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

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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"...SOS Did Matter..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

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Council a No-Show at SOS Events

"...Supporters of the Save Our Springs Ordinance rocked the house -- and the water -- last..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...City Council -- voted for the Save Our Springs Ordinance and, it can be fairly said, changed history, at..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

An S-O-S for SOS

What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?

"...Properties, the 10th anniversary of the Save Our Springs Ordinance might have come and gone with barely a ripple...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...with a timeline detailing Barton Springs development and the SOS movement...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

It's a Done Deal

The City Council approved the Stratus settlement 6-1. Now what?

"...could hear an exasperated Bill Bunch, executive director of SOS, shout from the floor that council members were "misstating..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Page Two

A decade after SOS, we need to develop a realistic vision and useful political tools to address future development in the Barton Springs watershed.

"...The SOS Alliance is talking about leading a coalition to sue..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Happenings

"...commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Save Our Springs Ordinance's passage on Aug. 8, 1992, the SOS Alliance has..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Curtains Closing on Stratus Deal?

The Stratus Properties development deal heads for a third and final City Council vote, just as environmental and neighborhood opponents step up demands for a referendum.

"...will likely be questioned, if not challenged, by the SOS Alliance, which argues six votes are necessary because the..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...save Barton Springs. To recommend, as you do, that SOS spend its limited time compromising is to accept a..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

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Happenings

"...of the 10th anniversary of the Save Our Springs Ordinance's passage on Aug. 8, 1992, the SOS Alliance has..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature

Surf Barton Creek!

"...how to celebrate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the SOS ordinance? Wonder no longer. After locally heavy rains the..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature

'Stakeholder' Bails on Stratus

When Lauren Ross urged the City Council to reject the "half-baked" Stratus development deal, council members' jaws dropped one by one.

"...than would development under the existing Save Our Springs ordinance. Breunig bought into the Stratus deal based in large..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Imminent Harm

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

"...that "grandfathering" law renders Austin's 1992 Save Our Springs ordinance useless, because development plans on the Stratus/Circle C property..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

Saving what we can of Barton Springs -- most recently threatened by a proposed development deal between the city and Stratus Properties -- requires pragmatism and compromise.

"...deal is "excellent," or some such, they're nuts. When SOS urges you to rally at the council to save..."

July 19, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Slusher vs. Bunch

Point/Counterpoint:

"...versions of each argument are available at www.ci.austin.tx.us/council/slusher.htm and www.sosalliance.org.)On SOS ComplianceSlusher: Stratus agrees to build at SOS impervious..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Easy Is Austin?

"...had just to protect that piece of paper [the SOS ordinance]. It's time to move on now. Everybody knew..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...SOS: End Subsidized Sprawl..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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"...clearly since June 7 of 1990. The city and SOS Alliance have won almost every lawsuit, and yet huge..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...wrong (not evil or corrupt, but mistaken), and because SOS has been unable to do more than simply be..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Sending Out an SOS: Can the Fractured Austin Polis Find a Common Future?

"...alone here, Bill Bunch finally did this week what SOS should have done years ago, back when it was..."

July 5, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Stratus Sparks Citizen Uprising

Hundreds of citizens turn out to denounce the proposed Stratus deal.

"...claims it can rightfully build under current state law. (SOS and the Circle C Neighborhood Association have filed a..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

SOS Sues Over Stratus Plan

Stratus Properties plans to develop 1,253 acres in the Barton Springs watershed, but the Save Our Springs Alliance believes state law prohibits their lofty plans.

"...The Circle C Neighborhood Association has joined SOS in the suit. The Save Barton Creek Association voted..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...the church argued, the city had violated a city ordinance as well as the church's religious freedom under federal..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...require, and in some cases even better than the SOS Ordinance...."

June 7, 2002 Column

Naked City

Stratus Status

"...development fees, override certain water quality protections in the SOS ordinance, and allow Stratus one million square feet of..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...expected to act on a proposed solid waste siting ordinance intended to address landfill expansion and to avoid problems..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...called for music industry input of the proposed noise ordinance...."

May 3, 2002 Column

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"...Most of this pending development is exempted from the SOS ordinance -- "grandfathered" under old water quality rules. This..."

April 26, 2002 Column

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