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Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Civics 101
"...AUSTIN CITY GOVERNMENT 101 City leaders discuss the functions of local government...."
Feb. 7, 2014 News Column
More Bad Weather, More Closures
UPDATE: A fresh chilly blast means more lousy driving conditions
"...of the terrible road conditions and resultant school and government delays and closures again this morning...."
Jan. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...If you compare the ratio of government employment to population, the public sector – federal, state,..."
Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Bill Hammond's 'Absurd Suggestions'
"...Big businesses (not small) in Texas already have the government in their pockets. Characteristically, Perry and Hammond want the..."
Nov. 12, 2012 Postmarks
AISD Weighs Tax Increase
District considers joining already crowded election ballot
"...tax increase – four years of statewide cuts and local layoffs. Each year since, the district has discussed holding..."
June 29, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Beer, BBQ, Movies – and Mayoral Politics
Leffingwell opens headquarters with "Danke Schoen"
"...helping Austin schools, "clean and affordable energy," and open government, and he promised more if reelected, pointing specifically to..."
Feb. 27, 2012 News Post by Michael King
Hustling Away...
A brief look back from your City Council columnist
"...or music, or something more decidedly “cool” than city government or politics. I’d always been interested in the subject..."
Dec. 22, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Headlines
"...the 2010 fall semester learning the workings of city government, followed up in the spring with city internships. "AustinCorps..."
Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature
Renewable Energy Island
Learning from Copenhagen, Post #5
"...carbon neutrality. After a competition sponsored by the Danish government, Samso – a small, bucolic island located between the..."
Oct. 7, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor
Solomons Files House Rules
House Resolution 2 proposes major changes to number, roles, make-up of House committees
"...there's one new body. The big changes are: – Government Reform merges into State Affairs – Local Government Ways..."
Jan. 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
"...court ruled "the budget transfer was authorized by the local government code and did not improperly intrude into Constable..."
Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature
Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption
Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.
"...for "small business mapping," a website for small and locally owned business. McCracken, $125K for Brewster's precious Biotechnology! Leffingwell's..."
Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Are We Masters of Our Domain?
Critics are concerned that rather than boosting local shops, a subsidy deal struck by City Council with developers of the Domain is dropping cash into an already successful project, filled with high-end stores
"...Austin. But critics are concerned that rather than boosting local shops, a subsidy deal struck by City Council with..."
Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Happenings
Aug. 2-8
"...Learn about the conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico, between the government and citizens. Featuring the documentary Compromiso Cumplido. 8pm. MonkeyWrench..."
Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature
Senate Scuppers Speed Cameras
Two bills passing through Senate last week could deter city councils from putting up speed cameras.
"...Transport, control of speed cameras was handed over to local government. After four years of monitoring roads with speed..."
April 9, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Point Austin: Good, Bad, and Ugly
Sustainability Project snap-shoots our present, future
"...influence both our perceptions of place and how well local resources are distributed among us...."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King
Who Should Pay for Lobbying?
Proceedings begin in lawsuit about taxpayer-funded lobbying
"...differ on what constitutes prohibited activities, however. To AFP, Local Government Code statute 89.002 is clear on that point,..."
Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
Voters Opportunity to Speak to the Powers That Be
"...easements in the Barton Springs Watershed. All levels of government should be coordinating efforts to protect clean water in..."
May 10, 2006 Postmarks
Beside the Point
As usual, the Statesman editorial page gets it completely wrong
"...Auditor Steve Morgan was a dangerous sign of a local government that brooks no internal criticism and demands secrecy,"..."
March 24, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Point Austin: A Blueprint for Mental Health
The Mayor's Task Force issues its report, but the real
work is yet to come
"...center attached and 24-hour psychiatric emergency beds in other local hospitals." Indeed, there's an undertone of desperation to that..."
Feb. 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King
Sore Winners
The GOP seems determined to make representative
government a game of 'winner-take-all'
"...Finally, this week our own local poor sport, District 50's Jack Stick, who lost to..."
Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Austin @ Large: Money and Power
Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together
"...(except maybe Mayor Will Wynn's) to really reorganize city government and service delivery from the bottom up, but eventually..."
Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Greed Hasn't Won on Mueller Deal – Yet
"...and friends is how to get around the Texas Local Government Code that stipulates a government entity, whether selling..."
July 20, 2004 Postmarks
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
As other cities catch up, 'Solar Austin' advocates look to prime the green-power pump
"...specific and ambitious solar goals, nearly 90% supported using local government incentives to encourage use of renewable resources, and..."
Aug. 15, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
On the Lege, One Last Time
"...Not so for the 78th -- seven senators (including locals Gonzalo Barrientos and Jeff Wentworth) voted against the budget..."
June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Postmarks
"...in this deal; it's who has a voice in local government. Evidently, those with money do. Our leaders voted..."
Aug. 9, 2002 Column
Preaching to the Perverted
As its title suggests, Preaching to the Perverted is unlikely to deliver much that's new to its expected audience. Still, Holly Hughes' new solo piece serves as both intelligent entertainment and rousing battle cry for those who see all too clearly the many faults in the logic of the mainstream.
"...the late Eighties and early Nineties against the federal government, Jesse Helms, and the various misguided, homophobic attempts to..."
Sept. 29, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun
Naked City
Volente debates incorporation as a means of escaping Austin's extraterritorial jurisdiction, and its development rules.
"...everywhere else around here, is changing. What vexes the locals now is how to respond: Should Lake Travis become..."
Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Dirty Money: The Job of Sex
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
"...largely respected career choice (it even has its own government agency), and in America, where prostitution remains unsafe and..."
