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"...a man-bites-dog headline. We live in the Intractable Public Debate Capital of the World, and the city's M/WBE ("minority/women's..."

"...I'm writing this column at my desk, at the Chronicle, underneath our old friend..."

"...Since 1982, the Urban Land Institute, the preeminent real estate trade group, has published its Emerging Trends in Real..."

"...about neighborhood planning, because I chaired the Central East Austin Neighborhood Planning Team and have been involved in a..."

"...zoning. Granted, the subject is inherently controversial -- historic preservation, by definition, stands in the way of "progress," and..."

"...minute! My last column was in the Feb. 20 issue, when it still felt urgent to yet again discuss..."

"...lazy here -- though I think laziness is terribly underrated -- but this is a column that pretty much..."

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

"...We've often mentioned that Kirk Watson is the first mayor to do thus-and-so..."

"...Way back in Austin's medieval period, when State Highway 130 was yet unbuilt,..."

"...The whole nation has a housing shortage, and Austin's is more acute..."

"...If the question is "How do we fix Austin politics?" your answer probably won't be, "Pay Leslie and..."

"...her column last week, but this is my last issue for … let's just say a while. I'm starting..."

"...I was not sure what I wanted to write about this week until, on..."

"...Our "Best of Austin" issue, like so many happenings and events that used..."

"...My two favorite topics of late – mindless cop worship and brainless Republican rule –..."

"...Council is set to vote on a resolution opposing unilateral U.S. action against Iraq. As I write, 63 U.S...."

"...Nothing is ever really settled in Austin, even the obvious. The fact that metro Austin will..."

"...and tired of being asked this question. "By its nature, county government is cooperative regional government," the Travis Co...."

"...At the top of the "Headlines" column, you can get..."

"...more space to lay out the Zilker Park visions that have emerged from the city's planning process for renewing,..."

"...know the language or culture. No, you can't sit at that end of the bar to down your espresso..."

"...past Christmas, and as you all enjoy your new sweaters and consoles and exercise bikes and whatnot, let me..."

"...to pound sand and Greg Abbott gave a creepy State of the State speech from a TV studio in..."

"...Force, as City Council reconvened to address a last-minute issue prompted by the appeals of a big developer. For..."

"...My title here at the Chronicle is "city editor." That "city" is Austin...."

"...political memories, as a child, are of Vietnam and Watergate; for my son's generation, it was Bush v. Gore,..."

"...An Associated Press story on Wednesday, Oct. 26, dove into a..."

"...Who paid mayoral candidate Brigid Shea to do what?..."

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