Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Tricks Won't Protect SpringsDear Editor,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

Naked City

The company, the alliance, the mayor, and the Statesman read each other's e-mail.

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance is gearing up for what could..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Stratus 2003: Make Way for HEB

Neighborhood negotiations go much better for Stratus the second time around.

"...property. "That set us off on the wrong foot. Our goal this time was to make sure we didn't..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...black community as Slusher. He's gotten things done for our community (ask residents of Stonegate, the East 11th and..."

May 3, 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

The Art of the Deal

City Coucil wants to cut a deal with Stratus Properties on the Barton Creek properties because they think House Bill 1704 gives them no other option.

"...Coming soon to the Barton Springs watershed ... Plano, Texas!..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Benign Growth?

The State of Affairs

"...both land preservation and certain development in the Barton Springs watershed "is at least causing some confusion" among legislators..."

April 16, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance (S.O.S.) and El Concilio last week..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Bunch Replies

"...Since the Chronicle is the only regular source of reliable information about the ongoing struggle to preserve..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Column

Later for Wildflower Commons

Council delays Wildflower Commons development hearing until August

"...Commons, a proposed 37-acre mixed-use project in the Barton Springs Recharge Zone. The project, on a 265-acre site with..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Cease-Fire Ends in Southwest Road Wars

Environmentalists charge that Daugherty has been working backroom deals for southwest roads

"...put him at odds with groups such as the Save Our Springs Alliance and Hill Country Alliance. Still, Daugherty..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Beside the Point

Attempts to debate Props. 1 and 2 produce only polarized statements and crowd heckling

"...editor) Daryl Slusher square off against del Llano and Save Our Springs Alliance director Bill Bunch. Alas, minus the..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond.

"...-- get them before they get us." -- Yes, our American president, George W. Bush, speaking at a fundraiser..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...future" and identify "goals, priorities, and values." And of course, like nearly any candidate who's ever tried to grab..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Off the Desk:

"...Citizen Action, a consumer watchdog group that promises an in-your-face campaign to bring utility issues to the forefront on..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

City Looks to Outside Counsel

Repeal of land code 'not a black and white legal issue'

"...weigh differing legal interpretations of the city’s Project Duration Ordinance, long a burr under the saddle of developers...."

March 25, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith

Heritage Trees: Size Does Matter

Heritage tree ordinance would protect Austin's oldest, biggest trees

"...hears city staff's proposal for a "heritage tree" protection ordinance...."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Silicon Labs to Move Downtown, Out of Watershed

Company's decision to move was partly due to concerns about expanding in environmentally sensitive terrain

"...Laboratories Inc.'s decision to move out of the Barton Springs watershed and into downtown...."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I live in the downtown neighborhood, and I helped save East Sixth from clearance for condos in 1979. I..."

March 26, 2004 Column

Naked City

Boxed out

"...City Council last week stood united on a big-box ordinance, voting 7-0 to keep mega-retail developments out of the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...-- don't let them sit or lie down. An ordinance passed on first reading by the City Council Thursday..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Helping Herb

"...we unanimously endorsed Herb Evans for J.P.5. The J.P. court is the lowest court in the county court system...."

March 6, 1998 Column

Then There's This: Fight or Flight

Council tries to find balance between developers, enviros, and the Lege

"...possibly under weaker regulations in the environmentally sensitive Barton Springs Zone and elsewhere...."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Need a More Informed Discussion on Watershed-Based Strategies

"...been searching for the truth about water and Barton Springs for decades. Mr. Bill Bunch erroneously states [“Postmarks,” March..."

April 1, 2008 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...federal agencies, but leaders of several groups, including the Save Barton Creek Association, SOS Alliance, Public Citizen, SEED Coalition,..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the revelation, "It probably doesn't mean anything." --R.B. Dueling Ordinances Back in December 1994, developers must have danced a..."

Aug. 16, 1996 News Feature

Tensions Rise Ahead of Meeting on Zilker Plan

Dazed and confused over Zilker

"...for the park. Rewild Zilker – a coalition of Save Our Springs (SOS) Alliance, Sierra Club, and the Zilker..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Rivalry Revs Up for Pct. 2

Three Dems vie to replace Sarah Eckhardt

"...race to replace Eckhardt as one of the county's four elected commissioners seems set for an unpredictable next couple..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Christopher Hooks

Austin's New Karl Rove

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

"...these amendments, even if one supports them, should be ordinances or resolutions." And so on...."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Beside the Point

City Council takes up arms and definitions over the charter amendments

"...of charter amendments by advising City Council that the courts afford the council "quite a bit of discretion" in..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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