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Our readers talk back.

"...has been shocked back into some semblance of a community by the attack, it seems that most of your..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...attack. We should question our foreign policy and the actions of our military around the world. We should hold..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...apartment complex (the front line in the battle over development along Lady Bird Lake) – with 750 units renting..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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"...earn you the title of Water Warrior. Call SOS Action at 380-7332 for more info.-- A.S...."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Feature

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Losing Our Lunch

"...as well as others who are guiding our downtown development that if they fail to provide at least one..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...hundreds of jurisdictions, great and small, whose goals and actions are often, shall we say, disharmonious...."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Off the Desk:

"...million acquisition of the water/wastewater system of FM Properties' developments on Barton Creek. Neither the Sierra Club's Austin Regional..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Texas in the mid-1960s. It was a seminal student organization and created quite a stir both on and off..."

July 11, 2003 Column

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Off the Desk:

"...the Austin NAACP, have said they may take legal action to halt what they say is resegregation of district..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature

Time for a Change

A look back at Cristina Tzintzún's time fighting for immigrant rights

"...was the successful culmination of Workers Defense Project's latest action, a three-day pilgrimage from the T. Don Hutto Residential..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee was found guilty of breaking state campaign finance..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Finance rules. See "Point Austin." Austin Stories• The Austin Community College board of trustees voted 5-4 to appoint Steve..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...notch, of sorts, in the ECT belt – the redevelopment of Robert Mueller Municipal Airport – is likewise heating..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...corporate scam. Urban densification isn't possible without mixed use development which included light retail development with residential districts...."

July 26, 2002 Column

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...of what will be thousands of federally funding housing developments across America -- you know, "the Projects." (Thanks, LBJ.)..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...first Chronicle article that I can remember about Austin Community College ["Fonte's Inferno," Vol.16, No.40] based on the opposition..."

June 20, 1997 Column

Embracing Code Compliance

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

"...special uniqueness. But still, it's neighborhoods, it's people, it's community, and our Code Compliance Department is a department that..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...The preservation of our community's cultural resources, like environmental protection, should be a key..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

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Waring Responds

"...was short to complete the required request for council action (RCA). We considered alternative projects, however, we didn't know..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column

Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...these cities see the bleak future of their event community, not only did they set aside funding for job..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Evicted and Helpless

Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center

"...Jason, and about 70 other people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, would be forced out as early as September...."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Baby's First Birthday

Corner to Corner: One Year Old

"...guise of scene-setting) shoved my dogma about neighborhoods vs. macrodevelopment down your throats. We stopped doing that, partly because..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...with a medic from Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services' Community Health team when the call came in, and the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Women Dig In

The contractors' boycott against Planned Parenthood won a battle, but it's a long war.

"...of support since this happened," said Glenda Parks, the organization's chief executive officer. What happened is the now nationally..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Crosstalk: Miss Manners Retires From Hip Hop Hooray After 15 Years, and More Music News

DAWA Fund apps open May 15 and Lizzy McAlpine melts ACL Live

"...voices in the local hip-hop scene on the volunteer-run community station, Manners shared her decision to "make room for..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...radiant heat to make last month's filming of local action auteur Robert Rodri­guez's hyperviolent Machete both look and feel..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...make its recommendations to the Austin Police Department for action this week...."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

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"...Last week, "Naked City" reported that a community meeting on Austin's proposed Empowerment Zone was scheduled for..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Planting a Seed

Local schools see students not only eating all of their vegetables but growing them, too

"...Panisse Restaurant and Cafe fame, to organize the Berkeley community around the Edible Schoolyard (www.edibleschoolyard.org) at Martin Luther King..."

March 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

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"...similar effort in Portland, Ore. (where I was economic development policy manager and involved in similar neighborhood planning efforts)..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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