Beside the Point: Solid Waste: Willie Rhodes Slides Sideways

City announces SWS 'reorganization' – Rhodes to head 'Code Compliance'

"...burying the real news: Effective immediately, longtime SWS Director Willie Rhodes has been kicked sideways – "Mr. William E...."

June 5, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Rich From the Journey

The crazy quilt career of Kimmie Rhodes.

"...the waning daylight of a winter Sunday afternoon, Kimmie Rhodes is in the recording studio behind her Lake Travis-area..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dreaming It Alive

Kimmie Rhodes' Realization

"...character sketch of his wife, West Texas singer/songwriter Kimmie Rhodes. "She doesn't let things happen on their own," continues..."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature

Council Watch

City Council hears neighbors' complaints about noise from the new Austin Bergstrom International Airport; and the city's solid waste services is headed for automated changes.

"..."It's show time, Willie." Hearing City Manager Jesus Garza utter these words to..."

Sept. 17, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Will Sixth Street Recycles come to an unhappy end?

"...time went on, Porter said, Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes began telling the commission that the contamination levels..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Hall Hustle: Taking Out the Trash

Delayed 'Master Plan' for Solid Waste Department is tip of the landfill

"...Solid Waste Services, a department headed by the venerable Willie Rhodes, is ongoing, as Solid Waste Services and SWAC..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...department – was critical of then-Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes. Indeed, the second recommendation on a list of..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Cash for Trash?

Privatizing the City's Garbage Pickup

"...carries punch; this is Austin, Texas, where people like Willie Rhodes, the even-tempered director of the city-owned Solid Waste..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

Trash of the Titans Offends Neighbors, City Board

Neighbors rack up more complaints about Northeast landfills -- and the city Environmental Board joins the fray.

"...citizens' advisory group," says city Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes. "[City] Council hasn't directed us to do anything..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Attempting to Comply

With a new name and a new boss, Code Compliance tries to become more 'people-friendly'

"...going to be instantaneous. Former Solid Waste Services chief Willie Rhodes became the Code Compliance's first director, and while..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...gnaw on -- mandatory recycling at the office. To Willie Rhodes, the director of the Solid Waste Services Department,..."

Aug. 16, 1996 News Feature

Showdown at David Street: City Regs Broken at Will

Gasp! City staff helps developer skirt the law.

"...Guernsey said he was informed by Code Compliance Director Willie Rhodes that the entire $61,857.14 bill was deemed "noncollectible."..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Top 9 City Council Stories

"...6) CONSERVATION CONUNDRUMS Former Solid Waste Services head Willie Rhodes – considered out of step with the city's..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Solid Waste: Who's Driving the Train?

City staff's landfill-expansion decision has violated – at least in the spirit – a resolution passed by council. Now everybody wants to know why.

"...Plan. At the Nov. 12 SWAC meeting, SWS Director Willie Rhodes noted that introducing single-stream recycling in October is..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...the appraisal value, says Austin Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes, and must also factor in the future needs..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Can Austin Waste Not?

City vows to cut landfill-bound garbage to zero

"...Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes admits the department has "stumbled a few steps"..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...plan to put garbage in front of historic homes. Willie Rhodes, director of Solid Waste, has been promoting the..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Recycling Recycled ... Again

Contentious negotiations confirm one thing: Trash is golden

"...recall, that vote led to then-Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes contracting with consultants R.W. Beck for $1 million..."

April 15, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Summer Not-so-Blockbusters

During Council hiatus, the work goes on

"...reporting on the shunting-aside of Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes, a continued push for a city-run materials recycling..."

July 17, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984

“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”

"...Ball helped seed our music oasis as surely as Willie Nelson...."

Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Solid Waste Land

Landfill Full

"...Councilmember Willie Lewis was also peeved. "I've said all along that..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Solid Waste Services

Toward a greener future

"...Waste Ser­vices boss. Six months ago, longtime department chief Willie Rhodes was moved to head up Code Compliance (see..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Plan to Plan for a Zero-Waste City

Leadership will determine the success of long-range strategy

"...the search for a replacement for former SWS Director Willie Rhodes. Austin EcoNetwork founder and former Austin Climate Protection..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Not So Cool

Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort

"...he reassigned the longtime director of Solid Waste Services, Willie Rhodes, partly in order to conduct a national search..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Trouble Abhors a Vacuum

There's always room for argument at City Hall

"...currently undergoing a performance audit, and its longtime head, Willie Rhodes, was recently moved to the city's newly formed..."

June 19, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Council

The upcoming council meeting has a full agenda

"...Will the management shake-up there that scuttled former Director Willie Rhodes to Code Compliance mean the controversial contract will..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...a memo to council, Solid Waste Services Department Director Willie Rhodes blamed the Asian markets for recyclables, which dropped..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...award; APD Chief Art Acevedo, Solid Waste Services Director Willie Rhodes, and City Council Member Sheryl Cole were also..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Waterloo Sunset

Down in the bins with Waterloo's Bill Jeffery

"...during last year’s South by Southwest, and has experienced Willie Nelson’s strong handshake. A trip to his website is..."

Feb. 26, 2008 Music Post by Shelley Hiam

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State

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

"...Or as Solid Waste Services director Willie Rhodes said during his presentation, "I assume you have..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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