Bitch Fest

Three-minute Rations of Democracy

"...slots delayed for hours so the council could consider Eric Mitchell's Central City Entertainment Center. The inconvenienced multitude groaned...."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Naked City

"...tax money subsidizes motorists more than transit. One citizen, Eric Blodgett, told the board, "I'm sick of breathing fumes..."

June 16, 1995 News Feature

Council Watch by Alex de Marban Like Water for Councilmembers

"...Austin's environmental community and Councilmembers Gus Garcia and Jackie Goodman...."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Column

Slaughterhouse Three

Circle the Firing Squads

"...reelection) will be Max Nofziger, Brigid Shea, and Jackie Goodman. (The other four seats aren't up until 1997.) This..."

May 12, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

The Team Players: Who's Who on the Campaign Trail

"...-- Laurin Currie and Joe Gonzales; Place 6 -- Eric Samson. Mayor..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...claiming that I have no real differences with Jackie Goodman ["Governing Post-Boom Austin," April 12]. Jackie Goodman is a..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Revenge Is Sweet

Slusher Crashes, Burns on the Southwest Parkway

"...-- Daryl Slusher, Gus Garcia, Beverly Griffith, and Jackie Goodman. To them, the crowd is a geriatric lynch mob..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Temporary Coup

Bruce Todd Retreats

"...and last week's meeting got underway. During Citizens' Communication, Eric Samson spoke on behalf of Karen Hadden, who stood..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Council Watch

Rollin' Out the Welcome Wagon

"...attendance record for past annexation hearings. An under-the-weather Jackie Goodman may have caught the debilitating bug from Garcia, and..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Column

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...neighborhoods -- neighborhoods that happened to oppose then-Council Member Eric Mitchell's East Austin redevelopment program. Rodriguez got swept away..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Looks Matter

City Contractor Learns Appearance Is Everything

"...lasted less than three minutes and consisted primarily of Eric Fisher, regional manager for Parsons, stressing that the firm..."

March 13, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

The Mayor's Waterloo

Stopped in His Tracks

"...set policy by setting staff in one direction," said Eric Mitchell from the dais. He didn't name any names,..."

July 26, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Reissues

"...pianist McCoy Tyner in the rhythm section. The incomparable Eric Dolphy, who appeared as "George Lane" on the Ole..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Live and Unscripted

A ringside seat at the AMN/AMP/ACTV death-cage match

"...Council telecom subcommittee, chaired by Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman, and the city Music Commission and Telecommunications Commission. The..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Gridlock Lifts on Lamar Bridge

Councilmembers Demand a Second Look at Alternative Routes

"...protest the expansion at public hearings called by Jackie Goodman over the last two council meetings, the only change..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Public Downsizing

Reynolds Wants Public To Lay Off

"...Councilmembers Jackie Goodman and Beverly Griffith see the potential in a procedural..."

Sept. 13, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Off the Desk

"...on Tuesday. In a letter to Subcommittee Chair Jackie Goodman, the four-year subcommittee veteran said that his membership on..."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

Council Watch

Housing Squabbles

"...For Jackie Goodman, chair of the subcommittee, that means pouncing on a..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Column

Your Tax Dollars at Play

The Rosewood Entertainment Center

"...allocated for the greatest need," says Raymond Rabold, Jackie Goodman's appointee to the Community Development Commission, which last year..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

The Ruling Party

Something to Crow About

"...An excessively perky Alyssa Eacono, who unsuccessfully challenged Jackie Goodman for the Place 3 council seat, stressed that Austin..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature

Who's on First?

United -- for Now

"...for several current denizens of the council dais, including Goodman, who ran for council in 1990, Slusher, who forced..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Doomed to Repeat Itself?

Corporate Charity: Again, with Feeling

"...to such lengths to protect the public. Councilmembers Jackie Goodman, Gus Garcia, Beverly Griffith, and Daryl Slusher weren't as..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Back ~ In Black?

SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down

"...As expected, the Austin American-Statesman has not declared the return of SOS, or even..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Mini-Series Madness

Better Than Shogun Anyway...

"...The day's press-bait -- the ER (Eric/Ronney) tag-team's grandstand to downshift Capital Metro's sales tax collections,..."

July 19, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

The Wrench Is Back

The Return of Brigid Shea

"...For discussion purposes, Jackie Goodman had pulled an item from the consent agenda that..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Secret Settlements in STNP case

In the Council We Trust...

"...Tom "Smitty" Smith, of Public Citizen, and the Austin American-Statesman, are demanding that the council disclose the settlement. The..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...a New Yorker who becomes engulfed in a Latin American revolution. Allen continues to lay on the high-concept comedy,..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Repertory Ensemble's Dialogues

With American Repertory Ensemble, a company of artists from both music and dance, choreographer David Justin and composer Rob Deemer hope to start a new dialogue between their two disciplines

"...Their brainchild, the American Repertory Ensemble, debuts this week with an eclectic program..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Election Notes

Endorsements and dollars accumulate as campaigns hit stretch

"...but they include the influential Austin Neighborhoods Council, Mexican American Democrats, and West Austin Democrats, as well as Eastside..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two

Endorsements are a pain, but we think they are also a service to our readers.

"...most interesting one in the last decade was when Eric Mitchell ran for re-election. The endorsement meeting was confrontational..."

May 3, 2002 Column by Louis Black

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