City Hall Hustle: Ready to Wrap

Budget is ready for council approval, but a few sticking points remain

"...I went into this column on the city budget thinking my hook was the tax rate: whether..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: A Little Night Music

City Council takes yet another look at updating the sound ordinance for festival season

"...slightest mention of the Festival. And of course, the City Council is once again mucking about with sound permits..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: New Year Wish List

From cops to condos, we got your splash pads right here

"...That would be "hearing examiner." As in the city document stating, "The Hearing Examiner ruled that the Chief..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: The Smartest Guy in the Room

Professor Spelman breaks down the cost of WTP4

"...decades-long Water Treatment Plant No. 4 saga – the City Council's approval to clear-cut and excavate the plant tract..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Let's Move On

Looking beyond the WTP4 controversy

"...the plant. It's not the last hurdle WTP4 faces; City Council will still have to sign off on other..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: All Things Bright and Comprehensive

One man's diversity is another woman's usual suspects

"...The city's long-coming, much-vaunted, oft-opaque Compre­hensive Plan can occasionally be victim..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Sounds like a Plan ... of the Plan ... for the Plan, or ...

A budget's work is never done

"...and calculating sessions that engulfed the entirety of the city's spring and summer have finally come to an unceremonious..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Discount Government

That beeping you hear is the rollback rate, backing up

"...down, the occasion nearly dovetails with another anniversary: the city's annual budgeting ritual, scheduled to conclude Sept. 14 with..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Don't Know Much About History, Or ...

Historic districts come to council, and the acreage gets tied in a knot

"...advice, sure, but also timely, in view of the tenacity Randi Shade exhibited last week in a mammoth, two-hour..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Taking Out the Trash

Delayed 'Master Plan' for Solid Waste Department is tip of the landfill

"...Last week, City Council delayed consideration of the seemingly unremarkable Item 12,..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Herd Instinct: Rounding Up the Strayhorns

Who's voting for Strayhorn, and why?

"...poll showing a nearly "dead heat" among the front-runners, City Council Members Lee Leffing­well and Brewster McCracken and careerist..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Who reads the 'Statesman'? Not its editors.

Statesman lets its bias show

"...now entered the mayoral race. As applied in this capacity, reverse engineering is a technique familiar to regular Austin..."

March 13, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Safety in Numbers

The mayoral race gets cracking, so getcha program here!

"...treasurer. However, next to "Office Sought," Levy wrote "Mayor, City of Austin (not a candidate)," cementing him still in..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: The Return of Jason Carole

Grandma the budget slasher is back for a mayoral campaign sequel

"...and first responders cannot afford to live in the city next to the neighbors they protect." (So does she..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: McCracken's Gambit

Was McCracken's challenge to Leffingwell a shrewd move or petty politics?

"...While the May City Council races are heating up – with Bill Spelman..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Still a City to Run

Election hangover keeping you awake? Just read this agenda ... zzzz.

"...16-30 years of age," the resolution "recommends that the City Council consider banning the practice of texting while driving..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Involuntary Blood Drive

Council creates new jail blood policy ... then raises its own eyebrows

"...you don't know can hurt you: Just ask the City Coun­cil. At its Sept. 25 meeting two weeks back,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Ocean's Seven

When the joint is hoppin', the cool cats and kitties come knockin'

"...Convening the City Council meeting last Thursday, a stuffed-up Will Wynn announced..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Hustling the Budget

Council spreads a few extra dollars and covers its bets

"...impact on the citizenry: say, the adoption of the city of Austin 2008-09 municipal budget, passed in one fell..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Change Constant at City Hall

A new round of staffing changes, just in time for budget season

"...As City Manager Toby Futrell prepares for this year’s upcoming budget..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Gears Up for $300M+ Housing Bond

Austin voters will likely be asked to approve the money in November

"...In 2018, about 73% of voters in the city approved a $250 million housing bond – nearly three..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.

Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?

"...Ten employees with the city's Development Services Department flew out to Las Vegas earlier..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Hall Moves a Little Bit Closer to Decriminalization

Pot, or not?

"...City Council unanimously approved at its first regular meeting of..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Hall Hustle: The Wages of Faith

Perfect and good face off in US Farathane incentives debate

"...end-of-year meeting. The proverbial bread in question was the city's proposed economic development deal with US Farathane, a maker..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Win, Place, and No-Show

One race, two walkovers, and games to be played later

"...While City Council decamps for spring break this week, Monday, March..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: If You Don't Build It, They Will Still Come

The welcome mat can only hold so many people

"...Keeping up with the city of Austin's national awards is becoming a full-time job...."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Gather Round Yon Virgins

Council lopes toward Christmas in thermal underwear

"...was the first thing to surface last Thurs­day, at City Council's final meeting of the year...."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Go Foodie and Multiply

Council sings happy food trails to you

"...Today (Thursday) the issue comes to City Council, and no, they're not parking a taco truck..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Everybody Makes Do With Less ... Except APD

Council tweaks the minor numbers on the FY 2011 budget

"...get more money, have already been made by the city manager and the staff and the department heads."..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Y Don't We Do It in the Road?

November bond proposal creates plenty of opportunity for grumbling

"...Judging from previous rancor on the dais, you'd think City Council formally setting a $90 million transportation bond election..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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