Shall We Bike?

Local bike advocates pedal optimistically uphill

"...bikability. Instead, they're excerpts from Part One of the city's own Bicycle Plan, intended to increase and institutionalize options..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...a disproportionate share of infrastructure that benefits the entire city but has localized negatives. No issue exists in a..."

May 5, 2006 Column

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"...but the broad coalition of Austin Neighborhoods Council, Liveable City, SOS Alliance, Austin Sierra Club, Save Barton Creek Association,..."

July 1, 2005 Column

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...in the rectory at St. Williams Church in Denver City, Texas, the tiny Panhandle town 94 miles Northwest of..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

AMD and the Edwards Aquifer

SOS says mitigation offers aren't enough

"...despite mounting environmental opposition and a "we-really-wish-you-wouldn't-go-there" frown from City Hall, which is hamstrung by grandfathered land entitlements and,..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...cities than Austin? The obvious answer is that the city of Austin doesn't care. We have seen a steady..."

March 19, 2004 Column

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"...Assistant City Manager..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Wal-Mart or No, Council Defers to Endeavor's Domain

Only Daryl Slusher votes against the city's $37 million tax rebate for a North Austin "urban village."

"...what side they were on, observers of last week's City Council hearing on the Domain mixed-use retail project proposed..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...Austin City Council..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Mayor's Task Force on the Economy is not completely clear on the concept.

"...Betty Dunkerley, will present its initial recommendations for a City Hall economic policy and strategy. Applause all around...."

April 18, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Austin City Council..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature

Page Two

The Statesman coverage of Barton Springs pollution is a peculiar version indeed.

"...residents is real and imminent -- and that the city has been ignoring it for years...."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column by Michael King

The MACC: Back on Track, or Under Attack?

The city approves a new board for the Mexican-American Cultural Center -- and the center's previous shepherds cry foul.

"...that ceremony has undergone a dramatic change, with the City Council's Nov. 7 approval of an ordinance creating a..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...just about the only piece of evidence that the City Council under Mayor Frank Cooksey deserved its pro-environment reputation."..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Stratus Sparks Citizen Uprising

Hundreds of citizens turn out to denounce the proposed Stratus deal.

"...development agreement with Stratus Properties. Until last week, the city and the local daily had tried to spin the..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...keep Austin Austin, then keep Daryl Slusher on the City Council. He has proven himself over two outstanding terms..."

April 26, 2002 Column

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"...York, and Philadelphia, close busy streets that cut through city parks on Sundays, so that people can use the..."

April 19, 2002 Column

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A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...referred to the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City (the one destroyed in the April 19, 1995, bombings)..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...The article "Haze Craze" by Mike Clark-Madison ["Naked City," April 20] regarding regional air quality planning, and in..."

June 8, 2001 Column

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"...When Curtis ran for City Council, about 98% of eligible voters chose not to..."

May 11, 2001 Column

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...the story of the man right here in the city, who received the video on a Saturday, accepted the..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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"...features some APD spokesperson trying to put a favorable spin on their latest snafu. The spokesperson stands before cameras..."

March 16, 2001 Column

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...allow Pilgrim to nearly double his East Texas chicken-processing capacity. A new plant he proposes to build on a..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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We're sorry you feel that way.

"...their cronies don't share this vision for a cleaner city with more commuter choices, but they do have an..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...Drug Enforcement Agency. It's also irrevocably tied to this city's vital electronic music scene, though as before, the tale..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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Don't Cry for Rainey

"...the development of "every empty lot in the inner city" and lament "unabated ... sprawl" at the same time...."

July 23, 1999 Column

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"...demeanor are pure Austin. His spirited analogy of our city council as a "bad dog" is a priceless diamond..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Bond Brouhaha

Council Reenacts for Public What It Did in Private

"...photograph by John Anderson During the marathon of Austin City Council meetings last week, it was open meetings be..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Salamander Setback

Endangered Listing Could Sink Barton Springs Pool

"...by Austinites Alan Hamilton and Robert Barnhart against the city of Austin and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...."

June 12, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Austin Community Television's First Quarter-Century

"...(The Austin Music Network and the channels that air city, county, AISD, and Austin Community College issues are PEG..."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

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