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Our readers talk back.

"...Show Us Your Tax Bills..."

May 9, 2003 Column

The Bond Breakdown

"...ballot. If all three pass, the total estimated maximum tax rate impact would be 1.7 cents per $100 of..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...Garcia's e-mail woes offered comic relief as Temple-Inland abandoned its quest to bust the Save..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

You Don't Need Money, Just a Little Bit a Month...

1996 AISD Bond Election

"...and AISD was going to have to condemn the property of the recalcitrant landowner. (The landowner who was ready..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

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Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.

"...hounds. They should enjoy it while they can. As taxes on this neighborhood rise, due in part to developments..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

Public Notice: Wealth, and How to Grow It

The rich are accumulating astounding wealth, while paying shockingly little in taxes

"...of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax," based on "a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service..."

June 11, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Scrambles to Get $15 Million to Struggling Austinites

The RISE-ing tide

"...April 9, City Council unanimously approved $15 million in relief for low-income Austinites thrown into financial turmoil by the..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...the courts), fair-chance hiring, and LGBTQ nondiscrimination. But the relief at having survived this session's Austin-bashing antics (they happen..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Eckhardt: The State of the County Is ...

Thursday address slams Lege, props up local entities

"...divisive politics render the statehouse immobile on issues like property taxes and government ethics. Eckhardt slammed the state Legislature..."

Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

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CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...continue to put money into the pockets of Austin taxpayers, money that can be used in the future for..."

April 2, 1999 Column

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...fumes on the Lamar Street Bridge will finally get relief. The new "double curve" bridge, an idea which grew..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...to put decision-making power for managing growth and promoting tax equity into the hands of Austin's citizenry. Some councilmembers..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Will School Funding Take a Beating From a Pandemic-Pressed Budget?

Pandemic-pressed budget puts 2019's funding gains at risk

"...providing districts like Austin ISD with some much-needed financial relief. Though some of the "Texas Plan" school finance reforms..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Naked City

Happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Several local organizations are organizing tsunami relief efforts. Willie Nelson's shindig is sold out; some other..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...commercial activity to escape outside their borders, hollowing the tax base and ghettoizing inner-city neighborhoods. Since then, the mayor..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Plan for People, Not Cars

"...Beyond whatever tax subsidies/incentives CSC is getting for moving downtown, there is..."

March 26, 1999 Column

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...come cheap; those voters needed to approve a permanent tax to fund $7.1 billion in "initial investment" on what,..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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MUD Myths

"...also increasing the debt which the City of Austin taxpayers would have to take over during any annexation) and/or..."

April 18, 1997 Column

Six-Card Stud

It's a wide-open Place 4 race

"...affordable projects. "We have a substantial amount of public property Downtown, which should have taken affordable housing or middle-class..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Center, an idea that was floated when rezoning the property along Rainey Street for high-intensity residential and commercial use..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Ribbonless

On or off the dais, looking for a little wisdom along Austin's color line

"...Turner. There they no doubt breathed quiet sighs of relief that Turner herself – so sharp of tongue and..."

April 22, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that will remain free of asphalt. That bit of relief comes courtesy of the Austin City Council, which last..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

With Minimal Drama, Saltillo Project Lurches Forward

Capital Metro hires a planner and appoints community advisors for the rail-yard redevelopment

"...a major hurdle last week -- and, to the relief of Capital Metro and the city of Austin, without..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...lift minimum-wage workers to a decent standard of living, taxpayers would benefit from the decreased need for subsidizing what..."

June 27, 2003 Column

Casting Votes Against Development

"...need those spaces, which have been kept with our tax dollars for many years to remain community spaces. Any..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

Landlord Woes

"...as to why the rents are going up: astronomical property taxes. I would love to be able to charge..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Postmarks

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...spending, making the budget less dependent on volatile sales tax revenue, and last year, declining to raise property taxes..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two

Denuded of ideological trimmings and vicious rhetoric, much of the agenda that motivates talk radio hosts is common to most of us.

"...rants; evildoers provide simplistic topics. There is a strong relief to dealing with the world as a ballet of..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Creative Taxation

"...public investment, and they are willing to pay higher taxes if these funds are wisely spent on the common..."

Aug. 25, 2015 Postmarks

Bonds: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts'

Even with Propositions 1 and 3 passing, AISD's election campaign appeared doomed from the start

"...it the bonds themselves? Or was it the larger anti-tax sentiment pushed by the right? As Board President Vince..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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