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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Commission on Environmental Quality sends the plant permits to mediation. The first permit hearings are in three weeks. –..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...agreed and asked staff to try to arrange more mediation before the case moves to the commission. – K.R...."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Petty Nastiness in WilCo

After more than a year of legal wrangling, federal judge sets date for jury to decide whether Williamson Co. Sheriff James Wilson demoted former WCSO officers Barry Simmons and Ralph Fisher in retaliation for reporting wrongdoing within department and/or for supporting Wilson's rival, former sheriff Jim Wilson

"...Williamson Co. in March 2005; after a round of mediation, four plaintiffs settled, leaving Simmons and Fisher, who will..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Patty Ruland

SPURring Students Toward College

Pilot program brings students from high schools with low college-attendance rates into UT writing classes

"...true for all teachers at Reagan. Venecia proposed a mediation process where teachers and students could work out problems..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Point Austin: Refighting the Last Wars

Prop. 1, Prop. 2, Saving Barton Springs ... and Everything Else

"...at the Lantana site while the parties go to mediation. Although AMD continues to defy long-standing official Austin policy..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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"...campus on Southwest Parkway. Dietz ordered 30 days of mediation but allowed the company to acquire city permits to..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

Cap Metro Dodges Strike

Union, management credit Mayor Wynn with success

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...builders to fix defects in homes and that the mediation process was more one of documenting defects than finding..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Bowing to public pressure, city declines to change management of Zilker's canoe rental service from longtime concessionaire Zilker Park Boat Rentals

"...against the city. Mayor Will Wynn spoke of resuming mediation with the sisters early next year – which might..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...with business heads in 1999, following an emotionally charged mediation process that took nearly six months. "If there is..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Sharpening Teeth

Remedial dentistry in order for Police Monitor

"...which his office is now excluded, and even a mediation procedure – but he notes that the public perception..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Column by Michael King

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy's first book since the conclusion of his highly acclaimed Border Trilogy seven years ago returns to the rugged frontier of far West Texas. It's a mythical landscape whose desolate timelessness cannot, however, forestall an unrelentingly changing world.

"...conveys the crux of what is ultimately a thought-provoking mediation on the nature of fate, destiny, honor, and family..."

July 15, 2005 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

GoliathSucks.net

The little guy takes on Clear Channel and wins, sort of

"...in a San Antonio conference room in February for mediation. After a full day of discussions, they arrived at..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Index to Idioms

Deb Margolin's Index to Idioms played with our assumptions about familiar expressions and used episodes from her life to give them new meanings

"...nature take its course through fleeting deaths of theatrical mediation and meditation. Throughout, Margolin's insightful musings were like an..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Futrell Spares Knee: 'Moving Forward' at APD

Police chief scolded, not punished

"...begun tweaking its discipline process, including working on introducing "mediation into the Department as a way to resolve internal..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Soccer Watch

Of strikes and scabs

"...December 2002, are wrangling over details of a last-minute mediation. Meanwhile, the USSF said it will use replacement players..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Soccer Watch

A merry Christmas for Chelsea, and the power of a union

"...send their labor dispute to arbitration and instead proposed mediation in an effort to get the regulars on the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

HCC Celebrates Five Years

Hill Country land trust looks for further harmony in the future

"...and environmental ragtags – emerged from a grueling six-month mediation armed with a historic peace treaty that called for..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mala Sangre - So Not Over

The city is bound (and determined?) to take the APD scandal to court

"...Heading into a scheduled mediation with the city of Austin on Aug. 27, attorney..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a jury, the two sides must first engage in mediation for a potential settlement. State Rep. Terry Keel, the..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Crash Course No. 1: Handbook for Hell

Ballroom Dancing: Music Panels

"...Survival Guide to the New Music Industry, a "philosophical mediation on where the industry is going." The discussion was..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

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Ashton Cumberbatch takes the hot seat at a low point in police-community relations

"...a lawyer, his knowledge of the community and his mediation expertise will prove invaluable." Cumberbatch, who has been a..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...a safety technicality after a drawn-out but ultimately successful mediation process involving motorists, bicyclists, and Shoal Creek neighbors. After..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

To Dog or Not to Dog

The leash-law controversy continues in Old West Austin

"...said. The trial period was "a poor candidate for mediation" because it focused on people's personal beliefs and values,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...C out of city's ETJ (HB 3193), and orders mediation...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Watching Movies

A good student is a prepared student. Here's our back to school curricula.

"...Peer Mediation..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature

Recycled Arguments

"...the moment appears to be more interested in pursuing mediation instead of a lawsuit...."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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The Screwed Can't Sue

"...how grievances are handled or the design of a mediation program. Conversely, the ruling will give companies the right..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cedar Door Goes Central

The twisting, turning story of Austin's most nomadic bar

"...Frost jumped through a series of zoning hoops and mediation meetings with concerned neighbors. Meanwhile, bar owner Potts was..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...manager's office, the police department, and ESSCA members into mediation. From that process, a civil settlement was reached that..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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