Quote of the Week: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan just wants to say he's sorry

"...– Zoning and Platting Vice Chair Jim Duncan on his reaction to the city’s affordable housing..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column

TPPF, Jim DeMint, Milton Friedman, and Me

Lunch and school choice with unholy free market triumvirate

"...the conservative think tank sat in conclave with arch-Republican Jim DeMint about school choice...."

March 31, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way, Way Back

In this indie comedy, a young teen finds confidence at a local water park after suffering emotional abuse from his insensitive, would-be stepfather.

"...Directed by: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring: Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

CodeNEXT Gets an Autopsy Report

Planner offers a post-mortem on failed code revision

"...settle. Last week, Zoning and Platting Commission Vice Chair Jim Duncan sent City Manager Spencer Cronk a "CodeNEXT post-mortem."..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

See Spot Run

"...R. Schirripa, Angus T. Jones, Joe Viterelli, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb and David Arquette. See Spot Run is..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Public Notice: Full Speed Ahead

City, AISD unfazed by public criticism

"...sounding alarms. Some of the bluntest comments came from Jimmy Flan­nigan appointee Bruce Evans: "I think that it's imperative..."

July 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Beside the Point: Referendum, Texas

Let's vote on ... something, anything, and all of the time

"...the Chronicle and Statesman, Zoning and Platting Vice Chair Jim Duncan suggested that the fate of McKalla Place –..."

July 20, 2018 News Column by Chase Hoffberger

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...hopeful holdouts like Zoning & Platting Commission Vice Chair Jim Duncan have grown disillusioned with the process. In March,..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning

Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope

"...the most provocative speaker at the CodeNEXT meeting was Jim Duncan, the nationally known urban planner who ran Austin's..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: Frustrations Mount (Again)

Commissioners lament “the worst code I have ever seen in my life”

"...use of commissioners' and the city's time. Vice Chair Jim Duncan said he co-sponsored the resolution out of "sheer..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Rush to Judgment: CodeNEXT 1.0 out Now

Draft now out, it's time for some hot opinions

"..."Relieved" and "excited" were also terms used by Jim Duncan, chairman of the Code Advisory Group that Council..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Le Week-End

A long-married couple amusingly dance toward the kind of despair borne from overfamiliarity.

"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum and Olly Alexander...."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

The city is planning to plan

"...fall; city staff evaluated them and picked local firm Duncan Associates as the top-ranked team for the $300,000 job...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Tracking CodeNEXT ... Or Not?

Commissioners express concern over data collection of land use rewrite

"...who is currently living in them); ZAP Vice Chair Jim Duncan agreed, saying "we" have no grasp of the..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Hands off My MUD

Davenport Fights to Retain Independence It Never Had

"...Davenport resident Mike Neely, a retired IBM planner and Jim Lehrer lookalike, leveled complaints at the council and mayor..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...for some frustrated words from irascible ZAP Vice Chair Jim Dun­can; see "Quote of the Week," Oct. 6). In..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Looking Back on the Champions Tract Rezoning

Does this development belong in this particular corner of the Hill Country?

"...Jim Duncan, a former city land development services director and..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Public Notice: Motherless Austin

Building a better city, but at what cost?

"...Residential House-Scale zone," presumably fixing Zoning and Platting Commissioner Jim Duncan's note that up to eight units could be..."

Nov. 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

ZAP on CodeNEXT Parking

Remember the Americans With Disabilities Act

"...will ensure the city remains ADA compliant. Vice Chair Jim Duncan, himself a blue-placard-carrying resident, told colleagues before the..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Hurry Up Please, It’s Time

We're late, we're late, for a very important date ...

"...it. It came, of course, from ZAP Vice Chair Jim Duncan, in a typically stream-of-consciousness blurt:..."

March 9, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeMESS

CodeNEXT's final draft set for release on Monday

"...ZAP and the other by PC. ZAP Vice Chair Jim Dun­can affirmed that commissioners from both bodies would be..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...talking the talk and not walking the walk," said Jim Duncan, vice chair of the city's Zoning and Platting..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

BATPAC Begins

New political action committee intent on influencing May council elections emerges

"...of planning and zoning than any I've seen," said Jim Duncan, a municipal-planning consultant...."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Zoning & Platting Commission: "Terminate" CodeNEXT

7-4 vote sends zoning rewrite's death wish to Council

"...recommendation offered by Chair Jolene Kiolbassa and Vice Chair Jim Duncan came as a shock to dissenting commissioners who..."

May 10, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Laura Morrison Kicks Off Mayoral Campaign

Former council member begins her bid

"...Oakey, D8 Coun­cil candidate Bobby Levinski, mayoral candidate Travis Duncan, Mary Ingle, AISD board member Ann Teich, Bill Bunch,..."

March 30, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Coming Soon to a Corridor Near You

Hopefully in fewer than four score years ...

"...just add that the meeting concluded with Vice Chair Jim Duncan noting that the Feb. 12 CodeNEXT release date..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: The Tree in the Way

Commission decision could lead to changes in tree ordinance

"...preserving the tree. Downtown resident and urban planning consultant Jim Duncan, who supports keeping the tree, went a step..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Looking ahead to the City Council's agenda

"...of rewriting the code are the Austin/Berkeley team of Jim Duncan Associates/Calthorpe; Denver-based Clarion Associates; and the Miami/Austin team..."

July 8, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Duncan Offers Correction

"...Roger Duncan, Director..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Column

This and That

FunkyBatz, Elvis, and more...

"...some of Nashville’s finest players, including Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Dennis Crouch, Jeff Taylor, and Jim Lauderdale...."

Aug. 26, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

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