AFSCME Local Fires Up for 2020 Campaigns

Nina Turner, Greg Casar, MJ Hegar headline VOTE event

"...hosted the “Voters Organized Through Engagement” event of AFSCME Local 1624, for members of the local’s VOTE PAC campaign..."

Nov. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King

U.S. House Investigates Local Lab

Whistleblower Robert Van Boven has finally gotten some attention in high places

"...The group of staffers from the House Veterans' Affairs Committee spent all day in a meeting in Temple with..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Local Candidates Find Victory in Statewide Races

On a wet, cloudy night, Greg Casar enjoys clear triumph

"...sees the national platform for democratic socialist and union organizing that comes with being one of the House's 11..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TDH: 7/14/11

Formula One committee shifts gears with new meeting

"...try, try again: That meeting of the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee we mentioned earlier this week was unexpectedly..."

July 14, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

F1 Funds Handshake Deal Reached

Developers, not city, commit $4 million a year to release state funds

"...Bill Spelman. Shortly thereafter, Mayor Lee Leffingwell confirmed the Local Organizing Committee's proposal, moving the project closer to accessing..."

June 16, 2011 News Post by Michael King

CELOC Clock Ticks Toward F1 Race

F1 organizers hope to keep pace for 2012 race

"...it was answered July 16 when the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee held its first public meeting in the..."

July 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Grackle Eaten Here

There's a bitter taste accompanying any Formula One deal – good or bad

"...– to be raised from private sources (i.e., a "Local Organizing Committee") – that would become a revolving fund,..."

June 17, 2011 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Skid Marks on the Dais

The (slightly) new council takes up high-speed chicanes

"...2) naming Circuit of the Americas track promoters the local organizing committee (CELOC, or Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee)..."

July 1, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: An F1 Piñata

Break it open, and out streams council confetti

"...the Bubble,"), the agreement brokered between council and the local F1 organizing committee has assuaged several, if not all,..."

June 24, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Public Notice: Where Does Money Come From?

Council's approach to money matters needs more work

"...staff that went away to the Audit & Finance Committee, is coming back as a recommendation for 12 staffers..."

April 3, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Where There's Smoke, There's Barbecue

Council takes on barbecue smokers, and smoke gets in their eyes

"...Reads bookshop on Burnet Road (see "Council: Committed to Committees," March 31), City Council is today (April 2) threatening..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

TDH: 6/21/11

F1, pedicabs, Fun Fun Fun Fest & Willie close out council

"...Item 21: This resolution authorizes Circuit Events (the local F1 crew) to act as the Local Organizing Committee,..."

June 21, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Council: More Brisket, More Staff

Talking around barbecue smoke, staffing up, and more

"...to the mayor's office, which had gone through a committee, with initially moderated expectations, and instead returned to Council..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Race to the Finish Line

F1 strangers bearing gifts offer council a 'risk-free' deal

"...Events Trust Fund, but with a proportional match of local tax dollars, presumably captured from the additional tax dollars..."

June 10, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Green or Greenwash?

COTA agrees to "sustainability" at F1, but is it the real deal?

"...deal, City Manager Marc Ott and the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee approved its final language. Six of the..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...• Local Formula One negotiations got stuck in neutral this week..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature

Public Notice: Putting the Trust in Event Trust Funds?

Mike Collier, COTA, and the comptroller's scandal

"...days; and, oh yeah, there are a bunch of local and statewide partisan races going on as well. Wendy..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Good for Austin Is Bad for Texas

Council ends 2012 with some last-minute business

"...consent). It was the resolution authorizing the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee, aka CELOC, to apply to the state..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: As the Year Turns

Council kicks off 2018 with long agenda

"...of applications by the Circuit [of the Americas] Events Local Organizing Committee to Gov. Greg Abbott for state underwriting..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: Keep ’Em Waiting

Council punts short-term rentals, pops the 290 landfills

"...• Authorized the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee (CELOC) to apply on behalf of the..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Coming Together

Organizing for justice in the African-American community

"...men and other members of the Justice or Else Local Organizing Committee are hoping to build on the inspiration..."

Dec. 9, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Page Three: Council Follies Are No Joke

City leaders prep for another multimillion dollar giveaway (shhh, don't talk about it; you'll ruin it)

"...Thursday's meeting, is a resolution "authorizing the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee to act on the city's behalf for..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Column by Nick Barbaro

TDH: 7/11/11

First meeting for F1's local committee goes down today

"...Today, the board of the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee holds their first meeting. The powers bestowed..."

July 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Horse Gone; Barn Door Debate Continues

Hindsight is 20/20

"...rushed to approve the contract with the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee last week on an emergency timetable? More..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

City Hall Hustle: Down the Long Road to SMDs

Council takes another step toward districting ... and other stuff

"...to hold the city harmless, most prominently that the local organizing committee that's coughing up the $4 million match..."

June 17, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Restorative Powers

Moving Image Archivists converge on Austin, ready to party

"...the Texas Archive of the Moving Image and the local organizing committee. "The convention throws together archivists, private collectors,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Learning the Hard Way That Police and Democratic Socialists Rarely Mix

CLEAT alum Danny Fetonte's resignation from the Austin DSA raises questions for the local chapter

"...longtime Austin activist Danny Fetonte to their National Political Committee. The leadership spot at the burgeoning DSA, an organization..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

While Austin Medics Negotiate a Labor Contract, Hays County’s Fight to Unionize

For Hays County's nonprofit EMS team, becoming a union is no easy task

"...union; in March, when the Hays County EMS Association's organizing committee went public, they produced a survey showing that..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Getting Wello

Join the fight for universal health care

"...using the film as a springboard for a national organizing campaign in support of universal health care. As Moore's..."

July 6, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

City rolls out its ambitious 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness

"...Homelessness, summarized the effort as a "national problem with local solutions." Overall, Austin is the fourth city in Texas,..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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