Beside the Point

Council on deck to approve slip-n-slide water deal with LCRA

"...redevelopment in the Barton Springs Zone, aka Son of SOS, up for public comment and possible adoption today. (We..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Mitigation Goes Nowhere

Both developers and enviros shoot down staff's new ideas for aquifer development

"...impervious cover limits in the 1992 Save Our Springs Ordinance. The policy also addressed how, and how much, developers..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...otherwise governed by the city's strict Save Our Springs Ordinance. After three public forums (the last on Monday), the..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

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

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

Postmarks

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

July 19, 2002 Column

Council Watch

East Austin residents have a say in neighborhood planning; local advocates ask for more money in city budget to fund their special interest; Bill Spelman issues some strong words against the Statesman's criticism of council on the LCRA water deal.

"...Commission to evaluate its plan to phase out the ordinance in favor of a consensus-building, neighborhood-planning process. The idea..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...wrecking ball. "The idea of passing a `no camping' ordinance to deal with the problem of homelessness is about..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature

The Education of Max Nofziger

From Flower to Power

"...held down its flank. Even PUD Night, from which SOS sprang, seems part of a different generation. But Max..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...line request and, in an e-mail alert, accused the SOS of "waging war on landowners' rights, again." The landowners..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Statesman ignores Bill Bunch as part of its SOS history; Mary Arnold, Whole Foods and Lee Walker honored for their SOS dedication; the Austin Police Association's mailers for Rafael Quintanilla never got mailed; Mayor Kirk Watson will lay out his transportation vision.

"...if not most, of the credit for getting the SOS water-quality ordinance on the books. But Bunch got nary..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Texas Hammer: Save Our Springs (If They’ll Let Us)

Austin's environmental values are in perennial conflict with the legislators

"...had its symbolic peak when Austin's Save Our Springs Ordinance (1992) triggered legislative "grandfathering" of developments that had been..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Beside the Point

Council takes long, slow journey into night

"...the hearing (and passage) of the Save Our Springs Ordinance revisions, allowing for ostensibly greener redevelopment in the Barton..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Endorsements

"...the fire on the hypocrisies of the campaign finance ordinance – but his reflexive Libertarian mantra of "lower taxes,..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...the fire on the hypocrisies of the campaign finance ordinance – but his reflexive Libertarian mantra of "lower taxes,..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...the fire on the hypocrisies of the campaign finance ordinance – but his reflexive Libertarian mantra of "lower taxes,..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

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

June 6, 2003 Column

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

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

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The charter vs. the election code in court

"...eventually upheld the legality of the Save Our Springs Ordinance, the Texas Supreme Court held that, if the Legislature..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories

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

"...moved one step closer to enacting a new "big-box ordinance" Tuesday, when the Planning Commission voted 8-0 to pass..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Pretty Sneaky

Up to Here

"...mismatched sets of thrift-store bargains would be more appropriate. SOS & CSC: Back Up Front..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Then There's This: Whither Vested Rights?

Rejection of first case under new regs portends cloudy future

"...Just two weeks after approving a new Vested Rights Ordinance – ostensibly revised to satisfy litigious developers and their..."

July 18, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Leffingwell Shares the Ride

Former mayor now chair of “Ridesharing Works” campaign

"...Monday afternoon, Leffingwell argued that the proposed Prop. 1 ordinance – placed on the May 7 ballot by petition..."

April 12, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Green Fallout

Picking up the parties and the pieces, there remains much work to be done

"...that diligence can occur over the alternative "open" and "SOS" ordinances drafted by council members and beginning to make..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...not include an anticipated donnybrook over the historic preservation ordinance. City staff's recommendations for a long-discussed overhaul of the..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

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

Seeing the (Green) Light

Environment, Neighborhoods Set the Tone for Place 2 Race

"...On the other hand, Quintanilla, a onetime opponent of SOS and erstwhile lobbyist for clients Time Warner Cable and..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

City Council Prepares to Send Charter Amendments to Voters

Changes to petition elections coming to your ballot

"...collect enough signatures from Austin voters to put proposed ordinance changes on the ballot of a citywide election. The..."

July 12, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Beside the Point

Is big-home sprawl just the facts of life?

"...couple of weeks to gut and remodel Austin's zaniest ordinance. Will they be able to pull it off? (Repeat)..."

March 3, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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