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City Districting: Map Concludes ... Talk Resumes
"...On Monday night, the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission voted unanimously to adopt its final map, which..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Road to 10-1
The City Council districting destination is settled. Is anybody driving the bus?
"...delicate and complex task of assembling the "Indep-endent Citizens Redistricting Commission" that will draw the new districts...."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Point Austin: The Usual Suspects
The argument over geographic districts takes a nasty turn
"...council members who disagree with AGR's position on council districting – that is, the "10-1 plan" or nothing –..."

July 27, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Council Midnight: Two Plans Running
City Council approves two districting plans for ballot
"...the City Council voted to place both a 10-1 districting plan and an 8-2-1 plan on the November ballot,..."

June 29, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Peck Young Goes Away Mad
Young likes to insult people behind their backs – and deny it later
"...Geographic Representation campaign for the new 10-1 City Council districting system, and the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission that came..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: One More Time
Push comes to shove for districting city government – but we might fumble it once again
"...then" questions designed to elicit my general opinion on districting and how likely I would be to vote on..."

June 29, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Charter, the Devil, and the Details
Charter Revision Committee sends its recommendations to City Council
"...for the council (and a November ballot) a 10-1 districting system (10 council members elected from geographic districts, plus..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Chartering a New Course
A thumbnail portrait of the proposed City Charter propositions
"...4: Geographical Council Dis­tricts. Prop. 3 is the "10-1" districting proposal (plus "independent commission"), Prop. 4 is the "8-2-1"..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Column by Michael King

City Council Sworn In
Mayor and three re-elected council members take office
"...a "mixed" or "hybrid" system for the new council districting system, an issue on the council agenda this Thursday...."

June 25, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Charter Committee Endorses SMDs
The Charter Revision Committee votes for a 10-1 district system
"...move to some form of geographic districts; 2) Should districting win voter approval, the districts would be designed by..."

Feb. 2, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Can the mayor persuade Austin voters this is a real city?
"...bit hyperbolic to compare Austin's serial flirtation with single-member districting to the labor of Sisyphus, but as Wells Dunbar..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Fun Begins
The city redistricting simmer reaches the boiling point
"...10 single-member City Council districts will eventually produce a districting map we all can live with. I will hold..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 Election Stories
This year wasn't just about the November ballot, but that was a very big (literally) part too
"...3) Double Trouble A prolonged redistricting court fight doubled up the early May city election..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by the News Staff

Props & Bonds: Mixed, but Definitely Dramatic
Everything gets the green light except 6, 8, and 15
"...The heavily contested props. 3 and 4 -- geographic districting in two versions -- both won, but the 10-1..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Follow the Props and the Money
It's a full docket as council tries to set November's bond election
"...though several of the thornier questions – e.g., geographic districting, future election dates, civil service for city employees –..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

A Council's Work Is Never Done
A recap of last week's City Council action
"...• The geographic districting wars continued, as council voted (5-2) to put the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: If This Is Thursday, the Public Hearing Is Closed
Short-term rentals may cause quite a stir at today's City Council meeting
"...Last week, we might have guessed geographic districting – 10-1 vs. 8-2-1 – was going to raise..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

New Council, Old Issues
Council closes spring meetings with a heavy agenda
"...features two competing ballot proposals for forms of single-member districting: 1) Item 83, sponsored by Leffingwell and Chris Riley,..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Unchartered Waters
City Hall and citizen advocates look toward a new model of representation – is the seventh time the charm?
"...a particular plan, instead arguing that any move toward districting at all would be the first step in the..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Doing the SMD Shuffle
Single-member district supporters gather at the Carver
"...purely “ward” politics (one of the conventional arguments against districting). Young eventually briefed a “10-2-1” plan first floated recently..."

May 24, 2011 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Panel Asks, Will Gerrymandering Get Worse Before It Gets Better?
Changing the districting narrative from computers to communities
"...presentation on the current state of legislative and congressional redistricting, and in tandem declared the prospects “mixed.” Each pointed..."

March 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: A Victory for Travis
Court decision on districts raises possibility for fairer politics
"...long way toward skewing the entire Congress. Reactionary congressmen installed-by-districting in Travis County, across South Texas, in Fort Worth,..."

March 17, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Ten Districts, Many Visions
Race Matters
"...This the sole district drawn, by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, to provide voters an "African-American Opportunity" – that..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines
"...› After several months' work, the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission unanimously endorsed its final map this week, to..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature

Point Austin: It's a Map, Not a Revolution
We have districts – we'll still need citizens and community
"...all over but the shouting for the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and its new 10-district City Council maps –..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Redistricting: Everybody's Gotta Map!
More groups crowd the redistricting playing field
"...it's only natural that when the "non-political" Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was formed and tasked with drafting political lines..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Success So Far in Spite of 'Chronicle'

March 4, 2013 Postmarks

The Long and Winding Road to 10-1
The steps to a December adoption of a district plan
"...• Based on the redistricting charter amendment, City Auditor's Office drafts guidelines for selection..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Top 10 City Council Stories
Bill Spelman's cancer scare, Austin Pets Alive!'s takeover at Town Lake, and more

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Can This Really Be the End?
A look forward, a look back
"...the six previous elections in which Austin voters rejected districting, and the sense that the CRC split would likely..."

Dec. 28, 2012 News Column by Michael King

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