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Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature
SOS Wilson: Going Already?
Perry loyalist, former Gramm man steps down as Secretary of State
June 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
SOS Supports Proposition 2
Oct. 24, 2006 Postmarks
SOS Is Delusional
"...Editors, Bill Bunch and the SOSAnistas' rationale for their latest mishmash of “reforms” is that..."
March 30, 2006 Postmarks
Top 10 Ways to Convince AMD Not to Move to Lantana That SOS Hasn't Tried Yet
Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature
SOS Electioneering
Dec. 21, 2005 Postmarks
AMD, SOS, PR – It's War!
Shots fired in Aquifer battle ... and the target is you
"...Arizona could be next. (According to Colin Clark of SOSA, the organization didn't even know that Ruiz had a..."
Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
SOS' Clark Responds
Aug. 8, 2005 Postmarks
Alert From SOS
"...view "before and after" images of this property at www.sosalliance.org/beecave.htm. See for yourself the ugliness that is proposed. Then..."
March 24, 2004 Postmarks
Back ~ In Black?
SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down
"...Hays County court that invalidated the Save Our Springs (SOS) water quality ordinance. The original lawsuit against the city..."
Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade
Covering New Ground
Robin Rather talks about Austin's future, and her own, after stepping down as chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance.
"...deal with developer Gary Bradley, and then departed the SOS board for good to begin work with the high-tech..."
May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Then There's This: Longing for the Future
For better or worse, SOS was a political game-changer
"...campaign mailer for Brewster McCracken have to do with SOS, I wondered. Or Betty Dunkerley's council run in 2002?..."
Aug. 3, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith
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
Down to the Wire
SOS, Bradley, and the city try to work out their differences and come to an agreement they all can live with on the Bradley Settlement.
"...of the biggest sticking points in the deal for SOS: the need for a third-party guarantor for the conservation..."
March 10, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
The Whole Truce
Gary Bradley ponders the significance of his proposed settlement agreement with the city of Austin.
"...his land to the impervious cover limits imposed by SOS. We wanted to get Bradley's side of the story,..."
Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Council Watch
sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement
"...knows that if there was ever a time that SOS board members had material for such innuendo, it's now..."
March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Then There's This: Urban (Watershed) Legend
In reversal, city says new development must comply with SOS
"...The SOS finding could potentially short-circuit the proposed Blue Bonnet Hills..."
March 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith
Y Not?
The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas
"..."The problem I see," he laments, "is that [the SOS ordinance] is so anti-everything."..."
June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Naked City
Enviro group launches Web site opposing Hill Country
Development
"...be another Hill Country polluter bearing the Cypress name. SOS fears that plans by Cypress Real Estate Development to..."
March 11, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
Again, SOS Sues On Stratus
"...approved in one fell swoop last summer. The city, SOS argues, should have voted on each zoning ordinance individually..."
Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Council a No-Show at SOS Events
"...also the object of a pending lawsuit that the SOS Alliance has brought against the city and the developers...."
Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Page Two: When Does 'Open' Mean 'Closed'?
The open-government charter amendment is a special-interest wolf in populist sheep's clothing
"...but a fierce insistence on representative government. Eventually, the SOS ordinance passed and SOS was organized (later dividing into..."
April 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black
Naked City
The company, the alliance, the mayor, and the Statesman read each other's e-mail.
"...build over the aquifer in compliance with the 1992 SOS Ordinance, now wants to break from those regulatory constraints..."
Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Playback: Sound on Sound Fest Is Set, but What About Fun Fun Fun?
SOS Fest dropped its lineup this week, but what of predecessor FFF?
"...Tuesday's lineup drop for the second SOS heralded punk godfather Iggy Pop, an artist so fundamental..."
June 23, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
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
Green Events: July 26-Aug. 2
The usual opportunities for local food and brew continue this week, plus TreeFolks launches its new carbon-offset program, and more.
"...week, plus TreeFolks launches its new carbon-offset program, the SOS Ordinance turns 15, and architect Mark Webber (who worked..."
July 25, 2007 Columns Post
Whitley Sinks, Voting Rights Don't
Abbott's SoS nominee resigns as extreme voter suppression bill tanks
"...tradition. Throughout the session, Abbott's nomination of Whitley as SoS awaited confirmation by the Senate, which required a two-thirds..."
May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
All Is Lost
In this near-wordless film, Robert Redford is compulsively watchable as a man trying to save himself from his sinking ship.
"...“This is the Virginia Jean with an SOS call. Over.” That right there is very near the..."
Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
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
The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology
"...with a timeline detailing Barton Springs development and the SOS movement...."
