Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...Its high-profile multimillion-dollar homelessness strategies have belly-flopped. Its political enemies, led by Gov. Greg Abbott, have manufactured dissent to..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...Friday, Gov. Rick Perry racked up a few more enemies by signing the last of his vetoes for the..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...Dick Cheney. On March 19, he engaged in a public conversation with UT journalism professor Robert Jensen at the..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: No Choice

When bosses say their hands are tied, handcuffs follow

"...operation that helped lay the ideological groundwork for moving public money into private schools. Speaking to a rapt gathering..."

July 1, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Fluoridation Under the Microscope

Conflicting opinions on the safety of what's in our water

"...Waste incineration, it's true, is a more readily definable public enemy; by contrast, the anti-fluoridation campaigners must fight not..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

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"...contract review conducted by the House Government Reform Committee ["Public Benefits, Privatization Problems," News, Aug. 4]. But in these..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...major dailies were much more conformist than the American public. In midspring 2004, a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll was..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

Austin @ Large: Balancing the Books

The big hole we need libraries to fill

"...makes me realize that Grover Norquist and the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the other fetishists who now rule..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Senior Management Analyst and Public Information Officer..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Column

Welcome to Tomstown

In the burgeoning Tomstown scandal, you can't tell the players or the plot without a program

"...Crown, Austintatious, Red Austin, Berkeley Southwest, and the People's Republic of Texas. In recent months, a new sardonic moniker..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...justified or even explained the department's position to the public. The attacks were "ugly and mean ... wild accusations..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The House Adjourns to Oklahoma

The House Dems may be losing the legislative wars, but they're finally winning the PR battle.

"...of Representatives has committed no new outrages against the public welfare. The bad news is that the way things..."

May 16, 2003 News Column by Michael King

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...of us and had sexual practices that put the public at risk. Basically, the state was saying, they "screwed..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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"...for input has been provided to all stakeholders, the public stakeholder process began last fall. SOS Alliance representatives have..."

July 12, 2002 Column

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The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"...'Public Housing' a 'Fluff Piece'..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Soda Jerks

The AISD Vending Machine Scandal and the World of Snacks and Sodas

"...controls a sizable portion of the vending business at public school districts across the Rio Grande Valley. The two..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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"...methods to force citizens to recycle and to use public transportation to get to work rather than drive single-occupant,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...most powerful men in East Texas. They are also enemies. Their five-year-long feud has divided loyalties in both Titus..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Endorsements

City Propositions

"...support replacing the outdated City Coliseum with an up-to-date public events facility to house groups that can't afford or..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

The ACM Machine

Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise

"...While councilmembers represent the public, staff members feel they represent expertise on the issues...."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

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Our Areas Are Sensitive

"...If the public is given access to our backyards, we have a..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Column

District 47

"...story: three of the four candidates running in the Republican primary in District 47 of the Texas Legislature are..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left

In the hot seats

"...candidates who could force a May run-off, and no Republican has filed for either seat. Precinct 4: The Boom..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Point Austin: Hearts of Stone

There is little reason to expect the latest shootings will bring an end to gun violence

"...media coverage; the other 81 deaths garnered only local publicity, a few more trickles in the drip, drip, drip..."

July 15, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Levy Steps Back ... and Shoots Long

Running the city is easier campaigned than done

"...Downtown developers, on the one hand, with their implacable enemies, on the other. More generally, however, I think many..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Mothership Connection

Space is place for the hip-hop race

"...the purpose of destroying the present world of the enemies of Allah."..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Who Did He Serve?

Scott McClellan on Bush, bipartisanship, loyalty, and duty

"...A third-generation child of a family always in the public spotlight. A frat boy who went into the family..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...At least as far as has been made public, no one apparently saw who fired the lethal shot...."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Enlist the rich; and Supremes clear the way for government to turn your property over to companies that'll pay more in taxes

"...but it's completely irresponsible for a commander-in-chief to incite enemies to attack our soldiers...."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...close, it is the Chronicle's duty to inform the public of Austin's musical goings-on in order to generate interest,..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

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