Proposition 5: The Middle School at Edwards Aquifer

The controversy over the proposed Southwest middle school has a long history

"...saw the designated campus as a magnet for additional sprawl. (The insider chatter on the board decision has been..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...continue efforts to take plans up a notch. See "Austin@Large," at right...."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Labor Backs AISD Bonds

District, unions reach agreement on prevailing-wage issue

"...In a move of confidence that Austin ISD will honor an 11th-hour commitment to adopt an..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Consensus? What Consensus?

"...views really are reasonable, well-informed, and "reflect public consensus" ["Austin@Large," News, July 30]. Instead, he repeats key false claims..."

Aug. 4, 2004 Postmarks

Time for Turnover at City Hall

"...to change direction, stop the move toward big-city urban sprawl, and retain what we have here while we still..."

Aug. 3, 2004 Postmarks

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"...CAMPO asked for public feedback ["Austin@Large," News, July 23]. Ninety-three percent said no, find a..."

July 30, 2004 Column

Road Foes: Down, But Not Out?

Fallout continues from last week's toll-plan vote

"...Rep. Terry Keel, R-Austin, who scorned the William Cannon bridge project as a..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Will Toll Plazas Be Poorly Managed, Too?

"...possible other than the new capacity being consumed by sprawl ["Postmarks," July 16]. That would be mismanagement, which is..."

July 22, 2004 Postmarks

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"...and pave the way for more urban and suburban sprawl...."

July 9, 2004 Column

Toll Road Plan Remains in Fast Lane

But Gerald Daugherty (of all people) wants to slow road-building down

"...who almost single-handedly defeated the light rail proposal in Austin. Yet there he was at last week's Travis County..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

One System, Multiple Modes

The map lays out the main lines of the 'multi-modal' regional transportation plans in progress

"...Metropolitan Planning Organization's official long-term transportation plan for the Austin area. Details on the individual proposals:..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature

Wanton Development Deprives Future Generations

"...Sirs, I have just read the article in The Austin Chronicle about the proposed projects on Hamilton Pool Road..."

June 2, 2004 Postmarks

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch

Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County

"...upon a time, there was a place called "between Austin and Round Rock." What's left of that place is..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...praises of former foes in support of the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. See " Central Austin Plan: Love..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Same old story: developers vs. environmentalists

"...both sides of Hamilton Pool – those who fear sprawl will kill off the landmark water hole and those..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...New Year's Eve and the millennium masses in downtown Austin were far more threatening...."

March 26, 2004 Column

This Must Be a Joke, Right?

"...million-plus in tax subsidies donated by the city of Austin, Stratus Properties has agreed to allow the AISD permanent..."

March 23, 2004 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Meanwhile, at City Hall, the Austin Music Network once again took up far more civic..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The Austin Police Association has decided to return to the bargaining..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

It's Doug's World, the Rest of Us Just Decorate in It

'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...morphs into the gray waves of identical rooftops that sprawl across Round Rock, Texas. This is where TLC's home-improvement..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

News Top Tens

"...1) East Austin vs. APD: As controversy raged on -- and the..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...striking than organizers expected: We really, really don't like sprawl. See Austin at Large at right...."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...left Travis Co. basically alone, but plans to Balkanize Austin and get rid of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett continue..."

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

Page Two

Mirroring those on the state and national levels, current city budget battles reflect the fact that we are not willing to pay for the quality of government we demand and expect.

"...Studying the Austin Music Network's finances could help us close not only..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

What happens when the camera eye turns on the Style Avatar (a lot of primping and fussing and primadonna-ing, you think?), and whom did he honor with his presence on the Fourth? …

"...my burning desire to climb the Mount Olympus of Austin society is paying off in spades. Phil told me..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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"...your June 27, 2003, "Hightower Report," published in The Austin Chronicle under the headline, "Tax Cheats Get Corporate Welfare."..."

July 4, 2003 Column

"Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection"

"Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection" contains a broad sampling of contemporary sculpture, painting, and photography from the past 40 years, and among the jubilant range of concerns and expressions, the riot of form, scale, color, and style, it reveals again and again the tension that exists between the technological world and the human one.

"..."Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection": Connecting the DotsAustin Museum of Art, through Aug. 10..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips

"...the state that are being encroached upon by urban sprawl...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...be how much money we -- the taxpayers of Austin, Travis, and Hays counties and Texas -- will have..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column

Bill Neely

Texas Platter

"...Bill NeelyAustin's Original Singer-Songwriter (Lost Art) Bill Neely's country-blues are as..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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