Austin @ Large: Time to Repeal SOS?

What's really at stake in the proposed Temple-Inland deal

"...whether the city and its citizens should repeal the Save Our Springs Ordinance and pursue other strategies for managing..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Impaired Judgment

SOS Alliance enters the controversy over toxins at Barton Springs.

"...rip tide of last week's big environmental news, the Save Our Springs Alliance is renewing its efforts to secure..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Swap Meet

The City Council, divided 5 votes to 2, stumbles toward an agreement with Stratus to trade land or development rights at the former Robert Mueller Airport.

"...to Stratus Properties, the largest landowner in the Barton Springs Zone, about giving up a piece of the city's..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Stratus Flows Downhill

A description of the Stratus Properties / City of Austin development negotiations, and the historical precedents (Freeport-McMoRan)

"...company's plan for a massive development in the Barton Springs watershed. City Council members were ready to approve the..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...servants, we must avoid intimidation, arrogance, and lying in our daily duties." However, he said nothing about loyalty: the..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Community Advocates Worry Commercial Interests Dominate Zilker Park Vision Plan

Zilker Park or "Park Zilker"?

"...Rewilding Zilker, a collective of Save Our Springs Alliance, Sierra Club, and the Zilker Neighborhood..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Letter to City Council

Reasons why the city should forestall WTP 4

"...more than 20 million gallons per day (MGD) over our all time record peak day use of 240.3 MGD..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature

Beside the Point

Council takes long, slow journey into night

"...yesterday, bid time return!" Or, in the parlance of our times, WTF?..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Cool City: The Leffingwell Lens

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

"...goal of reducing water consumption by 10%, which would save 32 million gallons per peak-use day. That savings, in..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...the location of the plant, but with the Commissioners Court set to reconsider the city's case, there were signs..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cease-Fire Ends in Southwest Road Wars

Environmentalists charge that Daugherty has been working backroom deals for southwest roads

"...put him at odds with groups such as the Save Our Springs Alliance and Hill Country Alliance. Still, Daugherty..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Silicon Labs to Move Downtown, Out of Watershed

Company's decision to move was partly due to concerns about expanding in environmentally sensitive terrain

"...Laboratories Inc.'s decision to move out of the Barton Springs watershed and into downtown...."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...in 1993, the year after voters overwhelmingly passed the Save Our Springs Ordinance. Slusher's ascension followed in 1996, two..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

More Needs To Be Done

"...Dear Editor, We very much appreciate your coverage of AMD CEO Hector Ruiz’s proposal to move..."

May 4, 2005 Postmarks

AMD and the Edwards Aquifer

SOS says mitigation offers aren't enough

"...guilt-tripping major employers to stay out of the Barton Springs watershed could suffer a big upset if Advanced Micro..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Woes for Lowe's

The big-bad big box gets stuffed – twice – in court

"...construction on Brodie Lane should comply with the city's Save Our Springs Ordinance...."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...deals. (This was to continue on after his death.) Our first release was Live and Obscure in 1987...."

June 28, 2002 Column

Creedmoor Need More

The city of Austin and the BSEACD are skeptical of Creedmoor-Maha's request to triple its pumping limits.

"...differences with the city of Austin and the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD), the quasi-governmental body charged with..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Despite an expected cancellation of the scheduled public hearing on the city's settlement with Stratus Properties, two council members have put forth a motion to start negotiations on a land or development rights swap between Stratus and the city's land at the former Mueller airport.

"...bid to build a massive development in the Barton Springs watershed, were disappointed on Nov. 30, when the first..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

S.o.s. 101

"...also the year after Austin voters overwhelmingly passed the Save Our Springs Ordinance, presumably to settle once and for..."

April 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...be clarified. Both of these programs are administered by our agency...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...expand. The apartments didn't meet the test of the Save Our Springs ordinance, limiting impervious cover to 15%. The..."

July 18, 1997 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...Citizen Action, a consumer watchdog group that promises an in-your-face campaign to bring utility issues to the forefront on..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

Cowboys & Critters

Take Back Texas' Marshall Kuykendall Says It's Simply a Choice Between...

"...He says it's more im- portant to save eagles and grizzlies than warblers and salamanders, believes the..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

How Much of Zilker Park Can Austin Return to Nature?

Balancing ecological preservation and the human element in city's Zilker Park Vision Plan

"...huge commercialization opportunity," says Robin Rather, former chair of Save Our Springs Alliance and vice president of parks and..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: More to Be Thankful For

An overdue (if tentative) win in Southwest Austin

"...As if our cover feature and the defenestration of the orange one..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Then There's This: Urban (Watershed) Legend

In reversal, city says new development must comply with SOS

"...Good news for Barton Springs. Yes, once in a while good news bubbles up..."

March 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Water Use Goals a Joke

"...“green bona fides” as the “architect of redrafting the Save Our Springs Ordinance” [“Spring Training,” News, March 21]? Leffingwell..."

March 25, 2008 Postmarks

Endorsements

"...and there's an election in the air. We know our readers are asking themselves sagely, "Didn't I just vote..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...and there's an election in the air. We know our readers are asking themselves sagely, "Didn't I just vote..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

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