Postmarks

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...is a disease, and it's not normal behavior for your average young techie, or even your overachieving young techie..."

March 10, 2000 Column

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought a 10.8-acre..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Sunset vs. Goliath

Tiny Sunset Valley defends the aquifer -- but could use a little neighborly help

"...crank down the windows and set off on a tour of this little speck of a town, where donkeys..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

S.o.s. 101

"...also the year after Austin voters overwhelmingly passed the Save Our Springs Ordinance, presumably to settle once and for..."

April 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

AMD and the Edwards Aquifer

SOS says mitigation offers aren't enough

"...frown from City Hall, which is hamstrung by grandfathered land entitlements and, as always, a paralyzing fear of the..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the article, was provided to the Chronicle by unnamed sources. The Austin Police Department is unable to provide details..."

July 23, 2004 Column

Last Call for Lowe's? Council Ready to Split

It's still 4-3 and holding as the controversial big-box deal goes up for final approval

"...As past development agreements for environmentally sensitive lands have shown us -- the Stratus deal, the Bradley..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

It's a Done Deal

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

"...Southwest Austin, the City Council endorsed the controversial deal hours after it had undergone yet another round of revisions..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In your simplistic remarks about the proposed Stratus development settlement (in..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...of Texas regents from selling the Lions Municipal Golf Course property to commercial developers. The city operated the 18-hole..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...Capital Metro's PR blitz is indeed a magical mystery tour. And of course Henry the horse dances the waltz...."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Water Fall

Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow

"...deadpan, and it would charge that a misallocation of resources and priorities was undermining the Wat­er Conservation Divi­sion's achievements,..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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

"...planned for the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the two-hour forum was moved after the center astutely anticipated a..."

July 11, 2003 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.

"...people have all proven unkind to the water. The courts, the Legislature, and the Constitution have all failed the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Louis Black

An S-O-S for SOS

What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?

"...not for Stratus Properties, the 10th anniversary of the Save Our Springs Ordinance might have come and gone with..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...be clarified. Both of these programs are administered by our agency...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Green Acres

Prop. 2 Seeks to Protect Water Quality - but at a Price

"...The city proposes buying some 15,000 acres of undeveloped land to safeguard the quality of rainwater runoff into the..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Cyber-Arithmetic

"...we can afford to protect thousands of acres of land in the fragile Barton Springs Watershed and implement Open..."

April 26, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

"...light of his "incredible lapse in judgment" in the Temple-Inland debacle. See "Reading Arnold's e-mail."..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Imminent Harm

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

"...on the challenges we all face in trying to save Barton Springs."..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Urban Designer Greg Kiloh. Folks from 14 organizations, including four adjacent neighborhood associations, cast 13 votes for a northwest..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...city. Starting a new community is not like starting your own band. Plans for the big move were crafted..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Postmarks

Austin - bands, bikes, billboards, ballots, Bradley, and beyond - under scrutiny.

"...owners their rights leaves me unmoved. The only reason land has value for billboards is that taxpayers bought right..."

April 27, 2001 Column

Naked City

Gary Bradley presented his latest land-swap deal to the Save Barton Creek Association this week and received mixed reviews from environmentalists, many of whom are wary of trusting the megadeveloper.

"...Gary Bradley was done wheeling and dealing after his landmark Circle C agreement with the city of Austin in..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature

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.

"...listened to their concerns. Among those concerns is what Save Our Springs Board Chair Robin Rather has called one..."

March 10, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

A Rural Riddle

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

"...goes on to explain how living in the dry landscape outside of Austin's chaotic world of traffic and strip..."

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

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...Some lay of the land: Rainey Street itself runs north-south through the middle of..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Back ~ In Black?

SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down

"...They belong to Mike McKetta, attorney for Circle C Land Corp., home of Gary Bradley, and the new commercial..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Enviro Groups Oppose Plans for Violet Crown Venue

20,000-seat venue would sit amidst Barton Creek preserve

"...The problems foreseen by GEAA, TNC, and allies Save Our Springs Alliance, the Lone Star Chapter of the..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Naked City

"...the Senate floor join me in thanking you and your friends and family for being with us today." –..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature

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