You can't deny it: Batman is Adam West and Adam West is Batman. There were Bruce Waynes before him and after him, but the mayor of Quahog is wore the purple tights like no-one else. Almost 44 years after the original Austin premier of the 1966 Batman movie, West returns to The Paramount this Sunday, June 6, as part of the Night of the Bat.

Newsdesk previously mentioned Capital Metro's budget workshops being held around town. Well, based on last night's very poor attendance (four) at the workshop held at the Little Walnut Creek Library, not many of you are jumping on the chance.

According to stats released yesterday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, local jail populations decreased over the last year for the first time in more than a decade – and in Austin, the decrease was dramatic.

Holy political turmoil, Batman! Yet more turnover at City Hall – this round mercifully unrelated to the continuing KeyPoint fallout – but if a fellow media organ is to be believed, it still goes back to the City Manager's office.

The Totescast knows that times are tough all over – and the problems facing city and county mental health services are no exception. Per our news feature this week, we take a closer look at how ongoing funding difficulties and a lack of local resources mean Central Texans in crisis fall through the cracks.

With his ballot-box win in the spring primary, and with no opponent in the November general, it looks like Cliff Brown will be headed to the county's felony bench in January. And that means the city will have to start looking for a new police monitor.

The Hustle's got something a little different today. In the Books department this week, you can read my interview with Joshua Long, author of Weird City. As Josh's answers were so great – and politically relevant – TDH has the extended interview below the fold.

"Facts," Ronald Reagan famously said, "are stupid things." If you ask long-time Democratic activist and campaign pro Harold Cook, his opinion of the Austin American-Statesman's Politifact enterprise isn't much higher. Cue one of the oddest political feuds in recent Texas history.

Another month, another election. Early voting is underway and runs through June 8 for run-offs in the Austin Community College and Austin Independent School District board elections. The ACC race pits David Reiter against Vic Villarreal; AISD's matches Tamala Barksdale against Julie Cowan. More info here.