Council Does the Money Mambo

The bones of the city -- roads, sewers, power lines -- took center stage for last Thursday's installment at City Council of "Budget: How Low Can We Go?" Not as low as we might like.

"...water. The bulk goes to capital projects and the department's enormous debt service, and it still ain't enough. The..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...insurance. She uses South Austin Health Center, a city public clinic, for her maternity care, and will probably have..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Eco-Education 101

The DUD: New Heitz or New Lowz?

"...those areas?" asks the former city Parks & Recreation Department director. "Point-blank, no."..."

Feb. 9, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...lessons of Hurricane Ike. I also spoke with Galveston Public Information Officer Alicia Cahill about the logistics of communicating..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Wreckless Recs?

Garza's Affordability Strategy Slides Into Uselessness

"...-- perhaps most mysterious to its actors, the city departments whose programs are undergoing review, based on confusing "benchmark"..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dawson: Birth of a Neighborhood

Lightsey Road, Between Congress and First

"...of this work, which was performed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as part of the US 290..."

July 14, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

“Reimagining” APD and Its Huge Budget Starts Now

City Council and the city manager try to move away from policing, but is it enough?

"...includes $11.3 million in cuts to the Austin Police Department's base budget, of which $3.2 million is reinvested back..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...(The General Fund, where your taxes go, pays for public safety, public health, planning and public works, and parks..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...utilities), goes into the General Fund, which pays for public safety, public health, and social and community services –..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...some coincidental turn, City Manager Jesus Garza placed the departments most influential in planning and growth -- development review..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The ACM Machine

Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise

"...City Managers (ACMs) who each oversee several related city departments. Three months later, blood-thirsty critics of city staff have..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

It's a Good Economy, Stupid

Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times

"...going; in order to meet current service needs, city departments are still having to pinch pennies, shuffle staff and..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...main political constituencies. By averting flood disasters, rectifying the public-safety meltdown along Waller Creek, and safeguarding previous investments in..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to the Bond Election Advisory Committee's deliberations, at a public hearing at City Hall, 7-10pm. There also will be..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...find a staff member of the Parks and Recreation Department, or a volunteer from Save Austin's Cemeteries, to point..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...Austin Police Department officer Stan Farris sits in his lawyer's office and..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Communication Breakdown

The city's plan to implement a radio system is turning into a long, high-dollar project

"...with Motorola, if for no other reason than the department's existing Motorola radio system. Williams shrugs off the job..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...13) Like its predecessor, this year's event invites the public to experience the Waller Creek of the future: a..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Competing Tunnel Visions

Traffic Solutions at Sixth and Lamar

"...signal? It was less than two years ago that Public Works and Transportation deigned even to paint a crosswalk..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Concrete Carpet Ride

Jim Bob's Road to Nowhere

"...french bread. The city once asked the state Highway Department to take responsibility for it, but the response was..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Over a Troubled Bridge

Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge

"...traffic engineer's presentation. When consultants hired by the city's Department of Public Works and Transportation outlined options for widening..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...the Lamar Boulevard Bridge will be presented at a public hearing at 6:45pm Thursday, Sept. 10 in the Austin..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown festivals cramp merchants' style

"...In response to such complaints, Austin's Department of Public Works and Transportation has asked the city..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature

ECSD Plays Musical Chairs, but the Music Never Stops

Environmental Shuffle

"...can't decide what to do with its environmental department. Six years ago, the city decided it needed to..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Worst Is Yet to Come

Austin's Emergency Operations Center

"...in February sometime in the future, representatives from city public safety agencies (police, fire, EMS) would already have gathered..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature

What Happened After Last Summer's Black Lives Matter Protests? APD Won't Say.

City doesn't want to make after-action report reviewing APD's response public

"...The Austin Police Department has completed "several drafts" of an after-action report reviewing..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...are declining to investigate reported crimes and telling the public that the two prosecutors’ reform­-minded policies are to blame...."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Boys Club

Female employees say gender discrimination persists at City Hall. Could a new resolution fix the broken system?

"...ladder. Encouraged by her supervisors, the Austin Watershed Protection Department managing engineer applied for an assistant director position. Despite..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

New Kid on the Block

Neighborhood Services office aims to help neighborhoods help themselves

"...call a radical insight; nothing is closer to a public truism than The City Just Don't Get It. "And..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Looks Matter

City Contractor Learns Appearance Is Everything

"...company for sacrificial lamb status on the altar of public perception. And to think things started out so well..."

March 13, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

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