Off the Desk:

"...accept higher paying posts elsewhere. -- A.M. Support for SOS With council taking the week off, it's halftime in..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

Before the Well Runs Dry

The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?

"...Hall press conference also focused on the city's watering ordinance, which took effect in May and designates two days..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...-- don't let them sit or lie down. An ordinance passed on first reading by the City Council Thursday..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Frenzied Rush

Big Water Deal

"...of the facts? Probably not, say members of the SOS Alliance. Anxious not to repeat the mistakes they made..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Council ponders limiting McMansions

"...over new interim home development regulations, aka the "McMansion" ordinance. Why council picked this particular fight right now is..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...your Aug. 9 issue, within the article entitled "Did SOS Matter?," appeared this phrase ... "the Comprehensive Watershed Ordinance,..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Off the Desk:

"...intrigue, and the epic-in-progress starring the Save Our Springs (SOS) water-quality ordinance has had plenty. It should come as..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...development meets the requirements of the Save Our Springs Ordinance, the SOS Alliance opposed the zoning, and Slusher likewise..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature

Land Lock

from east to west, land use a hot topic

"...the Bradley meeting along with Council Member Beverly Griffith, SOS chair Robin Rather and vice chair Mary Arnold, Save..."

March 24, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Loosey-Goosey Land Agreement?

Environmentalists and AISD face off once again over school construction in Southwest Austin

"...cover limitations laid out in Austin's Save Our Springs ordinance, which protects the Edwards Aquifer and Barton Springs by..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of several groups, including the Save Barton Creek Association, SOS Alliance, Public Citizen, SEED Coalition, and Far South Austin..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Last Call for Lowe's? Council Ready to Split

It's still 4-3 and holding as the controversial big-box deal goes up for final approval

"...thus make it subject to the Save Our Springs Ordinance. (The 40% impervious cover proposed by Lowe's is what..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lowe's Offers City a Deal

The big-box retailer makes an "SOS-equivalent" proposal for its project over the aquifer.

"...negotiations, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse on Tuesday offered an "SOS-equivalent" proposal for its controversial big-box retail project on Brodie..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bitch Fest

Three-minute Rations of Democracy

"...issues -- the helmet law, privatization of city clinics, SOS -- but all were allies in their discontent...."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the Barton Springs watershed, and what are the rules?" SOS sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after what..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

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.

"...quiet -- with no formal statements yet from the SOS Alliance or the Hays County Water Planning Partnership (HCWPP)..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Temple-Inland's proposal has enviros -- and hillside neighbors -- seeing red

"...another promise: to comply with the Save Our Springs Ordinance. The company won environmental praise in the mid-Nineties when..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Beside the Point

City Council takes up arms and definitions over the charter amendments

"...are not spelling out a particular package in this ordinance," he said, "we are just removing the language that..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...City Limits. Arnold did, in fact, retire from the SOS board of directors in December, although she continues to..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...it was "small potatoes," but the Save Our Springs (SOS) forces have been celebrating, or at least trying to,..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature

Cleanliness, Godliness, and Money

Critics charge that Clean Water Clean Government's finances are a bit murky

"...Bunch said that SOS, while heading up the petition campaign last fall to..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Election Notes

Critics charge that Clean Water Clean Government's finances are a bit murky

"...Bunch said that SOS, while heading up the petition campaign last fall to..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: The Power of Threats

Lege's bullying tactics have winning record at City Hall

"...attorney presented them with two options: either repeal the ordinance in one fell swoop, or just suspend enforcement of..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the program had hardly been updated since. The original ordinance did not readily accommodate local historic district overlay zoning,..."

April 23, 2004 Column

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...decision by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks regarding what SOS sees as inadequate efforts to protect the endangered Barton..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

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

"...cover story on the Georgetown City Council's emergency development ordinance ["Georgetown Smackdown," Aug. 17] failed to explain why such..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Save Our Springs Sues City Over Statesman Site Redevelopment

They claim city violated procedural rules and affordability requirements

"...SOS claims that the PUD “goes beyond zoning by essentially..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Beside the Point

Council and SOSA haggle over ballot language

"...morning showtime, cut to the quick the debate between SOS and council over how to accurately reflect on the..."

March 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall

The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans

"...than is allowed by the city's Save Our Springs Ordinance. But the promise of new jobs prompted Mayor Will..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Battle of the Big Box

Enviros and Southwest neighbors find a common cause: fighting Wal-Mart and its plans for a Supercenter on the aquifer

"...before the 1992 adoption of the Save Our Springs Ordinance. Those rules permit Wal-Mart to build to an impervious..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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