Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...this morning (Thursday), as city staff formally presents the 2006 budget. Meanwhile, the citizens' bond advisory committee continues its..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Wish Lists

AFSCME steps up to the council budget table, and the bonds begin to take shape

"...agenda the staff's formal presentation of the fiscal year 2006 budget the central preoccupation of the next few weeks...."

July 29, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Costs of Community

While the Lege shows what not to do, the city has a chance to do better

"...again on the inevitable subject: money. The Fiscal Year 2006 budget will be under the lights for the next..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Terrorism kills more than 50 in London, war in Iraq kills thousands

"...the death rate has increased since the January 31 elections. The reported death toll for February 2005 was 606...."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Help Get the Word Out

"...absolutely no doubt in my mind that the presidential election of 2004 was stolen. But I am done whining..."

June 30, 2005 Postmarks

Lege Notes

"...group's direction as it girds for battle in the 2006 election. The LGRL board will hire a statewide campaign..."

June 24, 2005 News Column

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Perry heads to church to sign parental consent bill and 'defense of marriage' constitutional amendment

"...base that he hopes will carry him through the 2006 election season...."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Lege Wrap-Up

Gay rights

"...legislators who voted for this thing are up for re-election in 2006; and many of them – even the..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...you're a citizen or just a rubbernecking bystander. Municipal elections are this Saturday, May 7. For more info, see..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Municipal elections are currently under way in Central Texas. Early voting..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AMD and the Edwards Aquifer

SOS says mitigation offers aren't enough

"...stretch further if used as leverage in the city's 2006 bond election. It could, for example, be used as..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...Other issues sucking up the oxygen, and a city election cycle in full throttle, have made the future of..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...facilities," Deitch said. She is also planning an April 2006 symposium to bring together international experts on prison oversight...."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Not Shutting Up Anywhere

This Al Franken is your Al Franken

"...announcement that Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., would not seek re-election. But "there is no question that I couldn't do..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

An Education Only a Boss Could Love

Public schools lurch a little closer to privatization with HB 2

"...per-pupil funding would increase from $6,325 to $6,515 in 2006...."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Strayhorn are both considering challenging Gov. Rick Perry in 2006. The county Republican Web site names only Hutchison as..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Top 10 Local Stories

Central Texas in 2005

"...of them, anyway. See the lists that follow for election highlights, media matters, and the police roundup...."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

TV Eye

Sanitized for your protection

"...the TV news divisions' editing practices" after the presidential election...."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...new million?" "It's clear to me that in [fiscal] 2006 we're going to be in rebuilding mode," she told..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The same event will be held in Austin in 2006...."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Downtown Dominoes

The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be

"...Also, a new central library will require a bond election that won't happen before November 2005 at the earliest,..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...which offers a prescription-drug benefit for seniors beginning in 2006, and the increasing privatization of health care for senior..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Budget's Downhill Slide

"...figures in Millions of $ FY 2003FY 2004FY 2005FY 2006 Expenditures$459.39$499.20$494.87$517.23 Minus budget reduction($38.20) Total expenditures$459.39$461.00$494.87$517.23 Revenues$445.96$461.00$465.75$482.98 Deficit($13.43)($0.00)($29.12)($34.25) Beginning..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

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Headlines

"...way of saying she won't run for governor in 2006?)..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Balance the Budget (In Three Years) in Five (Not-so-Easy) Steps

It will take both unpleasant tax hikes and spending cuts to balance the city budget -- and not until 2006

"...bring City Hall's books into "structural balance," by fiscal 2006 the General Fund will be more than $220 million..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

Articulations

Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, another bunch of Lone Stars are being honored by the Texas Cultural Trust Council with Texas Medal of the Arts Awards, and John Walch wins an award from the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...needs to start this year to be complete in 2006, when the ballet, symphony, and opera have to be..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Your Neighbors, Your Money: ACC Looks for Support

Austin Community College seeks to build support for a tax referendum even as a state audit blasts ACC leaders.

"...vision, and accounting dominated the headlines, and last spring's election for the ACC board of trustees was in some..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Where Are They Now?

The future of Music Televison

"...faction had previously vowed to keep until ZZ Top's election into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...With early voting already underway and the final election date less than two weeks away, I want to..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

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Farewell Reform

"...out that the sanctions will not begin until around 2006, thanks to the five-year freeze-out provision. As a result,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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