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The Watson Way
Mayor Kirk Watson talks about challenges for austin during his next term.
"...wage issues, and the future of regionalism in Central Texas, read on...."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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No Schism
"...The board and staff of the Sustainable Food Center (SFC) appreciate..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Off the Desk:
"...untried novice on environmental issues, could weaken the city's water quality controls, which will fall under the auspices of..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?
West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment
"...how much controversy his gift to the University of Texas would eventually cause. The 503 acres of the Brackenridge..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Llano of the ACLU, defending the proposed "Clean Government/Clean Water" city charter amendments at a St. Edward's University debate..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
"...of the partisan lines. For a preview of Central Texas and selected statewide races, see "2006 State Races."..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
Residents and environmentalists want Western Travis development slowed
"...The Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors voted unanimously last Wednesday to extend water..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Our readers talk back.
"...not enough -- week after week of turgid, algae-choked water at the Barton pool for much of the year..."

April 26, 2002 Column

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"...a billion dollars' worth of proposals from city departments, boards and commissions, citizens, and council members. Many worthwhile projects..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...rare "rockin' death penalty abolition festival," sponsored by the Texas Alliance for Human Needs. The party gets underway at..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature

A Watershed Year?
"...tract of land among many in the Barton Springs watershed that is slated for development. But the controversy surrounding..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...could still be some opposition discourse underway in the board room of the Lower Colorado River Authority. At issue..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Feature

Going With the Flow
The next life of Waller Creek
"...Waller Creek, a meditative book about the University of Texas English professor's decades-long love affair with one of Austin's..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Beside the Point: All the Arguments That Fit
City Council agenda packed with volatile materials
"...to be the headline items – more money for Water Treatment Plant No. 4 (Items 4 and 8), and..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

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
"...and Janice Cartwright, and to the entire staff and Board of RECA, for inviting me to be here today...."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

State of the City Address
As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today
"...and Janice Cartwright, and to the entire staff and Board of RECA, for inviting me to be here today...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City
"...• On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...God wants and that is not tax themselves." – Texas Tax Reform Commission Chairman John Sharp, ridiculing a coalition..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...programs. Citing a preliminary analysis of the effects in Texas, Scott McCown of the Center for Public Policy Priorities..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...really. Lawmakers drinking. Nothing like that ever happens in Texas ......"

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...City Hall's redevelopment frenzy continues to gain momentum, as Austin closes in..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from around the world
"...boom went bust, CSC downsized its plans and sold development rights to Block 21 back to the city for..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...County residents should call 854-9473 or register online at www.texasonline.state.tx.us. Others may contact the Texas Secretary of State's office..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Texas Civil Rights Project..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.
"...to vote on that $1.3 billion, 50-year deal for water that Watson and Garza secretly negotiated in 1999. I'm..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Citizen Mary
A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin
"...with the 1973 campaign to stop the University of Texas regents from selling the Lions Municipal Golf Course property..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Watch
Details of the Bradley Settlement are finally made public and opened up to debate; Bill Spelman announces that he will not run for re-election to Place 5.
"...yet from the SOS Alliance or the Hays County Water Planning Partnership (HCWPP) -- off-the-record reactions from the local..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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Death Penalty Violates Constitution
"...Editor: Thank you for your informative article on the Board of Pardons and Paroles ["Death Row Dilemma," Vol.18, No.21]...."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column

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Muddying the Waters
"...Dear Editor: As a current Board member of Northwest Travis County MUD No.1, I sincerely..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin
A week in the life of local government
"...to the eternal shell game that is the Domain development swindle to the increasingly ludicrous boondoggle that is Water..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

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