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"...largely irrelevant. Allowing a basically private entity with no accountability to the public like the CTRMA to borrow huge..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

Austin @ Large: Balancing the Books

The big hole we need libraries to fill

"...of Those People, to heavily subsidize their kids' ritual accountability testing (interrupted every so often by, you know, learning,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Endorsements

The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election

"...to undermine virtually every socially progressive U.S. institution, from schools to health care to Social Security. If George W...."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The Fall Season

Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?

"...toll roads, commuter rail, the hospital district, and the school bonds all have had, and will continue to have,..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway

Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine

"...unelected board – the usual appeals to "process" and "accountability" that underlie Austin's civic religion, and that often take..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...and bike lanes in London. There is the London School of Cycling, where adults can learn to ride bicycles..."

May 28, 2004 Column

North Central Blues

APD's new North Central Area Command force is bringing community policing to blighted north central neighborhoods

"...DR Gizette Gaslin in their office at Lanier High School. "Now we can go out and say we helped..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two

The very nature of the police's job should earn more consistent praise, but at the same time it demands monitoring.

"...drive on relatively safe roads, my kid goes to school, we shop, we visit, we go out, we deposit..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Holiday Wish Lists 2003

Presents for public service

"...staplers, etc. • Volunteer to work on Prison Jail Accountability Project ALLGOwww.allgo.org 701 Tillery 4, 472-2001• Folding chairs and..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Features Feature

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"...this purpose (as Chapman indicates was the case), then accountability exists. Those acquiring the land/property were obliged fully to..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column

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Lege Notes

"...that would have given a one-time $800 "bonus" to schoolteachers -- while simultaneously slashing school-district budgets across the state..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

Lege Ponders "Jails 'R' Us"

Lege proposals to privatize jails may not be the cost-cutter supporters claim.

"...budget to cover inmate educational services from the Windham School District, as well as a nearly $5 per diem..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Tort Deform gives business the gold mine, the rest of us the shaft.

"...$5 million in the budget for a local medical school, it would behoove them to vote for HJR 3...."

April 4, 2003 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

This week at the circus, er, Lege.

"...TEA that's supposed to oversee the GOP's beloved charter schools and enforce "accountability" in 1,100 state school districts under..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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Beyond City Limits

"...Kids in the Leander Independent School District -- which includes most of the Northwest Corridor..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature

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Happenings

"...24, 7pm, at Bass Lecture Hall in the LBJ School of Public Affairs (UT campus, Red River and Manor..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Despite a wave of scandals, the State Board of Education approves licenses for new charter schools.

"...At a legislative hearing last Thursday on charter schools, state Representative Jim Dunnam, D-Waco, cast an exasperated look..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Austin @ Large: Canary in the Data Mine

Profile of the 2002 Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project

"...live in poverty. There is not a single "exemplary" school, by state accountability standards, east of I-35 and south..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...As much as I admire their integrity, what many old-school environmentalists in Austin don't seem to understand is that..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...their role in musicians obtaining affordable mental health counseling. "Accountability is everything," he asserts. Of his partnering with Obst,..."

May 3, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Keeping the Faith

The Texas Documentary Tour presents festival hit Trembling Before G-d, in which Orthodox Jews try to reconcile religion with their homosexuality.

"...their Orthodox families, thrown out of yeshivas or religious schools, and in marriages betraying their husband or wife."..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...thrust. Her opponent Beverly Griffith cites a recent Wharton School study indicating that "increasing the supply [of affordable housing]..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Banker vs. the Prosecutor

As the primary campaign winds to an abrupt close, what do we know about Sanchez and Morales?

"...family, delivered a cramped, conservative sermon on the public schools -- calling for "better school discipline of disruptive students"..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Who's the After-Maxey?

Candidates begin throwing hats into the District 51 ring

"...will use the power of legislative oversight to ensure accountability from state agencies charged with protecting our environment."..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

After a shutdown prompts an international protest, Rice Radio is back on the air in Houston.

"...defended themselves against an attempted November coup by the school's administration and athletic department. Under a new policy announced..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Waco special counsel John C. Danforth has announced plans to indict former federal prosecutor Bill Johnston.

"...Caddell. "At the end of the day, there's no accountability for the government officials who have lied, covered up,..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Greg Bueno: In the Land of oZ

"...Though Greg is hyper-aware of accountability issues, avoiding the subjects of work and family and..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Feature

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...director of the 21st Century Project at the LBJ School and former director of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility...."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naturally Nader

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

"...in 1955. From there he went to Harvard Law School. He vaulted into the public arena for good in..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Quote of the week: "You, my hyphenated friend, are an ambassador of evil."

"...in Adams Park, near 29th Street, behind the old school. I was kicked in the neck and left unconscious..."

March 17, 2000 Column

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