The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...by the DAA. "Generally, that was conceived to help private-property owners make the improvements, because they are expensive," McCann..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

All the tumult, all the culture, all the relentless historical brouhaha, has not changed the irreducible loneliness that haunts us.

"...may be nostalgic for a quieter rural era when values seemed defined and dependable; but in 1859, when Thoreau..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

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Our readers talk back.

"...They also know that well-designed, limited access highways with property designed cloverleaf interchanges (precluded by the frontage roads) don't..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...and believe Whiteside's more frank approach -- raising the property tax rate while exploring regional and statewide solutions to..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...and believe Whiteside's more frank approach -- raising the property tax rate while exploring regional and statewide solutions to..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

The Chronicle's endorsements for city council and charter amendment proposals

"...term, there's much to do other than gradually increase property taxes, cut spending judiciously, set priorities that the council..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

House Bill 3125 attempts to hold corporations accountable for their actions -- the corporate lobby won't stand for it.

"...and then can make marketing decisions based on those values." If anything, Bosse's bill is too lenient -- it..."

May 4, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Katherine Anne Porter School | Wimberley | Larry McDowell | Grady Roper | Elizabeth Lee | Yana Bland | David Bland | Pat O'Bryan

"...a debate over the appropriate use of public school property...."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

TV Eye

Television goes back to school; Fox Family picks up Freaks and Geeks; promising TV movie Witchblade could become a series.

"...fall when one of Kim Kelly's friends defaces school property. Kim invites Lindsey to dinner so the two can..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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Don't Blame the Movies

"...light rail line will automatically and dramatically increase the property taxes on residences/businesses in the rail development corridors ......"

May 28, 1999 Column

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Duke Still Had It

"...all, it is the religious establishment that advocates family values. In essence, property taxes pay for the education of..."

May 14, 1999 Column

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Economic Cleansing

"...a yuppie paradise. Limiting the supply of housing benefits property owners at the expense of others, who are pushed..."

April 16, 1999 Column

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Plan for People, Not Cars

"..."Smart Growth"? Lower-paid Austinites will be displaced by sky-rocketing property taxes and will go live wherever it is the..."

March 26, 1999 Column

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...model that has historically been wholly alien to its values, the New Mueller urban-village concept becomes a shaky proposition...."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Endorsements

"...has a specific, feasible plan, focused on basic educational values: quality teachers and smaller class sizes. Bush is touting..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...proceeded past the concept stage. The market for commercial property in Georgetown Village has already been shaped by the..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Brown Right To Fight

"...African Americans, but they won't deny claim to any property, money, status or legacy inherited as a result of..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

Fonte's Inferno

ACC's New Pres Faces the Hot Issues in East Austin

"...to a tax rate of 5cents per $100 in property valuation, which it very nearly assesses now, and Fonte's..."

June 6, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...pay private landowners to protect endangered species on their property, there is a word for paying people not to..."

May 23, 1997 Column

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...intelligence; the combination of the ever-thoughtful Jodie Foster, hot property Matthew McConaughey, computer effects-savvy Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis,..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fort Knox on Poydras

Freeport Shareholders Are Secured

"...been identified in the Southeast Zone of the Busang property and is unlikely to be."..."

May 9, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

(Gasp!) Watson Was Right

The Former Chief, the Audit, the Research All Say: We Need Community Policing

"...show that violent crime is down by 3.2%, and property crimes are down slightly as well. Austin ranks a..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

(Gasp!) Watson Was Right

The Former Chief, the Audit, the Research All Say: We Need Community Policing

"...show that violent crime is down by 3.2%, and property crimes are down slightly as well. Austin ranks a..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Infill On Trial

What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?

"...than for surface parking lots, obsolete airports, dormant state property, and crumbling disasters of urban renewal. And we want..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

Let's Make a Deal

Chronicle's Guy-in-the-Hood Vents (Just This Once)

"...the developers. The pro forma restrictions imposed on the property by the zoning-meisters at the old Planning Department were..."

Oct. 4, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Law of the Land

Plaintiffs in Freeport Suit Are Harassed

"...to hear how Freeport explains their possession of stolen property."..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Women Dive into WATERTechnology Gainer

"...An elemental force, water has an immutable and transformational property that makes it a necessary part of life. Given..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Ken Hunt

The Stolen Bride

Irian Jaya Troubles Continue...

"...support for WALHI, and said that USAID "promotes democratic values abroad." Atwood said the agency is working with "a..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Local Palette

"...an art hanging. It's that same sterile, stultifying professional property management aura that somehow renders food from the eateries..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Arts Feature

Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising

The Luck of the Drawl

"...but he had no idea why. He bounced from property law to philosophy and psychology, hitting the books obsessively..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

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