Naked City

Council members' feuding bond proposals are sure to set off a major tectonic event at this week's council meeting.

"...transportation spending with traditionally popular green amenities. Yesterday, the SOS Alliance circulated a memo saying it intends to challenge..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

A tawdry Kelsonian cababble.

"...Chief Counsel, SOS Alliance..."

June 9, 2000 Column

2000 Restaurant Poll Index

May 12, 2000 Food Feature

Naked City

Longhorn Pipeline says it isn't responsible for an unauthorized redesign of an anti-pipeline group's Web site.

"...Robin Rather, president of Mindwave Research and former SOS Alliance chair, thinks it's plausible that Longhorn may have..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Easy Money

City plots downtown's retail future

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Action Items

"...7pm. Speakers will include Mayor Kirk Watson and former SOS Alliance executive director Brigid Shea...."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature

The Price of War

"...Heckler, a former SOS Alliance board member, says he has no problem accepting..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Naked City

Breaking ground on the Austin Convention Center expansion project.

"...it took the unusual step of turning to the SOS Alliance for help. Tivoli, heeding its employees' wishes, wanted..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...we need the H20 for future use, but the SOS Alliance says that argument is just so much backwash...."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...The recently departed chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance and aspiring political tyro wrote the Chronicle recently to..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

The Bradley deal is out in the open but no one seems to have an opinion on it.

"...four speakers (Robert Singleton, Karen Hadden, Save Our Springs Alliance Board Chair Robin Rather, and Hays County Water Planning..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...Scott Swearingen: The SOS [Save Our Springs Alliance] movement in the 1990s ......"

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...a zealous no-growth offshoot of the Save Our Springs Alliance that it is jeopardizing quality development and dependable water..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

"...Authority water deal pending and proposed amendments to the SOS Ordinance also on the agenda. See "Beside the Point."..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

The Centex Brigade

From San Antonio to Austin and back again

"...years ago, the staff at Austin's Save Our Springs Alliance was scrambling not only to maintain clarity at Barton..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...affordability concerns musicians and artists alike (compare "Austin Creative Alliance's Summit Report," April 15, and "We Can't Make It..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The Save Our Springs Alliance wonders "Who's enforcing the Endangered Species Act in the..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I just read Louis Black's anti-SOS, anti-Prop. 2 rant twice, desperately searching for meaning ["Page..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Point Austin: Refighting the Last Wars

Prop. 1, Prop. 2, Saving Barton Springs ... and Everything Else

"...Almost simultaneously, the Save Our Springs Alliance released a new animated cartoon, also about the AMD..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King

It's a Done Deal

The City Council approved the Stratus settlement 6-1. Now what?

"...effectively prevents any plans by the Save Our Springs Alliance or other opponents to gather the thousands of signatures..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...Whether the Save Our Springs Alliance leader can win the Stratus battle is a different..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...aquifer," argues Colin Clark of the Save Our Springs Alliance, which has expressed only limited support for the conservation..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Hell or High Water

WTP4 opposition increasing – and increasingly not on the same page

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance has filed one WTP4-related lawsuit, while another waits in..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin's New Karl Rove

Former council member doesn't care for SOS's charter amendments, and they don't like him, either

"...some local environmentalists – most prominently Save Our Springs Alliance director Bill Bunch – read Slusher out of the..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Lowe's Loses Again

The Brodie Lane big-box project remains shut down until a September trial

"...either bring the Brodie Lane store into compliance with SOS or vacate the site altogether...."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...group presented Bill Bunch and the Save Our Springs Alliance with a certificate of appreciation for halting the proposed..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature

Here a Box, There a Box, Everywhere a Big Box

One Lowe's, two Wal-Marts, and three sets of angry Southside citizens

"...up anew last week after the Save Our Springs Alliance obtained, through an open-records request, a sheaf of illuminating..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Stratus Sparks Citizen Uprising

Hundreds of citizens turn out to denounce the proposed Stratus deal.

"...Member Daryl Slusher's heated response to Save Our Springs Alliance leader Bill Bunch: "Anybody that doesn't agree with you..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Much of Zilker Park Can Austin Return to Nature?

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

"...says Robin Rather, former chair of Save Our Springs Alliance and vice president of parks and environment for the..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Then There's This: The Road of Many Sagas

As SH 45 revs up (again), group sues for commissioner's emails

"...would have us believe. But the Save Our Springs Alliance isn't buying it, and the enviro group has mounted..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

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