All Aboard the Soccer Train!

Major League Soccer and urban rail take city by storm

"...who are we to quibble?" The Save Our Springs Alliance issued a statement concerning the potential environmental threat to..."

March 28, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

SOS Files Complaint Against Daugherty

Group charges commissioner deleted texts and emails

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance this week filed a criminal complaint against Travis County..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Headlines

"...day after Bill Bunch and the Save Our Springs Alliance filed a criminal open records complaint against Commissioner Gerald..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature

Then There's This: Extreme Sprawl

SH 45 toll road hawks back in the driver's seat

"...Spel­man casting the only dissenting votes. Save Our Springs Alliance Director Bill Bunch spoke in opposition to the road..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Overlooking the Springs

A planned subdivision and code conflict spawn enviro headache

"...[Edwards Aquifer] but were not forced to comply with SOS. Their drainage flows mimic our proposed [flows]."..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

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

Then There's This: City May Buy Aquifer Land Slated for Sewage

Judge's order offers only clue that talks are in progress

"...had unsuccessfully tried to remove the Save Our Springs Alliance as a party to the contested case. But before..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: The Power of Threats

Lege's bullying tactics have winning record at City Hall

"...their deals, both in need of site-specific amendments to SOS, failed to win staff support and a subsequent vote..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: The Race For Campaign Cash

County Judge and Pct. 2 Commissioner's races don't come cheap

"...contributions totaling $185); former state Rep. Gon­zalo Barrientos ($200), SOS Alliance's Bill Bunch ($250); Downtown developer Perry Lorenz ($5,000),..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Biscoe Chose Poorly

June 11, 2013 Postmarks

Then There's This: Fight or Flight

Council tries to find balance between developers, enviros, and the Lege

"...Save Our Springs Alliance Director Bill Bunch, one of the attorneys who met..."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

City Looks to Outside Counsel

Repeal of land code 'not a black and white legal issue'

"...Save Our Springs Alliance director Bill Bunch says he doesn’t believe a week..."

March 25, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith

Council Notes: All About AE?

This week, the Council takes on urban density, grandfathering, and parking

"...public opposition: "Such [AG] opinions are only advisory," wrote SOS director Bill Bunch. "They are not binding on anyone..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Save Our Springs' anniversary, Al Armendariz's move, and the bag ban

"...3) 20 Years of SOS In August, local enviros and politicos celebrated the 20th..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Should Do the Right Thing for Barton Springs

"...28]. With or without the city, Save Our Springs Alliance will challenge the permit request in formal evidentiary hearings..."

Oct. 9, 2012 Postmarks

Then There's This: Aquifer Angst

Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?

"...collaborating on the case with the Save Our Springs Alliance and the Save Barton Creek Association. Both groups have..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Memoirs of a Movement

Remembering the campaign to Save Our Springs

"...Co-founder and director of the SOS Coa­lition; elected to City Council in 1993, served one..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature

The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline

Twenty years of progress

"...strengthen the 1986 Compre­hensive Watersheds Ordinance, under the acronym SOS: "Save Our Springs." Council enacts a four-month moratorium on..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

May 12 Municipal Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...Brigid Shea is backed by the Save Our Springs Alliance, Sierra Club Austin, and the Austin Neigh­borhoods Council, you..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature

Dunbar's Revealing Farewell

Jan. 3, 2012 Postmarks

Council Keeps Spring Elections

Get ready, 'cuz the fun hasn't even started

"...the November move (a list the Save Our Springs’ Alliance Bill Bunch, never one to let wounds scab over,..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Water Fall

Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow

"...critics – chief among them the Save Our Springs Alliance – believed that the strategy would continue to work,..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...email from Bill Bunch [of the Save Our Springs Alliance] saying, "Thank you – thanks to your office, that..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Hiding in Plain Sight

Here's your lecture on voting: Vote.

"...turnout decline and also offered this: "After the '92 SOS election and then the '97 election of Kirk Watson..."

April 29, 2011 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Tall and Short Stacks of Money

The biggest chunk of change is fueling Place 3 race

"...community: Planning Commissioner Danette Chimenti, the Save Our Springs Alliance's Colin Clark, the Heritage Society's Mandy Dealey, the Sierra..."

April 29, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin Water: The High Cost of Saving

Proposed water conservation measures come with a price tag

"...hand-in-hand with one of the group's longstanding battles, as SOS wrote in a separate letter to council members: The..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Jollyville Plateau salamander, was dismissed in December 2010; the SOS Alliance has also issued an "intent to sue" letter..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: The Mystery of the Mayor's Desk

Wherein many questions are asked ... and zilch are answered

"...Randi Shade: I have to hit the SOS Alliance shindig, then the Chamber function – to paraphrase..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 9-16

"...SAVE OUR SPRINGS HOLIDAY PARTY Show SOS some love at this seasonal shindig and silent auction...."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature

No Surprises in City's Answer to WTP4 Suit

Water plant controversy keeps on churning

"...– filed July 29 by the Save Our Springs Alliance – over alleged environmental violations related to the ever-controversial..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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