TDH: 5/11/11

Real talk on politics and race at council work session

"..."apples to apples" comparison to the city's social service contracts. Spelman agreed, noting that under staff's current proposal "about..."

May 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...• Good and bad news for teacher contracts: House Bill 400, giving school districts the power to..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature

Pandora's Box Sprung Wide Open

"...will lead to incalculable mountains of paper to generate contracts and backup materials to be shuffled around the labyrinth..."

April 27, 2011 Postmarks

Navigating Possible MAP Detours

More reproductive health care antics at the Lege

"...in December 2009 voted unanimously to approve $450,000 in contracts to provide abortion care for low-income women, over the..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Alphabet City

'Tis the season to give 'til your ears ring

"...enrollment, and care management at its office and then contracts for services...."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Waiting for 'Superman'

More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.

"...as the primary obstacles to school reform. With detailed contracts that impede change and a tenure system that protects..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Guggenheim on Education and Getting the Job Done

Q&A with the director of Waiting for 'Superman'

"...and teachers, far from having tenure, are on year-to-year contracts?..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 9/30/10

Council in East Austin, by way of Dominican Republic

"...new RFP process for awarding the city’s social service contracts came up. The biggest revision from the earlier proposal..."

Sept. 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Take a Boardwalk With Me

While Council takes off, the bond battle heats up

"...Human Services Committee is re-examining funding for social service contracts and ways to prioritize those needs and to gauge..."

July 16, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 6/30/10

Leffingwell takes stock

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- Launched “Go Local” program to award more City contracts to Austin-based companies 
- Hosted small business summit, sponsored..."

June 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Tire Keeps on Turning

City suspends Fleet Services employee as scrap tire investigation continues

"...Calk, Reed – whose job is "assuring that Tire Contracts are in compliance" – acknowledged taking a $4,000 loan..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Hall Hustle: Razing Arizona

City Hall sends regrets to the Grand Canyon

"...announcement as having precedent in a council decision prohibiting contracts with firms employing sweatshop labor, saying it is "squarely..."

May 7, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Tire Keeps on Turning

More mess inside city's Fleet Services

"...Bacon Reed – whose job is “assuring that Tire Contracts are in compliance” – acknowledged taking a $4,000 loan..."

April 29, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Missed Connections

Did Family Connections' executive director take the money and run?

"...Auditor Kenneth Mory for a review of the city's contracts with FC.) Ridley said FC has also filed a..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Where the Money's Going

How has the city been allocating transportation funds?

"...March 2010), said Lazarus, the city has awarded 75 contracts for projects managed by the Public Works Department. That's..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...city has with Tire Centers Inc. of Austin, which contracts with the city to provide new and recapped tires..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

RECA Gets a Splash of Cold Water

LCRA proposes aggressive conservation measures for these drought-ridden times

"...most attention is a move to temporarily suspend new contracts for LCRA water, including existing requests from new subdivisions,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point, Counterpoint

The debate over WTP4 goes to a public forum

"...economy, providing $400 million in design, consulting, and construction contracts...."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

To Market, to Market

So you want to sell your food product?

"...critical to have a mutually beneficial relationship with appropriate contracts, nondisclosure agreements, and clear understandings about payment terms and..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

What's Next for the ARA?

As the longtime director departs and an audit looms, does the Eastside nonprofit have a future?

"...the city can decide whether to continue awarding development contracts to ARA and whether to keep or kill existing..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Notion of Rights Includes Obligations

"...person holding what they can defend. A law on contracts is only good if there is an arena to..."

Aug. 4, 2009 Postmarks

Single-Stream Recycling

Why is Austin losing money from recycling when Dallas and San Antonio are making money?

"...third of what Austin pays because they're on longer contracts (10 years against Austin's two-year deal) – and they..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Single Stream to the Lege

Austin's troubled recycling deal creates legislative ripples

"...we lose money, while Dallas and San Antonio have contracts with the same company that make them money, that's..."

April 13, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dumping the Water Pump

Should Austin's conservation success forestall WTP 4?

"...actual WTP 4 cost could go down, especially for contracts signed in the next year, because in the current..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Cap Metro Farms Out Four Bus Routes

In a cost-cutting move, Capital Metro switches four of its bus routes to cheaper contractors

"...represented by ATU, they have separate and less lucrative contracts than StarTran workers...."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Drying on the Vine

Water shortage forces family farms into survival mode

"...other small agricultural operations are under what's called "interruptible" contracts, meaning LCRA can limit water usage in times of..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

City Hall Hustle: Hustling the Budget

Council spreads a few extra dollars and covers its bets

"...have left over and allocating it to our social-service contracts," says Will Wynn, describing the city's new funding model...."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Babylon A.D.

Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to escort a woman with a dangerous virus out of Russia.

"...Depardieu). The nose – Gorsky is its name – contracts Toorop to smuggle a sexy, Ukrainian nun/orphan (played with..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thomas Frank's 21st Century Corruption Theory

A Q&A with the author of What's the Matter With Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

"...they've set about crumbling it from within by outsourcing contracts and making government look so incompetent that the free..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

The Iraq Oil Rush; and Corporatizing the Political Conventions

"...came news that Iraq's U.S.-backed government has issued no-bid contracts to five Western oil giants, authorizing them to prepare..."

July 25, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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