Developing Stories

The Heritage neighborhood suspects it's receiving political payback from the city manager

"...City Manager Laura Huffman and her boss, City Manager Toby Futrell, were ultimately responsible for the city's erroneous application..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Budget Time

Running all the numbers, we have to pay for what we need

"...in anticipated expenses. (The increases are what City Manager Toby Futrell likes to call "cost drivers" – rising health..."

June 9, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Beside the Point

As usual, the Statesman editorial page gets it completely wrong

"...a thinly veiled hatchet job instigated by City Manager Toby Futrell, reportedly angry that over the last few years..."

March 24, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Change Constant at City Hall

A new round of staffing changes, just in time for budget season

"...As City Manager Toby Futrell prepares for this year’s upcoming budget spectacular, her..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Union members overwhelmingly endorse a no-confidence vote in Gary Warren.

"...Warren -- and, as expected, Warren's boss, City Manager Toby Futrell, has respectfully ignored (so far) the union's call..."

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

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Why is Mala Sangre less poisonous than Barton Springs?

"...Apparently, among the many virtues Toby Futrell has fostered at City Hall is the gift..."

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

Austin Taxes

Too high, too low, just right -- or all of the above?

"...the city's total revenue unchanged -- that City Manager Toby Futrell has proposed in the FY 04 budget...."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will Seton Touch Down at Mueller?

The old airport may become home to a new Children's Hospital.

"...to Mueller from where they are now. City Manager Toby Futrell envisions a public-private partnership, similar to what the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: The Toxic Agenda

The Statesman's sensational report on Barton Springs is much less than meets the eye.

"...others have noticed, not least among them City Manager Toby Futrell, members of the City Council, the city's environmental..."

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

Beside the Point

The plots thicken at City Hall

"...sewer infrastructure up to Environmental Protection Agency standards, until Toby Futrell fired him memorably (and now, in light of..."

July 27, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: Game Over

How to win friends and influence budgets

"...a certain city bureaucrat whose name rhymes with, uh, Toby Futrell. And then there's the Small Business Group...."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

APD Idol: Top 5 Countdown

Five contenders still standing in contest for police chief

"...of months, some obvious action. In April, City Manager Toby Futrell announced nine finalists for the job; earlier this..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Convention Center Director Canned

Director of Convention Center dismissed amid allegations of mismanagement.

"...Hot off the wires: "Statement of City Manager Toby Futrell regarding Austin Convention Center “Effective April 1, 2007,..."

April 2, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State

The City Council tries to move the budget beyond meat and potatoes

"...detailing the proposed 2007 city budget. As City Manager Toby Futrell has repeatedly asserted, her $525.3 million budget's emphasis..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

City Council gets ready to wade in the water (treatment plant)

"...proposal (Item 77) from Leffingwell and Wynn today, telling Toby Futrell to begin "aggressive water conservation measures" aimed at..."

June 23, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Moriarty File

The former manager of the Austin Clean Water Program files suit against the city, claiming defamation

"...Program, has sued city leaders, claiming that City Manager Toby Futrell, Council Member Brewster McCracken, and Assistant Manager Joe..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Point Austin: Wish Lists

AFSCME steps up to the council budget table, and the bonds begin to take shape

"...more substantial and more permanent increases than City Manager Toby Futrell has yet been willing to offer. In her..."

July 29, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Council Whistles a Happy Budget Tune

Pain, pain, go away, come again some other day

"...As City Hall watchers in the Toby Futrell era know, every budget has its own theme..."

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

If It's July, It Must Be Re-Org

City Manager Toby Futrell moves to reorganize planning – once again

"...planning and development functions. The object, writes City Manager Toby Futrell in a memo to the City Council, is..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Battle Lines Drawn in City-Police Dispute

The police union walks away from contract talks, leaving civilian oversight in limbo

"...Sheffield wrote in a two-paragraph letter to City Manager Toby Futrell. "It is our hope and desire that after..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

A response to charges of "a different brand of law enforcement" in East Austin

"...more can and should be done," said City Manager Toby Futrell. "The grand jury issued a challenge to this..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Will Wynn suggests some belt-tightening at Council, drawing the wrath of colleagues.

"...20%, proving that Our Leaders had embraced City Manager Toby Futrell's call for "sharing the pain" of lean times..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Yellow Bike Project Rolls Into New Home

Nonprofit collective adds community programs to its mission

"...YBP volunteer and treasurer Jennifer Schaffer said then-City Manager Toby Futrell came to the rescue...."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories

"...2) Happy Trails, Toby 2008 marked the end of the Toby Futrell Era...."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

A weird week at City Council

"...Police Department's mishandling of the news – City Manager Toby Futrell moderated a police press conference regarding the news,..."

June 29, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Scratching the Surface

Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

"...is one of the most ironic assertions, because until Toby Futrell became city manager, the city caused many of..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

City Budget Breakdown

The final presentation of the city's $525.3 million proposed budget for fiscal year 2007 is Friday, Aug. 31; the focus: Major Utilities and Infrastructure and Growth Management – yea haw!

"...the agencies directly responsible for steering it. City Manager Toby Futrell is anxious to accommodate, proposing several additions "in..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Clean Water Program Director Bill Moriarty sued City Manager Toby Futrell, Assistant City Manager Joe Canales, and Council Member..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

More Summer Fireworks at ACTV

A half-year after a city-led investigation began into missing money at ACTV, no answers are forthcoming. In the manner of many of the colorful programs and personalities that populate the public access airwaves, conspiracy theories abound – and not solely over the missing funds.

"...attract much official attention to his allegations. City Manager Toby Futrell says that "in some ways it's kind of..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Where's the Mayor?

Mayor Will Wynn visits European capitals – will anybody in Austin notice he's missing?

"...through the spring campaign. By midsummer, when City Manager Toby Futrell's budget was already on the table, he was..."

June 4, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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