Riding to the End of the Line
Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?
"...has tested the patience of riders, area politicians, and taxpayers. For many, that patience ran out long ago...."
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Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Beside the Point
With shrinking sales tax receipts, so much for shopping ourselves outta recession
"...city's economic outlook and financial forecast. Projections of local sales-tax revenues – which amount to 28% of the city's..."
May 2, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
On the Lege
No solution; another special session is coming
"...the plan, while negotiators continued haggling over a separate tax-swap component. You can't have one without the other...."
July 22, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...constables' races("What's a Constable to Do?"). Next week: the Texas House and 3rd Court of Appeals...."
Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Beyond City Limits
"...Home, is still No. 1 on the Billboard country sales charts three weeks after the shit-kicking hit the fan...."
April 11, 2003 News Feature
Pondering Downtown Condos
Frequently Asked Questions
"...not start construction until they had 40% or more presales.) Now about 790 condominiums are under construction; about 350..."
March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Who Owns Sixth Street
Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?
"...enforce, especially considering the stretched resources of both the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the APD...."
May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Developing Stories: Controlling Developers
The hidden costs of Proposition 2
"...cases, City Council made a strategic decision to invest taxpayer dollars in a large-scale redevelopment to get a New..."
Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Lean and ... Leaner
A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget
"...officially call it a Bust) has decimated the city's sales tax collections, which fund the bulk of the city's..."
Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Mystery Train
Light Rail's narrow defeat at the polls has probably spared Capital Metro an assault by legislators in January. But the agency is trying to figure out how to keep rail on track while satisfying Republican legislators who want sales tax returned.
"...strip the transit authority of its full cent of sales tax, Cap Met leaders knew that if rail failed,..."
Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Take the A-Train
Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.
"...than once. Unlike Austin, those were projects that required tax increases or public bond financing, often in tight-pursed states..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Event Horizon
As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?
"...prospect of patronizing local businesses, amplifying city and state sales taxes, and other ancillary coffer-filling actions. As a respected..."
July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
State of the City
Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2
"...like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education system that fails too..."
Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature
State of the City Address
As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today
"...like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education system that fails too..."
Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols
Can't Get There From Here
While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line
"...quickly," says Jennifer McPhail, an organizer with ADAPT of Texas, an activist group dedicated to removing obstacles for individuals..."
Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
The Making of an Endorsement
"...the Arboretum that were paying 100 percent of their sales tax and moved them to the Domain, where they..."
Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...political campaigns, lest you see like-minded phrases like "cut taxes," "increase funding for education," "protect the middle class," "save..."
April 30, 2004 Column
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Wants Better Schools but Lower Taxes..."
Oct. 10, 2003 Column
Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Austin Beerworks and Jester King
How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 1)
"...Chronicle asked Graham to offer some insight into how sales are going one week into the citywide social buzzkill/shelter-in-place..."
March 27, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga
Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle
Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back
"...away more than a hundred million dollars of its sales-tax income in the first place?..."
April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Day Trips
Don't mess with Texas, unless it comes to per capita spending on parks, where we are ranked 49th in the country
"...they were donating $22 (administration takes $8) to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department when they bought the specialty..."
Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Wants Better Schools but Less Taxes
"...So Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose think taxes are "low" in Texas ["Leave No Child Behind," Oct...."
Oct. 6, 2003 Postmarks
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...particularly one as highly regarded as the University of Texas at Austin. If nothing else, Mr. Limón can be..."
Sept. 26, 2003 Column
Cedar Park, Over Ice
Southwest Sports Group's high-powered campaign to win voter approval for an ice rink/concert complex could "put Cedar Park on the map."
"...-- the Hicks-controlled parent company of the Stars and Texas Rangers -- the company first decided to bring a..."
Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Miles to Go
A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.
"...more than 15 years, the transportation game in Central Texas has been treated as a zero-sum contest between rail..."
March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Dollars Down to Earth
1995-96 City Budget Shoots for Balance
"...downtown mall subsidies, millions more for GAATN plans, a tax abatement ordinance designed to cut corporations millions in tax..."
Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...up any particular public benefits. Muscle-flexing about all the tax revenue and jobs the hotel project could drive into..."
Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...onto a bad idea, they stick with it." – Texas Federation of Teachers President Linda Bridges on the determination..."
April 28, 2006 News Feature
Clouded Prospects
Lege special session opens with glowing rhetoric, uncertain goals
"...Under partly sunny skies last Thursday, a few dozen Texas businesspeople gathered on the front stoop of the Governor's..."
April 14, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...known what a great reception we'd get in South Texas, he would have drawn the district to Canada instead."..."
