AISD's Bond Proposal Possibly Ballot Bound

While district administration broadly supports Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee's recommendations, still some controversy

"...options at the trustees' Feb. 4 meeting, from a $157 million minibond in May with a $500 million comprehensive..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Pace, Culturally

Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time

"...and upgrades in public safety and health facilities, its $31.5 million price tag looking almost modest beside those other..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Our readers talk back.

"...In your "Council Contest Primer" section [April 12] you wrote the following about Daryl Slusher:..."

April 26, 2002 Column

Democrats Spend Too Much Money

"...Editor, Re: "Med School Campaign Goes High-Speed" [News, Oct. 12]: Just for the record, I consider myself an Independent..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Postmarks

AISD Bonds: Half Pass, Half Fail

Two propositions pass, but voters reject two more

"...close of voting, 38,946 residents of the district – 10.25% of all registered voters – cast a ballot. In..."

May 12, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 11 AISD Bond Election

"...in 2008, was intended to tide schools over until 2012, so this election has in fact been a long..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature

Point Austin: Getting Mobilized

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

"...be (for city of Austin voters) a seemingly innocuous proposition. Despite all the headline hoopla over the governor's race,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Column by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...219west..."

May 14, 2004 Column

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...illustration by Jason Stout Driving west out of Austin,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Nobody Wants to Stop Voters From Approving Prop A

Pro-legalization and pro-freedom folks see eye to eye on the May 7 ballot

"...ballot by citizen initiative, that has two parts: "to (1) eliminate enforcement of low-­level marijuana offenses and (2) ban..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Meaner Streets?

Proposition B: The high-dollar pushback on Austin's homeless policies

"...In June 2019, after many years of pressure from justice advocates, Austin's..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Point Austin: Mapping Difference

Voting picture suggests the next Austin politics

"...wrong last week when I speculated that the city Proposition 15 – affordable housing bonds – failed because the..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 10/5/10

Transpo Bond Brouhaha

"...(COST) recommends NO Vote on Austin "Mobility" Bond (Prop 1)..."

Oct. 5, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

How Can 'Chronicle' Not Just Offer My Arguments?

"...Dear Editor, Arguing against the Open Government online Proposition 1, Louis Black [“Page Two,” May 12] and Mike..."

May 12, 2006 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Lesson Planners

All I need to know about cities, I learned in kindergarten

"...Well, in any event, I've already voted – at my son's elementary school, where I was Voter..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Breakdown

The not-so-shocking election story, in numbers

"...positive signs of blueness spreading beyond the Birkenstock Belt – particularly in those stubbornly reddish House districts to the..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...real differences with Jackie Goodman ["Governing Post-Boom Austin," April 12]. Jackie Goodman is a good woman, who has lost..."

May 3, 2002 Column

The General Obligation Bond Package

"...thousands CBAC Recommendation Council Changes Cash Funded Election Ballot Proposition 1: Public Works & Transportation Americans w/ Disabilities Act..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Red River Cultural District, the image urged voting against Proposition B in the Nov. 5 election. The ensuing defeat..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Propositioning the City

Vote! Then go climb a tree

"...I'm not 18 so I can't vote, but Proposition 9 brings up..."

Nov. 6, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

'Chronicle' Writers Afraid of New Technologies

"...“Austin@Large,” May 5] on "indecent" and "unclean" aspects of Proposition 1 for Open Government on the May 13 ballot...."

May 8, 2006 Postmarks

Page Two: When Does 'Open' Mean 'Closed'?

The open-government charter amendment is a special-interest wolf in populist sheep's clothing

"...Elliot Roberts, Neil Young, Jonathan Demme, art, and vision – but Prop. 2 is way too ugly to ignore...."

April 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Ballot Battle

Judge rules city must rewrite ballot language covering open-government and clean water charter amendment propositions

"...mischaracterizations" in City Council's draft of the charter amendment propositions supported by Save Our Springs Alliance, the ACLU, and..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

As Clock Ticks, Council Bites the Campsite Bullet

Post-Proposition B work to find places for unhoused Austinites continues

"...and that Save Austin Now, the backers of the Proposition B "camping ban" approved by voters on May 1,..."

May 28, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

"...Henry, whom he had previously contacted with a business proposition. He wants the parson to marry him and his..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

AISD

Voters support pay raise

"...strong support for public schools Tuesday, voting 59% to 41% to endorse AISD Proposition 1, ratifying a property-tax increase..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

The Bond Breakdown

"...final year will be overseeing a bond election worth $343,717,819. After six months of research and public hearings by..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The School-Bond Lowdown

AISD trustees tell staff to work on language for three bond propositions for May ballot

"...a $343 million bond proposal. At the district's Feb. 18 meeting, the AISD board of trustees instructed staff to..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

"...any other kind). It must have seemed a can’t-miss proposition: Brad Pitt as the voice of the world’s most..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Opinion: The Case to Keep Leander Connected

A yes vote on Proposition A means continued transportation solutions

"...A yes vote on Proposition A means continued transportation solutions for Leander with no..."

May 6, 2022 Column by James Larsen

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