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"...Thus far, "change everything" and "no meetings until 3am" are about the only matters on which..."

"...responses by March 1. Both the survey and the meetings solicit input on Austin's strengths and weaknesses and ideas..."

"...candidate has his or her own niche of public activity, so take your pick between the campaign finance reformer,..."

"...After Mayor Bruce Todd barred environmental activist Karen Hadden from speaking at council meetings last fall,..."

"...Creek Trail thanks to a $105,000 grant awarded by Impact Austin to the Austin Parks Foun­da­tion for its Barton..."

"...200 megawatt deal with Iberdrola Renewables for $725,000,000. The contract joins two other recent wind purchases that put the..."

"...also somewhat constrained by provisions in the Voting Rights Act that aim to protect the representation of minority voters...."

"...our entire City Council has been violating the Texas Open Meetings Act in the most serious way. Texas law..."

"...seven-day hunger strike – a nonviolent protest of the fact that the university does not provide health benefits for..."

"...Bill 2292, the major health and human services reorganization enacted by the 78th Legislature this spring. The rule, adopted..."

"...financial planning staff last week. (These are not yet action meetings, but we'll begin to see where the members..."

"...seven months ago. For months, McCracken promised all the meetings would be made open to the public, that a..."

"...neither do we." – President Bush, misspeaking (yawn) again. (Actually, we kind of agree with "Wonkette" blogger Ana Marie..."

"...Of course, it's also debatable who's actually giving the "gifts," since most such genial transactions also..."

"...the test as the state co-director of Texas Citizen Action, a consumer watchdog group that promises an in-your-face campaign..."

"...Bee Caves Road and Cuerna­vaca Drive, is scheduled to open in 2009 as a second branch of the Westbank..."

"...map needs to be redrawn to more "fairly" represent actual Texas voting trends...."

"...day-and-night debate of HB 4, the fast-tracked omnibus medical malpractice/tort reform bill, when a point of order raised by..."

"...real estate issues in private executive session. The Texas Open Meetings Act requires public notice and transparency; however, city..."

"...an attack on Austin's green community, seemingly determined to reopen the war between developers and environmentalists, who had enjoyed..."

"...other similarly questionable decisions (abandoning competitive bidding for the contract to recycle the city's waste stream) and actions that,..."

"...that Police Monitor Iris Jones is violating the city's contract with the police union by not posting the meetings..."

"...2) Historic Zoning: In April, three Austinites – conservative activist Dominic Chavez, Democratic consultant Alfred Stanley, and the indescribable..."

"...so cozy that it ended up violating the Texas Open Meetings Act, and was routinely elected by about 15%..."

"...that no one knows what the code rewrite will actually entail because, currently, there is no final draft. Because..."

"...Austin and its residents over the development of Champions Tract 3, at the corner of 2222 and City Park..."

"...Dear Editor, Re: "Open and Shut” and “Point Austin: The Law Is a..."

"...complaint with the county attorney claiming violations of the Open Meetings Act by the Austin City Council, after a..."

"...the decision by Texas Union officials to close the Cactus Cafe and end the informal classes program. See "'A'..."

"...In "Does the Open Meetings Act Go Too Far?" Jan. 8, we reported..."