Bringing the Group to the Vision

As Pat Forgione prepares to say farewell, he looks back on his AISD decade

"...most outstanding systems when I was in the federal government, developed some of the most elegant databases and tests...."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Under Your Spelman

Former council member wants his Place 5 seat back

"...listen to the people of Austin, Spelman said, “Good government is a conversation that needs to involve all of..."

Dec. 17, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Making of an Endorsement

"...as will the effects on the city's entire new urban project. Maybe they'll lawyer or loophole their way out..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Your City Manager Semifinalists (Updated)

"...held the following positions: City Manager in consolidated City/County government of Columbus Ga., Assistant City Manager for the City..."

Jan. 3, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Shoot the Messenger

The ARA strikes back

"...dealings with ARA and even of trying to falsify government documents...."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Keepin' It Jungle

Austin company plans an eco-colonial retreat in Mexico

"...stalled by yet another permit snafu with the local government, Schnurr says, as he lists the wild orchids and..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: Conflict of Interest

Facing corporate tyranny, we're all "interested parties"

"...implications and consequences, then what good is a city government? Perhaps we should send the sales-tax receipts directly to..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...awarded via lottery. The system seemed haphazard to the urban transportation commission, whose members rapidly assembled a subcommittee to..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Unclean Hands

Prop. 1 and Prop. 2 are not "open," not "clean" – and definitely not progressive

"...First, Prop. 1, the Open Government amendment. Let's get one thing out of the way..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Left Holding Short HUD Hurricane Aid Stick

State gets a sliver of total it requested from Congress

"...leaders have been madder than hell at the federal government ever since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked in Ashes

This documentary follows a group of spiritual voyagers through a series of pilgrimages and trips to Indian ashrams and holy festivals in order to create a portrait of the yogi life.

"...as a form of protest against Parliament after the government decreed the demolition of sacred sites so modern buildings..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...mitigate the "heat island" created by impervious surfaces in urban areas. (Critics might point out that the same effects..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature

The Traffic Report

Rail rolls forward, but toll roads encounter slowing

"...referendum the caveat that the Red Line "commuter rail urban service" – as opposed to future "regional" rail service,..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TFN's 'Briefing Paper' on ACC Board Candidate Marc Levin

"...a spot on the governing board of a large, urban public community college with a racially diverse student body,..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...inequity without first reorganizing the structure and culture of government. "Logical consequences of several hundred years of history" do..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column

The Best-Case Scenario

After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.

"...of Portland's Metro, the nation's only elected multijurisdictional regional government -- ECT has an expert who understands regionalism better..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the further erosion of our liberties and rights. Decent government and real democracy cannot be maintained with these levels..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...organizations, and pool halls, which means once again, our government is appealing to the well-funded and better-lobbied special-interest groups..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Endorsements

The Chronicle endorsements

"...a business," which frankly impresses us not at all. Government is not and should not be a business --..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature

Endorsements

The Chronicle endorsements

"...a business," which frankly impresses us not at all. Government is not and should not be a business --..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature

Day Trips

"...around the state that are being encroached upon by urban sprawl...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Fine China

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...screen his To Live at Cannes without first getting government permission raised the impatience and ire of Chinese authorities...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Mueller Contenders Present Plans

The major contenders for the New Mueller development make their case to the city.

"...know Peter Calthorpe." Calthorpe, one of the country's top urban planners, became familiar to Austinites through his work on..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...concrete-lined culvert -- all FEMA-required flood control measures in urban watersheds when NPCD zoning changes allow density and impervious..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column

Naked City

Clean Campaigns heat wave, Alcoa's new problems, No Pipeline solutions at AAS, Personnel puzzles at AISD, City resignations, Mueller redevelopment candidates, Hyde Park meets again & Ed Herman's letter to the Times

"...serious safety regulation either by Texas or the federal government. But we did have a couple of impertinent questions..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...Austin area taxpayers are willingly putting up with such governmental excess...."

June 8, 2001 Column

Numerous and Curious Tongues

What two new books -- Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America by Jacqueline Barnitz and Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico by Olivier Debroise -- arrive at, like the most chaotic of the Mexican murals, is a body of work that is crammed full of dissonant faces and lives while telling a seductive tale in numerous and curious tongues.

"...true, but they are also the products of new urban growth, cosmopolitanism, class formation, and independence. Barnitz dazzles with..."

March 16, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...transit-related debacles, have also raised the hackles of the Urban Transportation Commission, which sent a resolution to the City..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Opening the Doors

As college access tightens, minority students and families, and educators, look for ways to help more students.

"...much a given, whether or not they qualify for government Pell Grants and other aid. But then there are..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Justice Delayed?

A federal judge's decision on Medicaid angers GOP legislators

"...his intent to appeal, 20 Democratic legislators, most from urban areas where medical needs of poor children are most..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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