Canyon Creek Rebels Target MUD Lawsuit

Municipal utility district board members resist suggestion they withdraw federal suit

"...There may be a polite rebellion brewing in Canyon Creek. As we reported a few weeks ago ("Point..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Against Canyon Creek Lawsuit

"...Dear Editor, As a Canyon Creek resident who does not approve of our municipal..."

Nov. 12, 2007 Postmarks

The Showdown at Lick Creek

As once clear water runs dark, a community defends its natural heart

"...any good that has come out of the Lick Creek pollution disaster, it's that Warren Stinson successfully contested his..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Steep Canyon Rangers

"...Steep Canyon RangersNobody Knows You (Rounder)..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature

Point Austin: MUD Rising

Canyon Creek voting-rights lawsuit goes to the Supremes

"...a tiny North­west Austin subdivision (better known as Can­yon Creek) whose more ordinary attentions are to water and wastewater..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye

Northwest Austin suburb chal­lenges the Voting Rights Act

"...According to their website, the folks in Canyon Creek, a tony suburban Austin subdivision just this side..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Once More Into the MUD

What we get when we annex unplanned development: plenty of entertainment

"...Canyon Creek is on a winning streak...."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Column by Michael King

District 50

Mark Strama tries to exploit his opponent's weakest points

"...first term. One group of dissatisfied constituents lives in Canyon Creek, a neighborhood off RR 620, at the western..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Zimmerman's Hypocrisies

Denouncing "subsidized" Austinites, council member should try a mirror

"...suing the city to end its "double taxation" of Canyon Creek, the far northwest sprawl development where he lives..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Supremes Bail Out

Court ruling lets Voting Rights Act live for another day

"...District No. 1 (better known in these parts as Canyon Creek). That story's been on my beat, so I've..."

June 26, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: On Voting, Endorsements, and Sincerity

It's put up or shut up time at the municipal polls

"...of the anti-Voting Rights Act lawsuit undertaken by the Canyon Creek MUD board (with the grandiloquent assistance of various..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: About Those Voting Rights

Colorblind ain't the same as blind

"...again considering a "voter ID" law just as the Canyon Creek Voting Rights Act lawsuit reaches the U.S. Supreme..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Michael King

King's Article Ignorant and Bigoted

"...Dear Editor, As a longtime resident of Canyon Creek, I was pleased to see in Michael King’s..."

Nov. 14, 2007 Postmarks

Joe Dirt

"...find the parents who abandoned him at the Grand Canyon as a child – this, after having surgically applied..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Point Austin: Beside the Point: Quality Time

This week's City Council agenda

"...be a move to "indefinitely postpone" any agreement. The Canyon Creek MUD proposal returns, and we presumably learn whether..."

May 27, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point: First We Pay, Then …

What's up on this week's City Council agenda

"...to extended discussion of a potential settlement of the Canyon Creek MUD dispute, aka the Twenty Years War. CC..."

May 20, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...week Alex at the store on the mouth of Canyon Creek said he was told by you that you..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column

I Want My Chronicle!

"...week Alex at the store on the mouth of Canyon Creek said he was told by you that you..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Postmarks

Election Wrap-up

"...his citywide average. (Although Katz's best box was 333, Canyon Creek Elementary, in the far Northwest.) The combo of..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Long Road to Responsive Fire Coverage

It appears the city’s in no big rush

"...Travis Country, Loop 360, Goodnight Ranch, Moore's Crossing, and Canyon Creek. Arellano further explained that funding options were still..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Election Workers Needed, Many Polls Combined

Don't forget to vote May 12.

"...@ 364 Valley View Elementary 336 Combined @ 335 Canyon Vista Middle School 343 Combined @ 333 Canyon Creek..."

May 10, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

May 4 Election Wrap-up

"...335 (NW - Canyon Vista M.S.) 64.2%..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature

Flippin' the Birds

Closing parts of Balcones Canyon Preserve angers mountain bikers and doesn't do enough to save wildlife.

"...gate near the Forest Ridge section of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP) wasn't in the mood for love. Instead,..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Meet the Candidates for City Council

Five incumbents fight for their seats at the dais

"...President of the Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District #1 (Canyon Creek MUD), and founder of the Travis County Taxpayers..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Council: For the Birds

Taking on bullhooks, FFF Fest, and more

"...the $400,000 purchase of 10 acres for the Balcones Canyonlands Pre­serve, specifically a parcel in the Bull Creek area..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Running to the Middle

Part II of the Chronicle's preview of the Nov. 5 general election

"...* Barton Creek Mall 2901 Capital of TX Hwy. S...."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature

Council: Back to Work!

Police, Fire, Water top a slim agenda post-election, pre-Thanksgiving

"...Country (D8), Goodnight Ranch (D2), Loop 360/Davenport (D10) and Canyon Creek (D6) completed by the summer of 2023. It's..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Public Safety & Their People

Fire stations, police officers, and the money assigned to both

"...Travis Country, Loop 360, Goodnight Ranch, Moore's Crossing, and Canyon Creek are all in need of fire coverage. Response..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Point Austin: Circle the Firing Squad

When you look for villains, look in the right direction

"...No. 1, better known locally as his home suburb, Canyon Creek), while not entirely victorious, helped set the stage..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Column by Michael King

10-1, Take Two

Five City Council incumbents up for re-election this November

"...Zimmerman rose to prominence in part by helping the Canyon Creek municipal utility district sue the city and Travis..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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