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Our readers talk back.

"...the current system. And these are all really, really smart people. Too smart to be voting for something called..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column

Choir Practice at Sixth + Lamar

"...They came to bury Smart Growth, not to praise it, at LiveableCity's community forum..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

Next Tuesday's Creating a Liveable 6th and Lamar: Community Forum, meant to address the proposed Borders store at Sixth and Lamar, raises the complexity of issues involving economic choices, and the lack of a clear right or wrong.

"...where Whole Foods is going to move (across the street from its current location). The conversation was focused on..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Is "neighborhood planning" the tool for the job Austin needs done?

"...make those goals possible? How do we want our streets to function -- not just as thoroughfares for cars,..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The postponement of light rail means we should look for other forms of mass transit

"...A streetcar system may be -- probably is -- the best..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...worthwhile band because "... Austin already has ... Asylum Street Spankers for bawdy laughs and a raunchy good time."..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council greets the Gus Garcia Era.

"...Austin, roughly between Chicon and Airport, MLK and Seventh Street -- was vexed along the way by low citizen..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...When it's done right it's smart, and it helps us look at ourselves and our..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

The Race Begins -- With Race

"...inner-city development." Former County Commissioner Marcos de Leon described "Smart Growth" as "neighborhood removal," and neighborhood activist Paul Hernández..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Critic's Picks

Politics & Personalities

"...ago, but Hersh is still working on the city's SMART Housing initiative, about the only part of Smart Growth..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature

Page Two

There is probably no social agency we take for granted more than the police. In this week's cover story, Mike Clark-Madison offers a powerful profile of Mike Sheffield, 22-year APD veteran and head of the Austin Police Association.

"...fault. When the police are most effective -- the streets relatively safe, the city quiet -- it is assumed..."

March 30, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...Use, was a remarkable mix of frenetic stringwork and smart, narrative lyrics, the songs a constant challenge to the..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

At Home With the Groovebox (Grand Royal)

"...three decades of Disneyland and Walt Disney World Main Street Electrical Parade themes. Perrey lends a line from his..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Council comes back after a month's hiatus with a number of potentially divisive issues on its plate.

"...few months. To give credit where it's due, the Smart Growth matrix has largely removed controversial projects from atop..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.

"...its existing parks -- like Patterson Park across the street). The city also requires normal projects to provide storm..."

July 7, 2000 Column

Endorsements

"...all. With Watson's re-election a certainty, and another green, Smart Growth-friendly council a virtual inevitability, the Watson Way --..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature

Endorsements

"...all. With Watson's re-election a certainty, and another green, Smart Growth-friendly council a virtual inevitability, the Watson Way --..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature

TV Eye

NBC actually dropped Freaks & Geeks -- the smart, funny, refreshingly true-to-life high school comedy? Well, duh. Also, a look at the WB's DC, the latest ensemble drama to feature incredibly good-looking people.

"...amount of disbelief. Let me get this straight: The smart and funny F&G is dropped, but the incredibly unfunny..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sex Mob Solid Sender (Knitting Factory)

SXSW Records

"...hook for Solid Sender is the quartet's penchant for smart and indeed, smart-ass covers of well-known artists and tunes...."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Miles to Go

A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.

"...the sagas of SH 130 and Capital Metro and Smart Growth and I-35 and non-attainment and commuter rail and..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Corner to Corner

In his final "Corner to Corner" column, Mike Clark-Madison declares victory and gets out, noting that neighborhood issues are now taken seriously in mainstream city politics.

"...lib-prog community of interest, as the neighborhood backlash against Smart Growth attests. When I started "Corner to Corner," Austin..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Spare Us

"...the intersection of South Congress Avenue and Live Oak Street. The Roundabout would not have any traffic signals, the..."

July 16, 1999 Column

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Bush on Borderline

"...Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), Room M-1500, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; or by e-mail to tier2.comments@epa.gov...."

June 11, 1999 Column

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...imaginatively. At their best, his songs are lyrical and smart, as on the lonely love story "Driskill Waltz," the..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Airport open. Then, the brigade headed west on Sixth Street for some reinforcements. Inside the air-conditioned confines of Ninfa's,..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Rumblings on the street have it that the Downtown Austin Alliance and the..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature

Benign Growth?

The State of Affairs

"...In many respects, some Smart Growthers, in their heart of hearts, are really anti-growthers...."

April 16, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

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VanScoy's Agenda Part 2

"...Smart Growth Studies..."

March 12, 1999 Column

Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington

"...A Series of Sneaks steals along the shadowy side streets of an urban nightmare, leaving behind what one sleuth..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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