Articulations

A big vote of confidence for new Ballet Austin artistic director Stephen Mills; a way you can "Bowl With the Bards".

"...or Dan "The Heat" Dietz? Nab that spare for Kirk "Little Hammer" Lynn or Ron "The Claw" Berry? Or..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Miles to Go

A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.

"...bond package conceived, and then prematurely hatched, by Mayor Kirk Watson and, sotto voce, TTA chair Pete Winstead. This..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Grand Old Mess

Can Travis County Republicans Ever Get It Together?

"...new leader, yet we're all pushing different candidates," says Kirk Overbey, a longtime TCRP member and dyed-in-the-wool Christian conservative...."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Computer Sciences Corporation prepares to sign a contract with the city to develop on three blocks of lakeside land.

"...mostly familiar to anyone who followed along as Mayor Kirk Watson assembled this downtown redevelopment kit. CSC will lease..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Wild Card

"...working with a new group -- Reformers Appalled by Kirk's Ethical Transgressions (RAKET) -- that promises to be just..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

Tivoli Systems supports smart growth with its move to a desired development zone; Nelson Linder announces his candidacy against willie lewis for city council; the austin lesbian gay political caucus makes its endorsements; cherrywood neighborhood assn. supports depressing i-35 lanes.

"...a victory for the city was, of course, Mayor Kirk Watson, who noted in a glowing press statement that..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...bond ballot of "Roads, Rail, and Sidewalks" that Mayor Kirk Watson seems to be aiming at with his new..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

Council moves out of City Hall annex, addresses the needs of poor, examines csc's record on hiring minority contractors, approves neighborhood proposal for the chamption tract, names a designer of the Mexican American Culture Center.

"...In order to, in the words of Mayor Kirk Watson, "focus a laser beam" on the inequality issue,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Despair's Book of Dreams and the Sometimes Radio: Grooving Among the Shreds of Shadow

Local Arts Reviews

"...Kirk Smith, in his Despair's Book of Dreams and the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...in mixed-use splendor. Sound like any place you know? Kirk Watson's desired legacy is San Diego's status quo...."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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