Don't Hold Your Breath

"...satisfactorily maintained. Yes Uber and Lyft are large capitalist corporations. But that is not a reason to prevent them..."

May 8, 2016 Postmarks

Prop 1 Election Results

Uber and Lyft vs. Austin, the numbers through the night

"..."unprecedented" is abused and overused in politics, but two corporations – General Motors-backed Lyft, and Uber (with investment from..."

May 7, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...consumers, rather than monopoly for one of the largest corporations in the world. And back to the choice in..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...blatant attempt to confuse the voters and allow the corporations to write their own public safety rules. ... After..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Hightower Report

What is fueling Hurricane Donnie Trump?

"...tax cuts for the rich, and subsidies for runaway corporations, while constantly slashing at Social Security, Medicare, and other..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: A Modest Proposition

How much misinformation can you buy for $2 million?

"...temporary, unfinished attempt to establish basic rules for two corporations that were flagrantly operating illegally...."

April 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Prop. 1: False Advertising Claims Escalate

City officials deny claims on background checks

"...blatant attempt to confuse the voters and allow the corporations to write their own public safety rules."..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Headlines

"...whether you like Uber or Lyft. It's about whether corporations should be able to make their own rules."..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature

Where the Money Goes

Uber & Lyft spending freely on Prop. 1 campaign

"...Whatever its free spending on the Prop. 1 campaign,..."

April 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: Can Uber and Lyft Play Nice?

"If a business acts like it is above the law, it will pay a heavy price."

"...the implications it has for future situations where private corporations may decide that our democratically elected officials are not..."

April 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Leffingwell Shares the Ride

Former mayor now chair of “Ridesharing Works” campaign

"...question is, “Who’s going to run Austin: citizens or corporations? … This is a very scary path we’re headed..."

April 12, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Prop. 1 Campaign Switches Into High Gear

As more take sides on the Uber / Lyft debate, allegations of being bought out are traded

"...which Harding described as a "clear cut example of corporations exercising their power over people and their elected representatives."..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Huey Rey Fischer Enters TNC Fray

Former UDems pres joins Ridesharing Works for Austin

"...which Harding described as a “clear cut example of corporations exercising their power over people and their elected representatives.”..."

March 31, 2016 News Post by Mac McCann

The Hightower Report

Transforming humans into billboards

"...yes – but not cheap. Team owners expect brand-name corporations to pay at least $100 million to have their..."

March 18, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...went said they wanted to visit Cuba before American corporations got there and ruined it. I think it will..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Uber Supporter Goes to Court

Asks Texas Supreme Court to change ballot language

"...common sense rules to protect public safety. Self serving corporations should not write Austin’s rules for public safety.”..."

March 10, 2016 News Post by Mac McCann

The Hightower Report

Texas workers discover a corporate giant's shriveled ethical heart

"...The "human resources" departments of huge corporations are known for issuing helpful bulletins to employees, such..."

March 4, 2016 News Column

The Hightower Report

Should big corporations have to pay the taxes they owe?

"...these hidden profits belong to only 50 enormously profitable corporations...."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Why has nefarious corporate behavior become so commonplace?

"...the "ordinariousness" of corporate nefariousness. The wrongdoings of major corporations and entire industries are now so commonplace that one..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Money for (Almost) Nothing

Texans may not be getting their money's worth from economic incentive programs

"...the form of subsidies and tax breaks to private corporations. The idea is that those corporations will then create..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Point Austin: Sign Right Here

TNC petition and Kitchen recall election recipes for pointless public expense, voter cynicism, and lousy government

"...Austin's laws? An elected city government, or absentee billionaire corporations with the resources necessary to buy an election? After..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Where the Money Went

Report targets Texas Enterprise Fund and other incentive programs

"...doesn’t come into play when giving money to large corporations. However, although the WDP report has harsh criticism for..."

Feb. 3, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

TNCs for Public Safety

"...risk public safety by supporting attempts by two wealthy corporations to squash another public safety policy: fingerprint background checks..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Postmarks

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...Congress for more contracts with terms beneficial to the corporations. "Those companies are not there to rehabilitate refugees or..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Point Austin: Getting From Here to There

Will the driver-eat-driver "free market" imposed by billionaire corporations rule the day?

"...or if the driver-eat-driver "free market" imposed by billionaire corporations will instead rule the day, where the weakest go..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Speakers Testify Against Detention Facility Relicensing

Instead of changing conditions, DFPS plans to just change detention center classification

"...approve two private detention facilities – run by for-profit corporations in cooperation with the Homeland Security's Immigration & Customs..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...Citizens United v. FEC, to accept unlimited funds from corporations and the rich to independently support candidates. As a..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

The Hightower Report: Obama Says "We're Writing the Rules." Who's "We"?

Obama resorts to a tacky bit of China-bashing

"...free Wall Street banksters from oversight, and empower global corporations to use private "trade tribunals" of corporate lawyers to..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Warning: Pink ribbons don't cure breast cancer

"...the campaign has become a cheap way for profiteering corporations to glom onto a feel-good cause, literally wrapping themselves..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

How much free speech can you buy?

"..."free speech." Thus, declared the learned justices, people and corporations are henceforth allowed to spend unlimited sums of their..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

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