bexar County.

"...that the Gramm connection is likely why San Antonio's City Public Service department is under pressure to scrap its..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...its effort to combat the deepening housing shortage, the city of Austin adopted its Strategic Housing Blueprint, a 39-page..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Point Austin: The Law Is a Ass

The Great Open Meetings Scandal comes to its legalized conclusion

"...one of the sillier yet more lamentable episodes of Austin politics, although as Mike Kanin points out ("Open and..."

Oct. 26, 2012 News Column by Michael King

It's Your City Council!

Six candidates are gunning to unseat Bill Spelman

"...(e.g., reluctant support for continuing WTP4; opposition to moving city elections to November)...."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...At press time, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks upheld Austin's voter-approved anti-smoking ordinance, rejecting a request by several bar..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...local social justice and advocacy organizations are calling on city and county leaders to step up and help those..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Vote Early and Often

The collision of elections leaves many voters in the dust

"...voting, we're not accustomed to whipsawing from one election (City Council, this Saturday, May 12) to another (party primaries,..."

May 11, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...for Travis Co. Constable Precinct 1 – including former Austin City Council Member Danny Thomas...."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...is broken if we don't want to have a city that looks like California with a $400,000 housing average."..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: A Living City

When you vote on Saturday, keep in mind the real soul of the city

"...couple of weeks ago, those earnest folks at Liveable City issued a pair of "ballot studies" analyzing the two..."

May 12, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Under fire, designs for the new city hall received a less-than-enthusiastic approval by City Council last week.

"...To hear the talk around City Hall -- the current one -- you'd think there..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Big City Blues

Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.

"...exclusively an urban phenomenon -- is making the old city-state contract harder to honor. It was, after all, Austin's..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Little City Hall

Architectural Team Picked to Design Scaled-Down Building

"...Austinites are damn good at fighting City Hall, even though..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...anywhere, surely far from the center of the Rose City's public policy universe. But many eyes are directed here..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Chambermaid

"...excise Chamber member Gary Bradley's Circle C subdivision from Austin's extra-territorial jurisdiction, the Chamber of Commerce Executive Board voted..."

June 16, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

Point Austin: ALEC by Another Name

Corporate advocacy group looks to deepen local influence

"...legislation they can then "sponsor" back home in, say, Austin...."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Principles For Open Government!

"...allegedly a criminal violation of the Open Meetings Act ["City Hall Hustle: Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of..."

March 28, 2011 Postmarks

Point Austin: Gentlemen's Disagreement

Martinez says community needs to look at council districting once again

"...Fledgling Member Mike Martinez caused a flutter in the City Council dovecote last week by raising a perennial, thorny..."

July 28, 2006 News Column by Michael King

What's at Stake at City Hall?

City elections bring debate over people, priorities, and propositions

"...forever what she might have meant by advocating "transparent government." Wynn's version of the police incident is that a..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Greens vs. Greens

Charter election rhetoric begins rising all around

"...it by the beleaguered crew assembled in front of city hall last week, leaning into a bitter March gale..."

March 31, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the Chief." – Excerpt from a grievance filed by Austin's police officers union, after a confidential recommendation by the..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Point Austin: Samsung's Domain

The city eagerly raises the corporate incentive flag, and we're all expected to salute

"...and review the proposed "Economic Development Agreement" between the city of Austin and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C. (most recent..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Political commentary on the prospects of single-member districts

"...was in fact white folks in Northwest and Southwest Austin who brought us Eric Mitchell, the favored (if not..."

Oct. 12, 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

Naked City

The anti-Longhorn Pipeline contingent rallies in the wake of a preliminary approval of the pipeline.

"...to get to the Burger Center gymnasium in South Austin, and they were ready to hear the gospel...."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Austin at Large: Digital Spills in the Silicon Hills

On Austin’s – and our own – awkward relationship with tech

"...mind a familiar, old, sad, refrain: Why is the city of Austin's website so bad?..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: What You Say, and How You Say It

Ballot language argument is a snapshot of polarized Austin politics

"...Last Thursday morning, City Council agreed to adjourn by midnight – and eventually..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Homestead Exemption Still Burning

How many votes can $2 a month buy?

"...The City Council vote to expand the property tax homestead exemption..."

July 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King

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