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Anyone who tells you the impact of a smoking ban will be negligible doesn’t appreciate that it’s the very number of Austin music clubs, including the swarm of the more marginal ones, that enables the scene’s vitality
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The anti-smoking ordinance is an unconscionable social experiment in an already sketchy economic environment; the Place 5 run-off boasts two good candidates, so no need to get ugly; and we report the news, not slurs.
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With few big surprises, the recent local election left us to ponder single-member districts, minority representation, and campaign spending. Also: the consequences of wristband counterfeiting, and The Chronicle Hour is no more.
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