Beside the Point

Council returns after a three-week hiatus to a lengthy and twisty agenda

"...doing without a regular meeting for three weeks, what's planted smack dab in the middle of today's City Council..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Urban Forest Being Stripped Bare

"...aesthetic live oaks plagued by oak wilt: can’t have enough concrete parking lots for theatres and fast food we..."

Feb. 16, 2012 Postmarks

Top 10 Local Stories

Don't feel listless! Check out this local list of lists.

"...1) Drought Disaster No bigger story in Texas or..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by the News Staff

TDH:9/2/11

Austin Water, rec centers still dominate city budget

"...City Budget time! By now you’ve hopefully paged through our examination of the city..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Tovo's Triumph

Place 3 winner pledges to look out 'for the public interest, not special interest'

"...As it turned out, Tovo settled for 56% to..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

TDH: 6/6/11

Historic zoning, WTP4 dominate closing days of Place 3 race

"...fired against Kathie Tovo: her vote in the belabored Bradford-Nohra zoning saga...."

June 6, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 11/16/10

City Council Agenda 101

"...about City Council's late avalanche of items, but there's nothing funny about this Thursday’s 101 item agenda...."

Nov. 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Top 9 Local Stories

"...OR DRY? For it or agin' it, the 25-years-in-the-planning Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dominated city politics for several..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...The long-delayed Water Treatment Plant No. 4 – slated initially to draw..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature

Headlines

"...for the Thanksgiving holiday, but council members reconvene Dec. 4 for a work session preceding their Dec. 6 meeting...."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Feature

Dunbar's Revealing Farewell

"...suggested was Daryl Slusher’s old Austin Chronicle file on Water Treatment Plant No. 4, you managed to again hint..."

Jan. 3, 2012 Postmarks

Civics 101

Calendar of civic events, Sept. 29-Oct. 6

"...single-member districts. 6:30pm. Pleasant Hills Library, 211 E. William Cannon. Saturday1..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Column

Point Austin: Electric Shock

Austin Energy's 'regressive' proposed rate increase brings out little guys and their advocates

"...the ongoing debate over the cost and necessity of Water Treatment Plant No. 4, opponents often criticize the city's..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Drought: The End Is Not Near

Lake levels drop as temperatures rise

"...of the monthly average, the Lower Colorado River Authority announced July 21. For anyone who has driven west on..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Ramon Martinez

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 14 City Council elections

"...Roger Chan carries a certain level of City Hall know-how. But there's a certain arrogance, combined with vagueness, in..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Milk Cows and Cash Cows

AE's uncertain future means wobbly program budgets

"...Opponents of Water Treatment Plant No. 4 have drawn a straight line..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 8/16/10

Ask yourself - Who's the MACC?

"...– which council isn't bound to accept – at 46.93 cents, or the “rollback” rate...."

Aug. 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...the world community." – Former Vice President Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Dec. 10 Headlines..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

WTP4 Redux

Has the tide finally turned on the troubled plant?

"...Could today be the day Water Treatment Plant No. 4 finally jumps the shark? Let's..."

Aug. 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Leff Peeved on Perceived Springs Paving

What does the ecological matters at Council today bode for the 2008 Mayoral election?

"...making a tough, thankless task a little more crappier. Now, with Brewster McCracken making big noise over Water Treatment..."

Aug. 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...City" address Tuesday, Mayor Lee Leffingwell joked about his post-2014 future, declared that Austin is in a "golden era,"..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature

It's Your City Council!

Brigid Shea and Clay Dafoe vs. Lee Leffingwell

"...major environmental initiatives on his watch: his work on water conservation, the renewable energy generation plan, initiating single-stream recycling,..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...• No City Council meeting today, but council on..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Cop Out

Council speeds through a vexing traffic stop

"...city's money-losing recycling contract? Postponed until Feb. 25. But not to worry: A seemingly perfunctory, arcane item from council..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Then There's This: Giving Props to Austin

There's more to the bonds than meets the jerky knee

"...Municipal bond propositions aren't the sexiest items on the November ballot, but here's hoping city voters will take some..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Unchartered Waters

City Hall and citizen advocates look toward a new model of representation – is the seventh time the charm?

"..."Right now, just to use [Council Member] Sheryl Cole as an..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...2012 budget), and a cost study of potentially shuttering Water Treatment Plant No. 4. See "City Budget," and "City..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature

TDH: 6/14/11

Tovo knocks Shade in closing ad

"...Early voting ends today, and Kathie Tovo knows it. As election night fave, Tovo seemingly benefited from..."

June 14, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence

The e-mail daisy chain grows longer ... and longer ...

"...assorted media outlets, the Austin Bull­dog and Your News Now (formerly Channel 8) chief among them. And as the..."

March 25, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 2/15/11

Looking ahead to tomorrow's Council agenda

"...the City Council gets back at it Thursday, but not before one of their incipient Wednesday work sessions. Have..."

Feb. 15, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

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