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June 6, 2003 Column
"Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection"
"Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection" contains a broad sampling of contemporary sculpture, painting, and photography from the past 40 years, and among the jubilant range of concerns and expressions, the riot of form, scale, color, and style, it reveals again and again the tension that exists between the technological world and the human one.
"...Gregory Crewdson's Untitled (Sewer Mystery), the staged scene of firefighters responding to an automotive emergency in a New England..."
May 30, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Red Ink Hits the Fan
City Manager Toby Futrell says the budget won't balance without years of tax hikes and service cuts
"...That contract expires in September, and the firefighters' contract expired last year, but Futrell is clearly loath..."
May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Does MACC put Town Lake Residents at Risk?
The proposed Mexican-American Cultural Center may block fire access to the adjacent Villas on Town Lake.
"...to those commonly found in high-rise buildings, to supplement firefighters' access. Citing lack of funds, Richeson says the city..."
May 30, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Beyond Limits Otherwise Prescribed
George W. Bush refuses to put our money where his mouth is in matters of domestic defense, even though all the experts testify that America is as vulnerable to major terrorist attacks today as it was on 9 / 11.
"...understatement. Paul Krugman, The New York Times, Feb. 25: "Firefighters and policemen applauded Mr. Bush's promise, more than a..."
March 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura
Creative Capital?
In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.
"...an artist -- and it's not artists but rather firefighters, athletes, and bartenders who are most likely to hold..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...weeks. The city, which until 1995 classified paramedics as firefighters, now treats them under this exemption -- incorrectly, says..."
Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...The city and the Austin Firefighters Association have jointly decided to postpone discussions of the..."
Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...the political arm of the Austin Association of Professional Firefighters, has announced its endorsements for the Nov. 5 election:..."
Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature
Tunes Against Terror
"...other Red River clubs for an extravaganza benefiting Austin firefighters, with the club's doors opening that evening at 6pm...."
Sept. 6, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Descent into Hell
The City Council kicked off its budget talks in earnest last week, with the least grim part of the FY2003 proposed budget -- public safety -- along with aviation, the Convention Center, and Solid Waste Services.
"...budget does not include potential salary increases under the firefighters' new meet-and-confer contract, currently under negotiation. Considering how much..."
Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
This Week's Headlines
"...evening with neighbors, EMS personnel, council members, police officers, firefighters, and the like...."
Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Second Yogurt Shop Case Begins
Jury selection is set to begin July 29 for round two of the infamous yogurt shop murder trials.
"...DNA testing on each of the law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency crew members present at the crime scene..."
July 26, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
"...Sixth gutted and partially collapsed, taking nearly 70 Austin firefighters to squelch the blaze. The fire also inflicted minor..."
July 12, 2002 News Feature
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Austin needs an honest discussion of how much we spend on public safety.
"...none of those projections include the cost of the firefighters' own meet-and-confer, which is being negotiated as we speak...."
May 24, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
The Taste of Mexico
International culinary diplomacy, Austin-style.
"...from year to year; sometimes it's defibrillators from our firefighters to theirs, and other times, it's Ballet Folklorico. The..."
May 3, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Naked City
City Faces Debt, Tax Hikes
"...masks and bomb-sniffing dogs, to new police officers and firefighters, to $8.8 million in security equipment for Austin's power-..."
Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Political action committees spent big bucks in Texas in 2000, and most of it came from businesses.
"...most of that came from public-sector employees such as firefighters and cops, not employees of the aforementioned private-sector businesses...."
Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Endorsements
The Austin Chronicle endorses Gus Garcia for mayor of Austin and offers other endorsements on the Nov. 6 state constitutional amendments election and county bond propositions.
"...4. Increasing the term of the firefighters pension commissioner. NO..."
Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature
Endorsements
"...4. Increasing the term of the firefighters pension commissioner. NO..."
Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature
Nov. 6 Election: Ballot Summary
"...Providing for a four-year term of office for the firefighters' pension commissioner...."
Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature
Amend This!
Political commentary on the constitutional amendment process
"...Cowtown competition, the News just can't abide extending the firefighters' pension fund commissioner's term to four years.)..."
Oct. 26, 2001 News Column by Michael King
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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...those exhausted workers. I say we help those brave firefighters and rescue teams by sending a relief unit of..."
Oct. 19, 2001 Column
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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...those exhausted workers. I say we help those brave firefighters and rescue teams by sending a relief unit of..."
Oct. 12, 2001 Column
The Hightower Lowdown
Greedheads capitalize on terror; MBNA offers to "decrease" Jim's debt; and high-end garage sales.
"...11 terrorist attacks produced beautiful acts of heroism by firefighters, the police, office workers, hijacked airline passengers, rescue teams,..."
Oct. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
TV Eye
Entertainment television struggles to address the events of 9 / 11.
"...Third Watch, the NBC drama featuring New York City firefighters and rescue workers, is another in a handful of..."
Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Best of Austin 2001
"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."
"...Antone's, our beloved Barton Springs and Zilker Park, our firefighters, and even that crazy star in front of the..."
Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer
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Our readers talk back.
"...those exhausted workers. I say we help those brave firefighters and rescue teams by sending a relief unit of..."
Oct. 5, 2001 Column
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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...those exhausted workers. I say we help those brave firefighters and rescue teams by sending a relief unit of..."
Sept. 28, 2001 Column
Naked City
Rick Perry's photographers follow him to a patriotism rally to catch his good side.
"...11 terrorist attacks, featuring Gov. Rick Perry flanked by firefighters, police, and national guardsmen, and the unfurling of a..."
Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
ACL Live at the Moody Theater