Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...to affordability in a hot market. Supply/demand theory only works if demand is fixed – not the case in..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: What Goes Around ...

This week's news sounds suspiciously familiar

"...Last Week: The city Aviation Department announces that it has reached an agreement with Lyft..."

March 20, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Beautification for Public, Darker Matters Behind Closed Doors

City Council notes

"...the face of overwhelming opposition, Sondra Creighton with the Public Works Department suggested lancing the suckers, pulling them up,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Velasquez Park: 'A Model That Works'

"...by every invested party, it's one in which a public space is created on a previously underutilized plot of..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

UT's Cohen New Works Festival Brings Experimentation to the Stage

Campus hosts a weeklong celebration of working outside comfort zones

"...When curtains rise on the Cohen New Works Festival on April 15, over 30 original student creations..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Council: The Public Weighs In

Budget priorities continue to be debated

"...piece of business accomplished that morning, after months of public meetings and negotiations with the developer, C.J. Sackman Jr...."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: PUD Doesn't Get ZAPped

Zoning Commission works through Council hiatus

"...several brand-new commissioners just seated – ZAP had 38 public hearings on its agenda this Tuesday, July 7, each..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The Business of Governing

Choosing a transit chief, a debt level & more

"...the city manager, an autonomous head of a massive public enterprise, hired by public officials but otherwise independent of..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: No Help for Public Schools

Why the PPP only works for charters

"...Both charters and traditional public schools receive the same amount of per-pupil state funding,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...willingly, when asked – to help advance the broader public good. Developers of some high-dollar private projects in Central..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: What Happens Next?

Public process will be key to whether code rewrite succeeds

"...– going to get to see what's in the works this time around, and have a mechanism to have..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Spending by Department

"...Growth, the city manager gives the new money to public safety, public works, and back-office functions at City Hall...."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature

Group Claims Abbott Works Less Than the Queen

Abbott's vacation time amounts to two years total, says PAC

"...to be reminded of the hard work our elected public servants put in. Long hours, under-appreciation, and tons of..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...is visited by an audit team from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. They do not like..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...The appearance of Public Citizen Execu­tive Director Tom Smith at the November meeting..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...last week left off, with City Council blasting Ridesharing Works for Austin's "deceptive campaign" regarding who will conduct background..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Hancock Golf Park, Take 3

The plot thickens, or thins, or something ...

"...happening, than what is. The city Parks and Recreation Department's Golf Division has been wanting to do something with..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: 'Tis the Season

Parties nightly, and events in pairs

"...after a third of its board got elected to public office last year. Now they're back in force with..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...a sharp partisan tone, with the pro-Prop 1 Ridesharing Works for Austin (led by Travis Considine, a campaign spokesperson..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows

Does ridesharing work for Austin?

"...op-ed in the Statesman penned in support of Ridesharing Works for Austin by Travis County Repub­lic­an Party Vice Chair..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Regional Intelligence Center's Secret Informants Show How Profiling Works

“Middle Eastern”? Your info might be on file at Austin’s fusion center.

"...report by a crime analyst with the Lakeway Police Department, at around 5:10pm on November 19, 2019, a man..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Public Notice

Happy Father's Day

"...all the events are free and open to the public. The public in its goodness certainly will take advantage..."

June 25, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Reefer Madness: Treatment Works

Bill would divert low-level drug offenders from prison and save a bundle of money

"...inmate in a Texas prison. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's 2007 annual review, it costs more..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Sunsetting Works

"...are also subject to sunset laws, and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), originally authorized for six years, underwent..."

June 30, 1995 News Feature

Public Notice: Two Steps Forward ...

A year ago, the last CodeNEXT draft was "unworkable." What's changed?

"...When we last saw Draft 3 of CodeNEXT, it..."

April 19, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Death of a Planner

John Fregonese tried to get us all to a better place

"...working with UT, the city, and the federal housing department, on the Sustainable Places Project – "to help policy..."

June 22, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Can I Get a Scheduler?

District 9 opponents need to be in three places at once tonight

"...surprisingly little understanding of how our city government actually works. Forums for Districts 5 and 6 are upcoming this..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice

Every year, for two weeks around the holidays, "Public Notice" hands the type over to the Public Service Community and lets them directly address you, dear readers, with requests for things they need. They need you.

"...New copierSafePlace356-1634 Gift certificates for entertainment, service, grocery, and department stores Personal computers (64MB RAM, Pentium II, or better)..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice: Mapping Our Transitions

Staff briefing starts to put corridor rezoning in focus

"...The parking strategy, presented by the Trans­port­­ation Department's Annick Beaudet, was similarly uncomplicated: "Parking not required within..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Which Comes First?

CodeNEXT or the transpo bond? Or both?

"...with staff shake-up in the Planning and Development Review Department, but mostly reflecting the most deep-seated divide in all..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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