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April 17, 2009 News Column by Michael King
Letters at 3AM
Obama's bank policy is good for bankers and reckless for us
"...to connected companies; it is intervening directly in the economy, for the sole purpose of preserving the influence of..."
April 10, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura
The Hightower Report
A Blue-Green Victory for America; and The Milkman Delivers
"...help it and the country develop the emerging green economy that President Obama is advancing with the new economic..."
March 27, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower
Obama Says 'No' to Pot During Online Town Hall
Obama laughs off questions about legalization
"...see it as a good way to get the economy back on track. The answer was perhaps politically correct,..."
March 26, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith
Doggett Refutes McCaul Op-Ed
Doggett calls the bill 'imperfect but responsible'; McCaul calls it a 'Trojan horse'
"...an "imperfect but responsible response" to our nation's troubled economy and refuted some of the McCaul op-ed's main points...."
March 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
City Hall Hustle: The Unopposed
Candidates like uncontested elections, but it's a roll of the dice for the citizens
"...industries Austin has long coveted, calling for a diversified economy more resistant to the market's whims. This latitude in..."
March 6, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Dunnam Tries to Put Brakes on TxDOT
Democratic leader says transportation agency spending federal stimulus money without oversight
"...projects in previous sessions, rather than on stimulating the economy...."
March 3, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
TxDoT Delays Stimulus Decisions
House Rep. Dunnam has something nice to say about state transport agency. Really.
"...purpose – to stimulate job growth and improve our economy. Whether it is education spending, transportation programs, or health..."
Feb. 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Dumping the Water Pump
Should Austin's conservation success forestall WTP 4?
"...signed in the next year, because in the current economy, construction bids are coming in lower, and utility bond..."
Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Talking SXSW Blues
With Bloodshot Records' Nan Warshaw
"...industry that aren’t coming this year because of the economy. I wonder what attendance will be like this year...."
Feb. 18, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Support Austin Theatre Financially!
"...treated as such, no matter the state of the economy. Let me be frank: There are too many theatre..."
Feb. 16, 2009 Postmarks
The International
This conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts never gets past second gear.
"...the value of controlling debt in a globalized lending economy, just isn’t sexy enough to get the blood pumping...."
Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Comparing Obama to Hitler
"...of how to keep America safe or help the economy give way to a 47-year-old biracial man who has..."
Feb. 9, 2009 Postmarks
Page Two: The Message
Republicans try to rewrite a history of privileging party over principle
"...all attempts to institute the federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard. About the only noticeable energy ploys were desperate,..."
Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Louis Black
Point Austin: Left Unstated
A few omissions in the governor's State of the State
"...the press that there's nothing wrong with the U.S. economy that the failed formula of the last eight years..."
Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Michael King
Hall Overhaul
A renovated Bass reopens to a world much changed in the 20 months the venue was closed
"...in the spring of 2007. Bass reopens with the economy having changed, too, for the worse. Is it possible..."
Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Ott's Bad News Budget
City manager announces hiring freeze, suspension of wage review
"...Unfortunately, our national economy continues to struggle. The turmoil that we have seen..."
Jan. 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Watson's Speech for Preserving Two-Thirds Rule
"State government appears to be more concerned with protecting partisan rule than governing to protect the people"
"...of the environment, or laws that would stimulate our economy, create a single job, or increase the wages of..."
Jan. 15, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
Luv Doc Recommends: Eldridge Goins Benefit Concert
Antone's, Sunday, January 11, 2009
"...recent indiscretions in the financial sector have torpedoed the economy, America still runs on money. If we can't make..."
Jan. 9, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc
Under Your Spelman
Former council member wants his Place 5 seat back
"...called for a new direction at City Hall. “The economy is the top issue for the next council, and..."
Dec. 17, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Hightower Report
Sign of the Times; and Bush Okays Environmental Grotesquerie
"...over reams of data, have finally noticed that our economy is in a recession. If only they'd looked around,..."
Dec. 12, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
Page Two: Madness in General
A film review and recommendation for this blur of a year
"...them money that will then be reinvested in the economy, to the benefit of all Americans, should be in..."
Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Louis Black
What Am I Missing About Auto Industry Bailout?
"...and his company was suffering. I knew about the economy in Austin; everyone in the business talked about it...."
Dec. 3, 2008 Postmarks
Cops Say Legalize It
New report from drug-reform cops with the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition says the time is right to legalize -- and regulate -- drugs
"...a loss of millions of dollars for the U.S. economy...."
Dec. 2, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith
City Hall Hustle: Singing From the Hymnal
Library and music advocates still looking for official harmony
"...when Wynn capped some meandering remarks on the local economy, the role of Austin's music in it, and the..."
Nov. 28, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Fuel
Fuel is a two-hour infomercial for biodiesel and the virtues of other alternative energy sources that won the Audience Award for a documentary at Sundance.
"...economic, environmental, health, and political effects of an oil-based economy to scare the daylights out of anyone who’s paying..."
Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Legalization and Decriminalization!
"...information and regulatory system is draining our already shaky economy. Wouldn't our efforts be more effective by getting what..."
Nov. 13, 2008 Postmarks
The Common Law
Don't Forget About the Supreme Court
"...The economy and the war on terror have swamped the campaign..."
Oct. 24, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis
Letters at 3AM
The economic future of the United States is no longer in our hands
"...go along because, in order even to have an economy, we must. We don't make the rules anymore...."
Oct. 24, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
The Hightower Report
Smaller Newspapers, Bigger Conglomerates; and Barons of the Mass Media Ignore the Masses
"...story asking why the public is "gloomier than the economy." Not a single worker was interviewed! No mention was..."
