Top 10 Environmental Stories

Save Our Springs' anniversary, Al Armendariz's move, and the bag ban

"...3) 20 Years of SOS In August, local enviros and politicos celebrated the 20th..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Beside the Point: All the Arguments That Fit

City Council agenda packed with volatile materials

"...Council revisit of the semi-notorious Barton Springs Zone redevelopment ordinance, an attempt adjust the Save Our Springs Ordinance to..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

SOS Coverage One-Sided

"...Save Our Springs retrospective in this week's edition [“The SOS Ordinance Turns 20,” News, Aug. 3]. As someone who..."

Aug. 7, 2012 Postmarks

The SOS Ordinance Turns 20

Remembrances of an election that changed Austin's political environment

"...8, 1992, voters overwhelmingly passed the Save Our Springs Ordinance – a voter-driven initiative to protect Barton Springs against..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline

Twenty years of progress

"...form a movement to strengthen the 1986 Compre­hensive Watersheds Ordinance, under the acronym SOS: "Save Our Springs." Council enacts..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Memoirs of a Movement

Remembering the campaign to Save Our Springs

"...Co-founder and director of the SOS Coa­lition; elected to City Council in 1993, served one..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature

Page Two

"...is the Chronicle's original endorsement in favor of the ordinance. It accurately pointed out that the vote itself was..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Column by Louis Black

Then There's This: Longing for the Future

For better or worse, SOS was a political game-changer

"...have noticed we're observing the 20th anniversary of the ordinance in this issue.) Instead, I was treated to a..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Voters Should Know

"...again makes his false claim that he "Expanded the SOS ordinance to help clean up sites polluting" the Barton..."

May 8, 2012 Postmarks

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...of what we called at the time our redevelopment ordinance for the Barton Springs Zone, and if I can..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Brigid Shea: 'A Proven Leader'

Brigid Shea sits down for a Q&A on a wide range of city topics

"...the same place we were 20 years ago with SOS. We're coming out of a recession, we're poised to..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Leffingwell Has Failed To Lead on Water

"...conservation and the “expansion” of the Save Our Springs Ordinance to redevelopment projects in the Barton Springs Watershed [“It's..."

April 17, 2012 Postmarks

Then There's This: Combs Takes the Cake

When it comes to trolling for votes, anything goes

"...were working to undo the city's Save Our Springs Ordinance, which voters had overwhelmingly passed in August 1992. She..."

March 16, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Water Fall

Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow

"...Butler died last month in a hiking accident, the SOS Alliance posted a tribute on its website noting that..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

City Hall Hustle: Win, Place, and No-Show

One race, two walkovers, and games to be played later

"...environmental credentials (being one of the founders of the SOS Ordinance-era "Green Council") are in conflict with his avowed..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 3/8/11

Five things about Max Nofziger

"...a host of tiny little measures, like the sidewalk-cafe ordinance, instead of through grand public-funded spectacle. What about water..."

March 8, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...Scott Swearingen: The SOS [Save Our Springs Alliance] movement in the 1990s ......"

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Ending the Water War

What if enviros and the city partnered on water conservation?

"...landscaping, irrigation systems, lawn maintenance, and Austin's outdoor watering ordinance. (The latter are now out-of-date, as tougher drought-induced restrictions..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Later for Wildflower Commons

Council delays Wildflower Commons development hearing until August

"...After the council took action without a public hearing, SOS' Bill Bunch yelled angrily at the council, followed by..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wildflower Commons

The Politics of Postponement

"...chance.) After the council action without a public hearing, SOS’ Bill Bunch yelled angrily at the council, followed by..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

City Counseling

The Wildflower controversy, the Leffingwell noncontroversy, and more

"...telling City Hall watchdog newsletter In Fact Daily the SOS "shopping mall" descriptor is "the most absurd characterization I..."

Feb. 6, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Making of an Endorsement

"...as a major industrial/planned development area, but needed an ordinance passed by the city council to allow for the..."

Oct. 24, 2008 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

Point Austin: Raising the Bar

AMD opens its Lantana campus, and the questions continue

"...exhausted the intensive building possibilities "under [Save Our Springs Ordinance] entitlements. Beyond city limits is another question, so we..."

June 20, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Place 3: Kim Goes Attack-Dog

Girl fights are all the rage

"...should have compromised with developers instead of passing the SOS Ordinance. What Shade in fact said was "how sad..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Grading the Campaign Ads: The print edition

No one hits it out of the ballpark in this round

"...with developers instead of passing the Save Our Springs ordinance." Shade has clarified the compromise she spoke of, saying..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature

Difference in Interpretation Is Not a 'Lie'

"...rather than passing the voter approved Save Our Springs Ordinance. I would agree that Ms. Shade’s comments to Brian..."

May 6, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: The Way We Were

In Austin's politics of nostalgia, the truth is a frequent casualty

"...over development, Barton Springs, and the Save Our Springs Ordinance. The film came up in the conversation, and (as..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Need a More Informed Discussion on Watershed-Based Strategies

"...March 28] Lee Leffingwell's modification to the Barton Springs ordinance would increase development. Certainly Barton Springs water quality has..."

April 1, 2008 Postmarks

Water Use Goals a Joke

"...as the “architect of redrafting the Save Our Springs Ordinance” [“Spring Training,” News, March 21]? Leffingwell set a goal..."

March 25, 2008 Postmarks

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