Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Speaking of hot seats, the 23-member CAMPO board will be..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...Houston hardly looks like a media empire in the making. Burglar bars cover the windows. A pickup is parked..."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...At the Capitol, lawmakers are talking loud and saying nothing about public school finance. See..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...information about the June 2002 shooting death of Sophia King, and announced Tuesday it would cooperate with a federal..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...legal challenges to re-redistricting. Gov. Rick Perry signed the 10-months-in-the-making plan into law Monday. See On the Lege and..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...a preliminary snapshot of the major bills we've been tracking most closely this session. The final weekend was even..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks to King..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...the city concerning the church's proposed construction of a parking garage. The lawsuit concerned the designed size of the..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.

"...not have five low-performing high schools, as News Editor Michael King attributes to former City Council member and mayoral..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

All the President's Men

"...Dear Editor, I appreciated Michael King's response to the horror of the election results..."

Nov. 19, 2024 Postmarks

Point Austin: Afterthoughts on a National Disaster

Some bitter reflections on the country we’re now living in

"...unlamented Jeffrey Epstein (Trump’s one-time “best friend”) described as lacking any “moral compass.” All of this was on display..."

Nov. 18, 2024 News Post by Michael King

We Have an Issue: “The Light That’s Leaving”

On Bill Callahan’s likably melancholy new record, and another month of painful closures of Austin fixtures

"...Chang, Kevin Kwan, Sigrid Nunez, Isabel Wilkerson, Julia Alvarez, Michael J. Sandel, and Ibi Zoboi...."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Run-off Election Results

Winners and losers in the Democratic primary

"...though now largely Hispanic, African-American in representation. At Hoover's Cooking on Tuesday night, after returns came in, she returned..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ill-Humored

"...Dear Editor, Michael King's column on the Planning Commission is ill-humored and..."

May 17, 2018 Postmarks

Council: Nights of White Linen

As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed

"...the Austin Food & Wine Alliance took issue with Michael King’s parenthetical aside in this column that the AFWA..."

Aug. 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos

Austin attends the Paris climate conference

"...build a healthier, more prosperous, more competitive Austin." – Michael King..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Commissions, Complaints, and Candidates

Intrigue and drama over technical lobbying laws

"...an inquiry to Oxford by Electric Utility Commission Chair Michael Osborne – a communication during contract consideration that city..."

Dec. 7, 2015 News Post

News Roundup: Arrests, Assaults, and Assholes

When city politics get dirty

"...official statement of support for Kocurek and the investigators working the case, adding, "Travis County will do everything in..."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Congress, Council, & Concealed Weapons

Guns in; refugees out

"...gun merchant and also-ran District 1 City Council candidate Michael Cargill has reportedly informed Mayor Steve Adler that the..."

Sept. 8, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Smoke and Fire

Arsonists, burn bans, and heated arguments

"...Iowa; Council approves a temporary ban on fire and smoking; UT's Confederate statue problem isn't resolved quite yet; and..."

Aug. 17, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Love and Lawmakers

Marry, Marry, Quite Contrary

"...beliefs.” Paxton responded with a (non-binding) 6-page legal opinion backing up county clerks who wish to refuse licenses based..."

June 29, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Council, Kellers, and SSLCs

Council challenges appraisals, while Kellers challenge decision

"...contrast to the County’s lack of action today.” – Michael King..."

June 1, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Tired of Talking Points

"...Dear Editor, I enjoyed Michael King’s “Point Austin: Looking for Bums” [News, Sept. 26]...."

Sept. 29, 2014 Postmarks

Face Off Recap: Straight to Hell

The SyFy makeup show gets frosty

"...bueno. Last week, SyFy's Face Off sacrificed Austin's own Michael Faust to the netherworld of relegation. Well, at least..."

Feb. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dem Results: Few Surprises

Several Democratic incumbents easily secured victory Tuesday night

"..."He had me out block-walking yesterday in the heat," laughed Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature

Focus on Paxton Misses the Point

"...Dear Editor, Michael King missed much of the point about the outrage..."

April 27, 2012 Postmarks

Brigid Shea: 'A Proven Leader'

Brigid Shea sits down for a Q&A on a wide range of city topics

"...that I think everybody should have the experience of working on a city project so they can see how..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Rock Out With Your Cock Out

The 20th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...in the second- or third-place stories, but the animal kingdom was still represented by way of, respectively, a disemboweled..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Drinking, Driving, Shooting ... and the APD

Leonardo Quintana hearing full of unintended revelations

"...May 2009 shooting of Nathaniel Sanders II in the parking lot of a Springdale Road apartment complex. He was..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Research, and its ponds attract migrating birds and waterfowl, making it Austin's top birding destination. At the event, Dr...."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature

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