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March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
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Our readers talk back.
"...the 98% economically disadvantaged population? Look at the facts: www.austinisd.org/academics/blueprint/essummary.phtml. I've got an extra dictionary if you guys need..."
Feb. 17, 2006 Column
We Think It Can, We Think It Can ...
Capital Metro may have finally found a rail plan
everybody can … tolerate
"...the first step in providing more transportation choices for Austin residents," calls out the pro-rail forces at their New..."
Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Round Up the Usual Suspects
Cap Metro tries to re-make its image, Beverly Griffith considers her options, and the budget strains
"...that anyone, even John Kelso, would really think that Austinites had voted on (and down) light-rail transit for the..."
Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
The City Council adopts a legislative agenda focused on protecting the city’s right to govern itself.
"...say they aren't expecting the 77th Legislature to throw Austin as many punches as it has in sessions past...."
Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Naked City
Daryl Slusher debates Max Nofziger on light rail; Garnet Coleman fights with Hugo Berlanga at the St. Louis presidential debate; Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins support a soft money campaign for Ralph Nader; the Statesman buries a Bush funeral scandal story.
"...Council member Max Nofziger has been working as an anti-light rail lobbyist, representing South Congress merchants’ concerns that light..."
Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Naked City
It could be that the 20 reporters who showed up at the Governor's Mansion on the Sunday before Labor Day saw the only presidential debates that will occur this year; Hyde Park Baptist Church seems intent on moving "Forward Forever"; The light-rail train ride to the polls continues to build steam.
"...850 students. Complicating matters is the Quarries, the Northwest Austin property where the church has proposed building a new..."
Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose
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Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within
"...The recent cover story in The Austin Chronicle by Kevin Fullerton ["House of Cards," Oct. 22]..."
Nov. 12, 1999 Column
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The Gotham backlash continues.
"...a Houston condominium building, Gotham makes no contribution to Austin's uniqueness. As our city grows, we should encourage architectural..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Column
Downtown Developments
"...Miami's South Beach comes to Austin's downtown! Another chi-chi Sutton project in the $160,000 to..."
Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature
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No More Apologies
"...to fund more car infrastructure, kissing up to the Austin Police Association while brutality incidents stack up on top..."
May 22, 1998 Column
Corridor Conundrum
The Truth Is Out There on the Highway
"..."Regional Issues - Local Solutions: A Conference for the Austin-San Antonio Region." This title would seem to answer the..."
May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Downtown's Promise
"...San Francisco architect Charles M. Davis (above) returned to Austin last week as R/UDAT team leader to ponder downtown..."
Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Drag Rehab
"...views of Guadalupe from the south, showing a northbound light rail land, bike lanes on both sides of the..."
Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature
Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters
City's big plan is nearing the station
"...The Austin City Council and the Capital Metro board of directors..."
July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Project Connect: Phases and Stages
Advisory group gets closer to official Council recommendation
"...isn't expected until May – to be brought to Austin voters in November – the Project Connect team is..."
April 4, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann
Developing Stories: Learning From Denver
More insights from the Congress for the New Urbanism
"...tackling the same urban-planning issues we struggle with in Austin. Touring the city and the region, the assembled New..."
July 3, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...
Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals
"...isn't the be-all and end-all of local politics. In Austin, Hizzoner or Heroner doesn't even have much traction on..."
May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
UT Students Ignite Streetcar Passions
A UT forum on light rail got heavy last week
"...Rail 4 Real, a University of Texas student group advocating..."
Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Sharing Concerns About Seaholm
"...additional concerns. One concern is that the city of Austin charter that strictly prohibits the City Council from doing..."
March 14, 2008 Postmarks
'All Systems Go!' ... Very, Very Slowly
Cap Metro proposes a rail plan that is much less than meets the eye
"...the bus. Don't try to beat the train at railroad crossings. And don't make any commitments that might cross..."
Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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Brown Right To Fight
"...Madrina Luz Santos (yes, that was her real name, "Light Saints") and my Abuelita Carmen Rivera...."
Sept. 19, 1997 Column
Res Publica
Your civic agenda, Sept. 18-25
"...BLACK AUSTIN DEMOCRATS MEETING 6pm. Victory Grill, 1104 E. 11th, 902-5057...."
Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature
Don't Write That, Write This
"...Dear Editor, Two local internet portals (Metroblogging Austin and Austinist) have both reported the theory that the..."
Feb. 2, 2006 Postmarks
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Our readers talk back.
"...I "live outside the city limits." It is an Austin address, just not within the city. Never mind, however,..."
June 17, 2005 Column
Clarifying Opposition to Capital Metro Plan
"...Editor, In his column in the Oct. 29 issue ["Austin@Large," News], Mike Clark-Madison alleges that voting for this commuter..."
Oct. 29, 2004 Postmarks
One System, Multiple Modes
The map lays out the main lines of the 'multi-modal' regional transportation plans in progress
"...Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road plan and Capital Metro's proposed rail-and-bus plan are, in principle, designed to work together, and..."
June 4, 2004 News Feature
Naked City
Statesman ignores Bill Bunch as part of its
SOS history; Mary Arnold, Whole Foods and Lee
Walker honored for their SOS dedication; the Austin
Police Association's mailers for Rafael Quintanilla
never got mailed; Mayor Kirk Watson will lay out his
transportation vision.
"...The all-night hearing ignited a grassroots-powered movement that turned Austin on its ear, pitting the newly formed Save Our..."
June 9, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith
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City Centerpiece
"...["Power Play," Vol.17, No.46]. As a resident of South Austin and a member of the Parks and Recreation Board,..."
July 31, 1998 Column
Tied to the Tracks
What a Way to Run a Railroad
"...On a recent Monday afternoon, Longhorn Railway owner Don Cheatham drove past his rail yard near..."
