Naked City

Statesman ignores Bill Bunch as part of its SOS history; Mary Arnold, Whole Foods and Lee Walker honored for their SOS dedication; the Austin Police Association's mailers for Rafael Quintanilla never got mailed; Mayor Kirk Watson will lay out his transportation vision.

"...Whole Foods, and the business leadership award goes to Lee Walker. Walker was one of a few business leaders..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...became a refuge this week for Gulf Coast residents fleeing Hurricane Gustav. The Red Cross estimates around 450 evacuees..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature

Streetcar Plans Unveiled

Capital Metro unveiled its streetcar circulator route for Downtown and Mueller at its recent board meeting, but the agency still managed to see that announcement upstaged by a proposal to double current bus fares and a likely impending labor squabble.

"...to an outside vendor is being structured. Council Members Lee Leffingwell and Brewster McCracken were inclined to lean toward..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...Cap Met board chair Lee Walker says that if light rail fails, he's heading..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...last month's Smart Growth conference, Capital Metro board chairman Lee Walker told attendees that he would meet with other..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Feature

The Phantom

"...basically cheerful, gun-toting guys in tights, this adaptation of Lee Falk's King Features comic strip eschews the warped psychological..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

As a breakout film for Kathie Lee, E! Entertainment's original movie Spinning Out of Control misses the mark. Also, the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards and Oscar-related programs.

"...It must be tough to be Kathie Lee Gifford. Just think about all the jokes. Jokes about..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Company Men

Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner star in this drama about what happens to company men after they part company with the company.

"...Directed by: John Wells. Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt, Maria Bello, Craig T...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...Never. At least that's what Capital Metro board chair Lee Walker thinks. "Sadly, I think it's binary," he said..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Capital Metro Board and GM

"...Lee Walker, Chairman: Appointed to the Cap Metro Board in..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature

Point Austin: Tell Us Something We Don't Know

Capital Metro report discovers that the agency's been badly managed. Who knew?

"...that hint), as well as the absentee-landlord era of Lee Walker, followed by the moribund tenure of Travis County..."

April 30, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Double or Nothing

Cap Metro fumbles the ball ... again

"...proposed rate plan as it stands (others, including Chair Lee Walker, were withholding their cards)...."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Capital Metro's Labor Woes Continue

Accusations fly from union of illegal interference in negotiations

"...meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Danny Thomas delayed reappointment of Lee Walker to Cap Metro's board over the union's allegations..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Locals Talk Cash in D.C.

Rail, roads, and BCP lead the Austin delegation's list of talking points

"...Futrell, Council Member Daryl Slusher, Capital Metro board Chair Lee Walker, county commissioners Karen Sonleitner and Gerald Daugherty, and..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

With Minimal Drama, Saltillo Project Lurches Forward

Capital Metro hires a planner and appoints community advisors for the rail-yard redevelopment

"...As Capital Metro board Chairman Lee Walker put it, Wednesday's vote signified a "big moment"..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Lowered sales taxes could be a roadblock to Capital Metro's plans.

"...year for the agency," says Cap Met Board Chair Lee Walker. "These are investments that will pay off for..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Capital Metro decides to send a quarter-cent of tax money back to Austin-area communities, where it will presumably be spent on roads now that light rail has failed. But the future of light rail, it seems, is still an open question.

"...as a political issue. As Cap Met board chair Lee Walker put it, "We've had this recent election, and..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Big players in Austin's high-tech community form a new group, Get AroundAustin, to promote light rail in advance of the Nov. 7 referendum.

"...the fight at the invitation of Cap Metro chairman Lee Walker, whom Garber believes deserves praise for his efforts..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

PR Machine in Motion

"...and going through a real process," says board chair Lee Walker. "We have a huge investment decision to make..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature

Rock 'n' Roll Books Redux

"...Story of Rock & Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood by Michael Walker (Farrar Strauss Giroux, $14, 226 pages) accompanied my reading..."

Dec. 4, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...29th -- has seen better days. Business prof E. Lee Walker and a cadre of students are on a..."

Dec. 13, 1996 News Feature

Gilliam Retires

Will a change in leadership give Cap Metro the fuel it needs to move forward?

"...what they're doing. ... [Not] how [former board chair] Lee Walker hired him. Do a national search to find..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Happenings

Nov. 1-7

"...the Occupied Territories. 7pm. UT campus, Geology Building #2.216. www.annainthemiddleeast.com...."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Capital Metro Labor Update

Council Member Lee Leffingwell to present resolution that could ultimately result in meet-and-confer negotiations for bus company's employees and end outsourcing of Cap Met jobs

"...next week. On Monday, March 19, City Council Member Lee Leffingwell, who is also a Cap Metro board member,..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Unbreakable

"...Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan. Starring: Elizabeth Lawrence, Eamonn Walker, James Handy, Charlayne Woodard, Spencer Treat Clark, Robin Wright,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Writer Laylan Copelin's insightful profile of Lee Walker (American-Statesman, Sunday, Oct. 11) left out some green..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature

Austin Streetcar Proposal: A Play in Two Acts?

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...CAMPO board: Wynn, McCracken, Lee Leffingwell, Sheryl Cole;..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Front-Runner Emerges for CAMPO Seat

Capital Metro board mounts search to fill vacancy

"...of a new Cap Metro board member to replace Lee Walker as the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization representative..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...changes I went through, probably beginning around 2001, when Lee Walker and I started talking. I've actually been pushing..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

TXU Still Eyeing Clean Coal

Company continues clinging to previous dirty plans.

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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