Top 10 Local Stories

Toby to SOS

"...10) SOS for SOS After years of environmental derring-do (and legal..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

Wildflower Commons

The Politics of Postponement

"...Commons, a proposed 37-acre mixed-use project over the Barton Springs Recharge Zone...."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Transportation and trash are heavy on the minds of readers this week.

"...SOS Action Not Alliance..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...Village of Bee Cave on Highway 71 to Dripping Springs along U.S. 290, and could potentially serve thousands of..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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Our readers talk back.

"...not conserved any land, and has not protected Barton Springs...."

July 12, 2002 Column

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...put, AMD's plan to lay stakes in the Barton Springs watershed has reignited an old, ugly development fight, pitting..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The Save Our Springs Alliance wonders "Who's enforcing the Endangered Species Act in..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...the landowners group, calling itself the Hamilton Pool Road Alliance, has ramped up its offensive against the Save Our..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

A Different Shade of Green for Temple-Inland

The firm -- and the mayor -- suggest economic growth merits waiving SOS.

"...Council's willingness to waive compliance with the Save Our Springs Ordinance...."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

There's Something About Mary

Mary arnold gets down to brass tacks on bradley deal

"...things. Currently the vice chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOSA) board of directors, Arnold has served on..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

The Bradley deal is out in the open but no one seems to have an opinion on it.

"...of four speakers (Robert Singleton, Karen Hadden, Save Our Springs Alliance Board Chair Robin Rather, and Hays County Water..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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

Woes for Lowe's

The big-bad big box gets stuffed – twice – in court

"...Brodie Lane should comply with the city's Save Our Springs Ordinance...."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Centex Brigade

From San Antonio to Austin and back again

"...Five years ago, the staff at Austin's Save Our Springs Alliance was scrambling not only to maintain clarity at..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...densities and ratios of preserved land. Last year Dripping Springs adopted a conservation development ordinance (CDO) that requires just..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Bitter Buzzing in Bee Cave

Local politicos, enviros sting each other over controversial mall project

"...retracting his statements in another, and the Save Our Springs Alliance coming under attack in a lengthy essay titled..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...himself. The recently departed chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance and aspiring political tyro wrote the Chronicle recently..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...a developer, the former chair of the Downtown Austin Alliance, and the leader of the current council's economic recovery..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: Hell or High Water

WTP4 opposition increasing – and increasingly not on the same page

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance has filed one WTP4-related lawsuit, while another waits..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin's New Karl Rove

Former council member doesn't care for SOS's charter amendments, and they don't like him, either

"...cut his journalistic teeth at the Chronicle defending Barton Springs and was an original member of the so-called Green..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

It's a Done Deal

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

"...that effectively prevents any plans by the Save Our Springs Alliance or other opponents to gather the thousands of..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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

"...Supercenter planned for a 29-acre tract in the Barton Springs Recharge Zone. Moderating the proceedings was former Mayor Frank..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Impaired Judgment

SOS Alliance enters the controversy over toxins at Barton Springs.

"...of last week's big environmental news, the Save Our Springs Alliance is renewing its efforts to secure listings for..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Aquifer Springs Eternal..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Stratus Sparks Citizen Uprising

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

"...order, and an updated version of Bill Oliver's "Barton Springs Eternal." Some of the evening's highlights -- there were..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

F&W on EPA and Barton Springs, portable toilets for Sixth Street flushed, job vacancies at the Sheriff's office & lack of education at Barton Springs

"...F&W to EPA: Save Springs!..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Brigid Shea resigns from the Save Our Springs pac over the board's refusal to endorse Kirk Watson for mayor; Millennium March on Washington is April 30.

"...Shea severed her last link to the Save Our Springs Alliance, the group she co-founded and devoted much of..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Off the Desk:

"...& Transportation, P.O. Box 1088, Austin, 78767. -- N.E. SOS v. ACC The Save Our Springs Alliance may be..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

How Much of Zilker Park Can Austin Return to Nature?

Balancing ecological preservation and the human element in city's Zilker Park Vision Plan

"...opportunity," says Robin Rather, former chair of Save Our Springs Alliance and vice president of parks and environment for..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Naked City

"...Authority water deal pending and proposed amendments to the SOS Ordinance also on the agenda. See "Beside the Point."..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

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