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

Strict requirements may yield a small, homogenous pile of applicants

"...the recently approved "people's plan" (as its supporters in Austinites for Geographic Representation call it), which will create single-member..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Who Wants to Run A Coffeehouse in Austin, Texas?

Four local javamongers tell us what it's like

"...to turn the nearby, mostly abandoned Highland Mall into Austin Community College slog through the next phase of the..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Then There's This... : Austin's Never-Ending Story

Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

"...had been in squatter mode, occupying Michael King's "Point Austin" column space every other week. Alas, I am no..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Austin Ch30nicles

The time when the 'Chronicle' stated the wrong outcome of Kirk Watson's testicular cancer

"...in 1997, right after I was elected mayor of Austin, the Chronicle did a brief story on one of..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature

Point Austin: Race-off

Tovo's Place 3 council campaign gets off to a dubious start

"...and sewer infrastructure servicing any new business and every Austin neighborhood...."

May 6, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Austin Chamber Music Center Performathon

Hundreds of chamber musicians fill Dell Hall with nine full hours of classical sounds

"...Getting a nine-hour fix of live popular music is no problem in Austin...."

April 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: News Not Fit To Print

Trying to find a silver lining ... anywhere

"...credit for the joke (caught it on Twitter from Austin political consultant Katherine Haenschen), but why don't they save..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Closing Schools Won't Fix AISD Budget

We have the Legislature to thank for this mess

"...When the Austin Independent School District released a draft list of nine..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye: The Fix Is In

Making the world a better place with David Brancaccio

"...is now called "Studio 6A, the historic site of Austin City Limits," fan excitement was palpable. He, along with..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Austin Eats Is Now Bigger and Better Than Ever!

If these choices aren't enough for you, we don't know what is

"...to see a large number of newcomers to the Austin Eats Food Court – from longtime Austin favorites to..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Point Austin: Getting Mobilized

Arguments (and opponents) against the mobility bond run a little thin

"...in the following pages) will be (for city of Austin voters) a seemingly innocuous proposition. Despite all the headline..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: When a House Is Not a Home

Workers and homeowners seek justice from home builders

"...Michigan-based Pulte Homes resulted in the closing of the Austin administration office. Centex management has scurried back to Dallas..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Austin Needs a Spay/Neuter Ordinance

"...Dear Editor, I am so glad Austin is primed to move forward on these no-kill issues,..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Postmarks

Austin Hit in Veto Spree

A look at the bills whose lives were cut short

"...Other dead bills more directly affect Austin, and Rodriguez argues that both of his bills could..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Does Austin Need Fixing? Ask Reno.

Animal shelter reform has meant less euthanasia in Reno – why not in Austin?

"...Is Reno, Nev., outstripping Austin in an undeclared race to reduce animal shelter kill..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Texas Biodiesel Industry Talks Big Business in Austin

Conference and Expo drift: Those who have raised biodiesel industry out of infancy seeking sustained growth

"...sec­ond annual Texas Biodiesel Conference and Expo, held in Austin last Wednesday and Thurs­day by the Biodiesel Coalition of..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Point Austin: Low Expectations

Not much reason to believe that the Lege will do right by Texas students

"...systems that had been thoroughly documented at trial before Austin Judge John Dietz, and confines itself to the outrage..."

April 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Town Lake 'Chinatown'?

Bill Moriarty's lawsuit against the city opens a can of worms on contracting, conflicts, and a good ol' boy network of city contractors

"...yet formally responded, the former program manager of the Austin Clean Water Program says he was illegally forced from..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Column by Michael King

San Francisco in South Austin

Finding dim sum and Cantonese seafood, early birds and all-nighters, at Marco Polo

"...No longer do the chefs and kitchen grunts of Austin have to make the drunken late-night drive all the..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Austin @ Large: Oversight, Out of Mind

As the city and police union move forward, what's being left behind?

"..."meet and confer" agreement between the city and the Austin Police Association. People got shot and died, racial strife..."

March 12, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: System Failure

The city's response to the Eastside police crisis remains inadequate

"...and people like me, actually live in Central East Austin or that as white people our experience as citizens..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Development review gets flattened by budget steamroller

"...It's a testament to how bureaucratically literate Austinites are that such a dull bit of government-ese as..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Luv Doc Recommends: Keep Austin Weird 5K

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Saturday, September 6, 2003

"...arm in search of a vein. Seen objectively, either fix is a tough sell, yet there are other undeniable..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

A slow summer news week means we get to take some well-deserved potshots.

"...local skies, but it needs to do more to fix its problems, the daily sayeth. And what problems are..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Jackie Opts Out

Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman declines to run for the job itself.

"...which saw the highest turnout of any election in Austin history -- before the $100 limit was instituted in..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Everybody suddenly wants to take credit for commuter rail.

"...the legislation -- SB 657 -- that authorized the Austin-San Antonio regional rail district back in 1997, as part..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can the new Green Council earn a mandate?

"...Is the GOP listening? In West Austin boxes, candidate-from-nowhere Greg Gordon pulled down up to 28%..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...Richard Linklater and crew took to the streets of Austin and filmed the now-classic movie Slacker. Little did anyone..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin vs. the `Burbs

illustration by Doug Potter Suburbanites Seethe Over Annexation Plans

"...all the self-righteous pronouncements of bicycling activists and the Austin-bashing declarations of soon-to-be-annexed citizens at last week's council meeting,..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Austin's Classical Music Preview 'Tis the Season

I've written about the

"...Austin classical music scene for almost 10 years now, and..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Arts Feature

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