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July 30, 2004 Column
Austin @ Large: (Jennifer) Gale Force
The vote in the AISD board elections suggests too many Austinites are just not paying attention
"...just for her, pulled down nearly 40% of the vote against incumbent school board President Doyle Valdez. As the..."
May 28, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Another Texan for President?
"...with all due respect, is part of that. He voted for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he voted..."
April 9, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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"...Vote against him in the April 13 run-off election if..."
April 2, 2004 Column
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...to Doggett – and in part because of his get-out-the-vote efforts – Democrats Gisela Triana, Greg Hamilton, Nancy Hohengarten,..."
March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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"...the University of North Texas. I want to assure voters that I have fulfilled my responsibility to my daughter...."
March 5, 2004 Column
Facing the South
The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa
"...where the urban needs of most of the district's voters, crowded at its very ends, seem very far away...."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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Poll: If Limbaugh did the crime, he should do the time
"...Reform of Marijuana Laws wants you to register to vote. "Currently, millions of marijuana smokers are unregistered to vote..."
Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Last Call for Lowe's? Council Ready to Split
It's still 4-3 and holding as the controversial big-box deal goes up for final approval
"...in the kumbaya business. The council is scheduled to vote tonight (Thursday) on the settlement deal, following a 6pm..."
Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
SBOE Approves an Evolution in Texas Textbooks
Over loud objections, the State Board of Education voted to approve high school biology textbooks discussing evolution.
"...something of an anticlimax, the State Board of Education voted last week to approve adoption of all 11 of..."
Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
Union members overwhelmingly endorse a no-confidence vote in Gary Warren.
"...the Austin Association of Professional Firefighters have approved a vote of no confidence in Fire Chief Gary Warren --..."
Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Endorsements
State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003
"...date, with the cynical intention that fewer people will vote. They dearly hope that will make it more likely..."
Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature
Endorsements
State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003
"...date, with the cynical intention that fewer people will vote. They dearly hope that will make it more likely..."
Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature
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"...Before Chronicle readers vote this Saturday (and we know you're going to vote,..."
June 6, 2003 Column
Page Two
With few big surprises, the recent local election left us to ponder single-member districts, minority representation, and campaign spending. Also: the consequences of wristband counterfeiting, and The Chronicle Hour is no more.
"...The "businessman" candidate spent more than $20 for each vote he got...."
May 9, 2003 Column by Louis Black
Capitol Chronicle
This year's House budget debate reads suspiciously like Catch-22.
"...the GOP majority. And a group of Democratic swing votes in the Lege -- sometimes a handful, sometimes more..."
April 25, 2003 News Column by Michael King
Capitol Chronicle
Tort Deform gives business the gold mine, the rest of us the shaft.
"...a local medical school, it would behoove them to vote for HJR 3. (Such a direct exchange for a..."
April 4, 2003 News Column by Michael King
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Beyond City Limits
"...he and Irma will no longer be able to vote for one another on the floor. "Irma, you're not..."
March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
On the Lege
The GOP prepares to vote down Robin Hood without bothering to craft a replacement school-funding system.
"...under the gimlet eye of Arlington Republican Kent Grusendorf, voted 6-2 to abolish the state's school-funding recapture system, aka..."
Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Redrawing the Road Map
CAMPO expansion may change the roles of the Central Texas transportation game.
"...But as the board's vote on expansion -- already delayed once -- draws near,..."
Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Dave Mann
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"...The key to this election was winning the independent voter. The Democrats failed to do this. There are several..."
Nov. 22, 2002 Column
A Place for Democrats
"...see high turnout when their central and Eastside counterparts vote for the leftie by 6-to-1 margins. Witness the Travis..."
Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty
"We all know that Americans don't vote -- 51% turnout, what we saw for Bush-Gore in 2000, is about as good as we get, and in most elections (like the one on Tuesday, and certainly in Austin local races), we settle for far less," writes Mike Clark-Madison in his review of Thomas Patterson's The Vanishing Voter. But why?
"...The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertaintyby Thomas Patterson..."
Nov. 8, 2002 Books Review by Mike Clark-Madison
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"...hope my Green friends will do the same and vote for a Libertarian when there is no Green running..."
Nov. 1, 2002 Column
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"...budget hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 20, with a "unanimous vote" for a 3% pay raise for teachers and school..."
Aug. 30, 2002 Column
It's a Done Deal
The City Council approved the Stratus settlement 6-1. Now what?
"...public had no opportunity to comment. Only Raul Alvarez voted no, with the other six members seemingly married to..."
Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Beverly Besieged
Mike Clark-Madison previews the Place 4 City Council race.
"...worked to nail down the good-government, fiscally responsible, basic-services-for-the-working-man vote (aka the Sammy-and-Bob caucus). The message was aptly captured..."
May 3, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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"...Council Members Daryl Slusher, Jackie Goodman, and Danny Thomas voted for a Houston-based apartment developer's MFG rezoning of land..."
Jan. 18, 2002 Column
Endorsements
"...responsibility of being mayor.Travis County Bond Propositions Travis County voters traditionally vote overwhelmingly in favor of road bond packages,..."
Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature
Unloading Frate
"...on a controversial road bond proposition, the Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to remove the potential liability from the Nov...."
