Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...On July 11, Carl Smart took over as only the second ever director..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Out of Time

Denzel does a Southern-fried potboiler.

"...Directed by: Carl Franklin. Starring: Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One False Move

"...Directed by: Carl Franklin. Starring: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thorton,..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Attempting to Comply

With a new name and a new boss, Code Compliance tries to become more 'people-friendly'

"...and building permit violations, Austin's new Code Compliance Director Carl Smart should expect to take the rough with ......"

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?

Short-term rentals remain contentious

"...a presentation to Council last week, Austin Code Director Carl Smart admitted to the difficulty of a comprehensive solution...."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Grandma

Lily Tomlin leads a dynamic cast down roads less traveled

"...O. Russell (Flirting With Disaster, I Heart Huckabees), and Carl Reiner (All of Me), among others. Yet she owns..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hatchet

The terrifically retro maniac in this horror film recalls the heyday of Eighties gore films with gleeful abandon.

"...se, but certainly some sort of Fangorian paradise. It's smart, too, and although it never quite goes down the..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Disturbia

Up-and-comer Shia LaBeouf is a young actor to watch, but he’s had better opportunities than this teen thriller to show what he’s capable of.

"...Dante’s The ’burbs. In Disturbia, LaBeouf plays Kale, a smart kid who winds up under house arrest for the..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked in New York

"...who's never without a suitcase full of emergency supplies; Carl (Curtis), who mounts Jake's play and bluntly reminds him..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Equity Office Complaint Spurs Racial Tension

One probe may spark another

"...leaders including previous City Manager Marc Ott and Code's Carl Smart, and CM Spencer Cronk's plan to reconfigure his..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ocean's Eleven

"...Garcia, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Eddie Jemison, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck and Shaobo Qin. A..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Late-Night STR Debate

Committee to present STR resolution to Council on Thursday

"...meeting agenda, STRs were finally up to the plate. Carl Smart of Austin Code presented his findings from the..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...Fort Worth on July 18 in the person of Carl Smart, the former executive assistant to Fort Worth's city..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Public Notice: Can Uber and Lyft Play Nice?

"If a business acts like it is above the law, it will pay a heavy price."

"...later, despite a full reorganization under new Code Director Carl Smart, whom Ott brought on in 2011 from Fort..."

April 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Trash Talking

More recycling and composting is about to take place in Austin

"...If Austin Code Department Director Carl Smart isn't already in enough hot water over his..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Civics 101

"...Program for commercial rental properties. Austin Code Dept. Director Carl Smart and UT Law professor Heather Way will speak...."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Column

STR Debate Unresolved

Ordinance is updated, but issues remain

"...have something to say to Austin Code Department Director Carl Smart: 'It's time to do your job, now. Use..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Pilot Program Spurs STR Crackdown

Austin Code is closely monitoring short-term rentals

"...parking, and pollution in real time. On July 8, Carl Smart, director of Austin Code, issued an update to..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Austinite, the man whom media wags refer to as Carl Sagan 2.0...."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

News Ticker: May 14

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Karl Rove tries to get smart, Steve Stockman deals with the facts of life, and..."

May 14, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Smart Growth and Me..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Thursday, March 13 CARL PERKINS' KEYNOTE ADDRESS Austin Convention Center, Thursday, March 13..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

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Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...a thesaurus and an editor, so I can sound smarter than you! ... unfortunately, I ain't got no brains..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...a precursor to developing the 11 tracts using similar Smart Growth ideas. Under the city's SMART Housing Plan, this..."

July 13, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Louis, with respect, even after the election your subjective Smarty Growth agenda is showing like a whore's cheap petty..."

May 16, 2003 Column

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A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...Carl Pearson..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Roger Dale Floyd, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind, Jocelin Donahue, Alex..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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Our readers talk back.

"...Furthermore, to mask this corporate welfare as endemic of smart growth densification is a bastardization and abuse of that..."

July 26, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...it did when "green" Council Members Sally Shipman, Smoot Carl-Mitchell, and George Humphrey sought re-election...."

March 8, 2002 Column

The Fight Against Unsolicited E-mail

"...with it one way or another, a really really smart spammer won't spoof the return address because the administrators..."

July 4, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

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