AE Finalists: California Dreamin'

Greens question the need for Golden Staters

"...national experience make him a green "rock star," as Robin Rather has put it – would succeed the retired..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson's delightful animated film has room for both existentialist dread and a grinning joie de vivre.

"...farmers and foxes, Anderson has instead made it conform rather giddily to his own sensibilities. Dahl’s books are notoriously..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar is back. In black.

"...like the old days. Interestingly, I hung out with Robin Rather at the Mobile Loaves & Fishes event earlier..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

An Uncertain Hand

A pair of wild cards in Place 3

"..."I will actively seek your input, rather than relying on you to visit me, and you..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...is a big fight over a major employer," said Robin Rather, an environmental advocate who helped broker a peace..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

A proposed LCRA water line – and 1,300 new homes – alarm the neighbors

"...Environmentalist Robin Rather, who had been involved in negotiations with Hudson,..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Once again, only Mayor Will Wynn votes no.

"...the consultants and the city. Liveable City board Chair Robin Rather, who is helping to organize that latter group..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...courtesy on the first night of the hearing was rather quickly forgotten -- by the council member himself. Still..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...seeing the publication of this letter to correct a rather shocking (to me) error...."

March 1, 2002 Column

Naked City

Amy Smith handicaps the probable upcoming mayoral race.

"...at least three other names are in the mix: Robin Rather, a business owner and former SOS Alliance president;..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Making a List

Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature

"...Local environmentalist Robin Rather has another wish to add to the Legislature's..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Vignette discusses its options for a planned move downtown.

"...That's good news to people like Robin Rather, vice president of the Hill Country Conservancy, who..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Longhorn Pipeline says it isn't responsible for an unauthorized redesign of an anti-pipeline group's Web site.

"...Robin Rather, president of Mindwave Research and former SOS Alliance..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

Brigid Shea resigns from the Save Our Springs pac over the board's refusal to endorse Kirk Watson for mayor; Millennium March on Washington is April 30.

"...SOS Alliance board. Shea, along with former SOS chair Robin Rather, left the board after things got sticky over..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Watch

Details of the Bradley Settlement are finally made public and opened up to debate; Bill Spelman announces that he will not run for re-election to Place 5.

"...and choosing their words carefully. As SOS Board Chair Robin Rather put it this week, "It's more important to..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Hays County environmentalists and other area residents applaud a recent LCRA decision to delay building a water pipeline to Dripping Springs until an Environmental Impact Statement can be completed.

"...not like an EIS is a panacea, though," says Robin Rather, Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS) chair. She says..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

"...implicitly tells you that the protagonists are cultural artifacts rather than human characters. This is a movie dedicated to..."

Aug. 23, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Worry, Gus Van Sant Won't Get Far on Foot

Oscar-nominated director talks his new cartooning biopic

"...his biopic, but he has his suspicions – or rather, he suspects how Callahan convinced him to make it...."

July 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Taxes for People or Taxes for Buildings

AISD trustees ask long term funding priority question

"...data that is so core to all future planning. Robin Rather summed up the general feeling when she called..."

March 29, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

So Many Crushes, So Little Time

More greenies to love

"...Robin Rather, the much-lauded sustainability advocate with a business background,..."

April 18, 2008 Features Feature by Kathryn O'Shields

Local Pundits

"...The Convenient Truth: Cities and Sustainability (Robin Rather)..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Developing Stories

Big Box, Back Off!; Las Manitas Swirls On; and Bucking the City

"...Liveable City were out of touch with paycheck-to-paycheck citizens. Robin Rather, on Liveable City's Executive Committee, responded, emphasizing the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Enemies Mingle at Hill Country Conservancy Fiesta

Beer, brisket, and land preservation help unite political foes for a night

"...HCC board member and environmental activist Robin Rather said almost everyone she had ever fought was..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

To Bond, or Not to Bond?

Bonds dominate the immediate City Council horizon

"...even ECT's stalwart supporters have been frustrated. Committee Member Robin Rather is on ECT's board of directors and executive..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Dreaming of Buffalo

Prairie preservationists want to turn Austin's eyes – and energies – eastward

"...and really captured a fair amount of attention," said Robin Rather, chair of the open space subcommittee of the..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...education." The decision allows for the continuation of Texas' "Robin Hood" system of recapture, where richer districts (including Austin)..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Progressives organize – yet again – to fight the right

"...central Moving Forward challenge: real diversity. Liveable City chair Robin Rather said the event failed to make the room..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Council We Deserve?

In the races for City Council, it's a search for competence amidst the chaff

"...Stratus, the Sierra Club's Karin Ascot, Envision Central Texas' Robin Rather, and dozens more. (Although he's not in a..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...crying foul are former mayor Gus Garcia, environmental activist Robin Rather, consultants Alfred Stanley and Peck Young, who helped..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Put That in Your Big Box and ...

Activist groups beg to differ with the city's big-box report

"...shop at big boxes," says Liveable City board Chair Robin Rather. "We are simply asking these national big-box employers..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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