Here a Box, There a Box, Everywhere a Big Box

One Lowe's, two Wal-Marts, and three sets of angry Southside citizens

"...would enforce the 15% impervious cover limit under the SOS Ordinance. A lawsuit and a legislative maneuver on Lowe's..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Slusher: Go Slow on Lowe's

"...the impervious cover limits of the Save Our Springs Ordinance...."

Aug. 15, 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

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Respect the SOS Ordinance..."

July 25, 2003 Column

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Two cities. Two mayors. Two big ugly stores. One aquifer.

"...three times that permitted by the Save Our Springs Ordinance -- the Wal-Mart will seriously degrade the aquifer, says..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Austin Stories

"...today's (Thursday) agenda includes: delaying enactment of the smoking ordinance until Jan. 2, 2004; creating an interlocal water-quality planning..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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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Austin Stories

"...Did we say smoking ordinance? The political newsletter In Fact Daily reported Wednesday that..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

County Goes Slow on Lowe's

"...the city of Austin and its Save Our Springs Ordinance. As Lowe's sees it, the home-improvement giant should be..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Austin Stories

"...so the city could enforce the Save Our Springs Ordinance and effectively kill the Lowe's. But the recently passed..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Austin Stories

"...Travis Co. commissioners to enforce the Save Our Springs Ordinance on a Lowe's superstore development in Sunset Valley. The..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The Big Mac Attack

The landslide victory of Brewster McCracken may have significantly mixed messages.

"...social equity and the Chronicle and Sierra Club and SOS endorsements of Clarke, but they also worried about jobs..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Happenings

"...destroy the springs. That marathon meeting kicked off the SOS movement that led in 1993 to passage of the..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...SOS Chooses Margot Clarke..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...exempt several development projects from the Save Our Springs ordinance and flood-control regulations. The bill also threatens to exempt..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

The Domain of Wal-Mart

"...1996 with an exemption from the Save Our Springs Ordinance. The pad sites would accommodate, alongside the Supercenter, two..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Headlines

"...Is SOS dead again? On Tuesday night, the Senate adopted an..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wal-Mart or No, Council Defers to Endeavor's Domain

Only Daryl Slusher votes against the city's $37 million tax rebate for a North Austin "urban village."

"...and incentives to companies that don't comply with water-quality ordinances protecting the aquifer. Such a policy would exclude Endeavor,..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Domain Gives Slusher Pain

"...with impervious cover as much as three times above SOS Ordinance limits. Endeavor has discussed buying enough land in..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...Max introduced the city's first nondegradation water quality ordinance to protect Barton Springs. This evolved into the SOS..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Wal-Mart on the Aquifer?

"...place, and it's exempt from the Save Our Springs Ordinance because of a 1996 city-negotiated settlement with the previous..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Wal-Mart on the Aquifer?

"...place, and it's exempt from the Save Our Springs Ordinance because of a 1996 city-negotiated settlement with the previous..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

SOS, Stratus Split in Court

"...the deal Stratus made with the city last summer. SOS says that deal was brokered from a starting point..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...year's controversial development deal between the city and Stratus. SOS sued both parties, claiming the city's water-quality ordinance supersedes..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Again, SOS Sues On Stratus

"...zoning -- that is, by incorporating 14 separate zoning ordinances into the terms of the Stratus agreement, which the..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Austin Stories

"...pressure the feds into taking action against Bradley. (The SOS "Make Gary Pay" Web site got written up this..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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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

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin, Texas, and elsewhere.

"...fireworks, with a public hearing on the proposed noise ordinance (see "Dancing About Architecture") taking center stage...."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

Gary Bradley's Bitter Wisdom

Gary Bradley contemplates life.

"...When a business is willing to comply with [the] SOS [ordinance], I think it is unconscionable for SOS to..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature

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