Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Ortralla Mosley at Reagan High School. See "Naked City," below...."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Beside the Point: Council's Best Friends

Austin is a dog's - not to mention city manager's - town.

"...civic engine churned for more than Rover last week. Tobymania! and its concordant largesse swept the dais, as, following..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Introducing Mayor Wilby

All together now: We love Toby! We love Toby!

"...Last week, City Manager Toby Futrell and Her Loyal City Council emerged..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Council ponders limiting McMansions

"...spend?" (Sonnet 146). If only the Bard could query City Council this week, as the beleaguered members bide their..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

SOS: The Amendment That Didn't Bark

SOS slow to submit paired "open government" petitions to city

"...equals in the environmental coalition hoping to revise the city charter in the May election, submitted its petitions Monday..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The Council gears up for 2006

"...the speculation Thursday, when he decided to delay the city's bond package … until after the Regional Water Quality..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Moriarty flings more poo at the city

"...As advertised, last week's City Council meeting took place at the usual venue, 301..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Town Lake 'Chinatown'?

Bill Moriarty's lawsuit against the city opens a can of worms on contracting, conflicts, and a good ol' boy network of city contractors

"...settling in for a long legal siege against the city and (as of this writing) three of its biggest..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point

This week's council agenda

"...Council agenda manager Sara Hartley reassured us that no, the package is..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Moriarty File

The former manager of the Austin Clean Water Program files suit against the city, claiming defamation

"...Bill Moriarty, fired from his role as program manager of the Austin Clean Water Program, has sued city..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Point Austin: Beside the Point

What's on the agenda

"...year begins, most everybody's attention is on the proposed city bond package that's looming on the City Council schedule..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

To Bond, or Not to Bond?

Bonds dominate the immediate City Council horizon

"...Highway 130, the 49-mile tollway development east of the city, expected to drive much regional growth in the next..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Election Advisory Committee's deliberations, at a public hearing at City Hall, 7-10pm. There also will be subcommittee meetings on..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Top 10 City Council Moments

"...than local NAACP President Nelson Linder, who discussed the city's Quality of Life program: "What we're talking about didn't..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Are Partiers Dimming the 37th Street Lights?

Changes on popular Central Austin street irk, worry neighbors

"...a problem than ever before, and they want the city occupancy limits of up to six unrelated individuals in..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on Iraq in a television address, Dec. 18 Headlines• City Council is on hiatus until Jan. 12. In last..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

CRP Leak

The city wants to know who leaked the Citizens Review Panel recommendations to the press

"...The city of Austin's inquiry into who leaked a citizen police..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Who's Your Grandpa?

Critics say older case gives ammo against AMD, but city staff say they are apples and oranges

"...Advanced Micro Devices' planned office campus in Southwest Austin, city staff's determination that the project is exempt from the..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: The Schroeder File

For APD and Austin, Knee's decision was the right one

"...on overdrive, with some loudly bruiting their belief that City Manager Toby Futrell improperly put direct pressure on a..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Michael King

What Killed Michael Clark?

The official Travis Co. autopsy doesn't tell the whole story

"...Nonetheless, in the same statement, the department announced that City Manager Toby Futrell has asked EMS Medical Director Ed..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Schroeder Fired for Rocha Shooting

Police union accuses Knee of caving, calls for resignation

"...the panel wrote in a memo to Knee and City Manager Toby Futrell. "Is this the definition of professionalism..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Leak' on Recommendation to Fire Officer Prompts Complaint From Police Union

Austin Police Association President Mike Sheffield has filed formal complaints with city alleging someone from Police Monitor's office and/or the Citizen Review Panel leaked panel's disciplinary recommendations regarding shooting death of Daniel Rocha.

"...President Mike Sheffield has filed two formal complaints with City Manager Toby Futrell, alleging that someone from the city's..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Sharpening Teeth

Remedial dentistry in order for Police Monitor

"...a statue" to Sheffield, because "he simply out-traded the city at negotiations." Sheffield himself, who with the panel took..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Halloween Masks

Everyone had a role to play, and some performed better than others

"...Monday night's meeting of the city's Citizen Review Panel of the police monitor's office, concerned..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Under Fire

Memo to Toby Futrell: it's called 'negotiation'

"...The negotiations between the city and the Austin Association of Professional Firefighters has now..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Column by Michael King

APD's White Settles: The End of Mala Sangre?

Unanswered questions leave a cloud over top brass

"...Earlier this month, a few weeks before trial, the city of Austin and APD Detective Jeff White reached an..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Food-o-File

Making it a little bit easier for the Big Easy; plus, an Event Menu filled to burstin'

"...event will be chefs Jeff Blank and Tyson Cole, City Manager Toby Futrell, Council Member Jennifer Kim, and Chronicle..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...settled back into the familiar bustle of this new city within a city – Austin's primary welcome mat and..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Final City Council budget readings and votes this week

"...at the convention center and elsewhere throughout town, the City Council remains on its annual budget schedule, with the..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Workers Tell Council: 'It's Our Turn'

AFSCME reps want raise, official recognition, and broader definition of 'public safety'

"...aromatic of metaphors, kept bubbling up during last Thursday's City Council hearing on the proposed 2006 budget, as members..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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