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"...headlines here and elsewhere declaring (e.g., Tuesday's Statesman), "Study: Austin economic gap tops U.S." The headlines understandably generated local..."

"...Dear Editor, Re: The Austin Fashion Awards: I'm saddened to see such a negative..."

"...a pretty good week for Will Wynn after all. Austin ISD has signed up its campuses for green power;..."

"...the city charter costs nothing while promising to improve Austin public life, well, there you go. The devil makes..."

"...thus beginning Garza's 20-year ascent up the city of Austin ladder. (From 1988 to 1993, Garza worked in Corpus..."

"...is in the air, though nobody calls it that. By the end of Garcia's term, we will almost assuredly..."

"...Gus Garcia got to do in office was declare Austin a disaster area. That act, of course, pertained to..."

"...Directed by: Various. The screening hosts works by Barna Kantor, Justin..."

"...over the Edwards Aquifer were funded in large part by Stratus Properties. (Insert sound effect here.) We have now..."

"...of not just Smart Growth but New Urbanism, decrying Austin's steady slide away from a unique and meaningful sense..."

"...know, upset me to see how I am perceived by our active readers. Actually, I feel sorry for people..."

"...exaggerating. I think. But splitting up Travis Co., and by extension Central Texas, is bad for Republicans and Democrats..."

"...of the Smart Growth tribe, at which Kirk Watson's Austin was held up as a model of intelligent regional..."

"...the chamber ran through a kajillion local-and-consent bills. Even by Lege standards, Turner moves fast -- before reps had..."

"...-- featured three bands with videos "banned from the Austin Music Network by Mayor-elect Will Wynn." This was news..."

"...the same old activists but of the mythical Average Austinites. And it's an article of faith that said Average..."

"...Harry Lee Hudspeth, to consider Katz's constitutional challenge to Austin's $100 campaign contribution limit, at 8:30am on the day..."

"...in its Barton-Springs-is-poisoned package, in which the Statesman compares Austin's favorite urban waters to Love Canal...."

"...district, too.) In Congress, Lloyd Doggett is verily surrounded by the Other Side -- Lamar Smith to the west,..."

"...Village was never more than a good idea, and Austin is awash in good ideas that grow stale and..."

"...Compared to the lively traditions of American urban politics, Austin City Hall is a pretty dull place. People don't..."

"...President now thinks global warming exists and is caused by people and not livestock, then the Chronicle, Capital Metro's..."

"...least people still think we are "progressive," as implied by their surprise at our choices.) We'll catch the same..."

"...at Betty Dunkerley. That's a far cry from threats by rogue or pretend cops (see "Adventure in Stupidity," p.19),..."

"...It's a lovely image conjured up last week by Statesman columnist Susan Smith: Beverly Griffith, with her "Prada..."

"...the rare honor of deciding whether the city of Austin or the state of Texas did a less piss-poor..."

"...errors and some unfortunate gluttony at the public trough by certain Brack executives -- none of which called into..."

"...Like Austin, New York will be choosing a new mayor on..."

"...Apparently, among the many virtues Toby Futrell has fostered at City Hall is the gift..."

"...despite months and months and months of talk (punctuated by an actual election, no less) about hard choices and..."