Frank's Tops & Bottoms

Top and Bottom 10 of 2011 and what we're hoping for 2012

"...2011 brought progress. 2012 is already off to a pretty impressive start...."

Jan. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Frank J. Rivera

AISD Board Candidates Clustering

Four board races headed for November ballot

Aug. 24, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Wants to Take on Ken Casaday?

Elections underway at police union

"...for their women colleagues ("APD's Sleep Disorder," Aug. 24, 2012). In 2014, he (and others) were formally accused by..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Court Releases Redistricting Maps

Federal judges break Senate, Congressional districts into fragments

"...its interim House, Senate and Congressional maps for the 2012 elections and, to all intents and purposes, Austin and..."

Feb. 28, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Congressional Candidates Begin to Multiply

Six Austin districts pointing to March primaries

"...in real time, it’s very early – the primary elections are next March — in campaign terms, would-be Congressional..."

June 14, 2019 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Panel: A Conversation With Beto O’Rourke

Texas Democratic Senate hopeful pulls no punches

"...Democratic Congressman Rep. Beto O’Rourke won his primary in 2012, the political action committee checks came raining down. O’Rourke,..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

Notes On Kamp: Vote Locally

It's local elections that most affect people's daily lives

"...In the 2012 primary, Lehmberg garnered 29,462 votes to her challenger's 10,131,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

The Hightower Report

Florida official can't seem to get the hang of running elections

"...In 2012, Florida's highest officials disgraced their offices by engaging in..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: What's Not on the Ballot

The ballot has some choices, but not all choices

Oct. 12, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Run(-off), Don't Walk

Voter registration deadline approaching

"...Austinites wishing to vote in the July 31 run-off elections must register to do so by Monday, July 2...."

June 21, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Last Day of Early Voting

Turnout still low for May 12 council election

"...Early voting closes in the City of Austin elections today. Turnout is still depressingly low, with Travis County..."

May 8, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hightower Report

Texas' taxpayer till tapped to fund failure

April 13, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Shea's Contracts at Issue

Questions raised about candidate Brigid Shea's work as consultant and lobbyist

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...at Headliners – people with the ability to sway elections and influence City Hall. And as officials with the..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Single-Member Situation

Movement afoot – once again – to ask voters to endorse City Council districts

"...of the concept – some arguing that the mayor's 2012 proposal should be fast-tracked even sooner. A critical mass..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Unchartered Waters

City Hall and citizen advocates look toward a new model of representation – is the seventh time the charm?

"...Outside a recent meeting of the 2012 Charter Revision Committee, Martha Cotera and Roscoe Overton –..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Re-Forming AI$D

What's behind the national involvment in local school board races?

"...know – starting with Austin Kids First. Founded in 2012, its declared purpose is to get voters engaged in..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Next Act, Major Drama

Mayor anticipates a year of living dangerously for City Hall

"...with a call for an omnibus election in November 2012, including a transportation/rail bond vote and city charter election..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...months of trials, delays, allegations, and political infighting, the 2012 Texas redistricting process seems to have reached a resolution..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...› With the City Council elections on Saturday, May 12, there is no regular council..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: When's the Next City Election?

Council weighs shifting ballot choices to November

"...Council heard from elections lawyer Sydney Falk on the cost of preserving a..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...mayor's term to coincide with presidential rather than midterm elections are all conceived as ways to ensure the choice..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

After Carstarphen, What Then?

Austin ISD enters a new era, searching for a road map

"...joined the board in the anti-Carstarphen electoral wave of 2012, and since then has demanded that the superintendent be..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Fall Election Drought?

Board balance in question as few candidates step up

"...In 2012, Austin Independent School District voters used the board of..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: The Curious Case of the Missing Quotation

Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has no functioning democracy at present, and the press goes silent

"...whether the standards the Carter Center applies to foreign elections could be fulfilled by U.S. elections."..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: Can This Really Be the End?

A look forward, a look back

"...sputtering embers." My primary evidence was the six previous elections in which Austin voters rejected districting, and the sense..."

Dec. 28, 2012 News Column by Michael King

10-1: If It Ain't Baroque, Let's Fix It

Strict requirements may yield a small, homogenous pile of applicants

"...At the heart of the recently approved "people's plan"..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Inside Out ... Outside In

The growing influence of fringe movements on City Hall reflects either a healthy populism or the implosion of civic engagement

"...low voter turnout and its various consequences: Move city elections to November (when turnout is considerably greater) and change..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

City Hall Hustle: Big Thinkers

Council's pre-vacation litany looks toward the biennium

"...Thursday looked even further into the future – to 2012, when a slate of ambitious initiatives may be placed..."

July 2, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Top 10 City Council Stories

Bill Spelman's cancer scare, Austin Pets Alive!'s takeover at Town Lake, and more

"... Among several election changes, voters opted to move municipal elections from spring to fall because, like misery, voters love..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

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