Point Austin: Clean Is as Clean Does

When you signed that petition, did you get to read the fine print?

"...election this week – and perhaps decided whether to "Save yourself for Kinky (or Carole)" or instead hie yourself..."

March 3, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Call Us in 2105

As the city drops its time capsule, we hope there'll be something to drink to – and with – in 100 years

"...As our regular readers know by now, longtime Chronicle staffer and..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...or at least the judge – this week, as court proceedings began in the latest lawsuit challenging the state's..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."We want to keep on obeying the laws of our country, which we are now obeying. ... [Overthrowing the..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...like to both thank you and chide you for your article published in today's Chronicle about Tesía Samara ["The..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column

Naked City

Happenings

"...In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Save Our Springs Ordinance's passage on Aug. 8, 1992, the..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Stratus Status

"...up to a demonstration and march organized by the Save Our Springs Alliance from Barton Springs to Tuesday night's..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

A roundup of local news, rumors, and factoids from around Austin

"...its yearly surprise inspection every year for the past four years. "A series of things have happened and they're..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: Longing for the Future

For better or worse, SOS was a political game-changer

"...pieces of memorabilia from the 1992 election on the Save Our Springs initiative. (You may have noticed we're observing..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Unclean Hands

Prop. 1 and Prop. 2 are not "open," not "clean" – and definitely not progressive

"...20 years in Austin as a progressive writer and journalist, a longtime advocate for libraries and information services, and..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Bill Bunch Sets the Record Straight!

"...move from East and North Austin into the Barton Springs Watershed [“Y Not?,” News, June 24]. Sadly, the crisp..."

June 29, 2005 Postmarks

Lowe's, Austin, and HB 1204: Who's Got the Cards?

Are Austin's hands tied on another land-use battle over the aquifer?

"...Valley assumption then was that Austin would enforce its Save Our Springs water-quality ordinance and cap the development at..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...A new grassroots initiative is afoot -- Our City, Our Choice -- which seeks to impose regulations..."

Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...named Mary Baylor Clarksville Park in honor of the fourth generation Clarksville resident and neighborhood activist. "All that the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Todd and the city legal staff settled out of court, agreeing to pay Hadden's attorney, Jim Harrington of the..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature

Six-Card Stud

It's a wide-open Place 4 race

"...and small publisher, Cravey traces a lineage to the Save Our Springs-era council of the early 1990s, having worked..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Green Fallout

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

"...didn't endorse candidates, and I do miss the relative journalistic freedom of covering campaigns without feeling even indirectly implicated...."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Bee Cave Mall Back on Fast Track?

Developers try – quickly – to get reapproval for a controversial big-box project

"...that the nip-and-tuck timeline, if successful, would run its course just days before a May 15 election that could..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Slusher vs. Bunch

Point/Counterpoint:

"...former environmental allies: Council Member Daryl Slusher (for) and Save Our Springs Alliance director Bill Bunch (against). Their comments..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...the church argued, the city had violated a city ordinance as well as the church's religious freedom under federal..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...At its May 28 meeting, the Travis County Commissioners Court is expected to act on a proposed solid waste..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Covering New Ground

Robin Rather talks about Austin's future, and her own, after stepping down as chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance.

"...news a lot lately. The former chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance board split publicly with her colleagues..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Is Jesus?

It's Judgment Day for Austin's City Manager

"...Blight Study down the council's throat during the last hours of Councilmember Eric Mitchell's reign...."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...that you think will be effective and stand on your record."......"

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

Bitch Fest

Three-minute Rations of Democracy

"...one step below cave bugs and one step above journalists on Austin's evolutionary ladder. At a prior council meeting,..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Beside The Point

City Council racing to get tasks done before end of year

"...I can't talk to you; I'm prohibited by this ordinance.'" Nothing personal, Richard Suttle! (Leffingwell promises "more in the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Happenings

July 26-Aug. 1

"...SAVE OUR SPRINGS ANNIVERSARY CONCERT This celebration of the SOS..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature

Beside the Point

Council and SOSA haggle over ballot language

"...settled there. And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a corporate campus and a tower with its top..."

March 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Dancing About Architecture

The Quiet Game

"...The Sixth Street sound ordinance situation has ESSCA-lated yet again, with 11 members of..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Column

Insuring Disaster

Austin: Just Another Outpost

"...millions of taxpayer dollars, with the future of Barton Springs dependent on their honor?..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

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