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Real legislative reform of the state's tax-credit allocation process is slowly moving toward the governor's desk.
"...return for subsidies. A more open process will only weed out the cheaters and opportunists, she argues...."
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April 13, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Capitol Chronicle
The State Policy Committee Politically Purges the State Employees' Charitable Campaign
"...designed (by the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation) to weed out the ideologically impure (that is, anybody to the..."
April 13, 2001 News Column by Michael King
Nico and Dani
This Spanish import is a coming-of-age dramedy whose (nearly) teenage stars are natural actors, whose direction is unforced, and whose sexual themes are treated with candor and humor.
"...unsupervised summer vacation in which the titular buddies smoke weed, sleep late, and cruise chicks at the beach, they're..."
March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Genitallica, The Metro, Wednesday 14
"...marijuana!" Smells like somebody brought some of that loco weed to this here party. And the folks outside must've..."
March 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy
SXSW Film Reviews
The gags come fast and furious, and the fair amount of gross-out humor makes Super Troopers play like a cop version of Caddyshack.
"...victim in a Winnebago and, later, a shipment of weed in a semi, spurring a jurisdictional feud with the..."
March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Putting Himself 'Out Here'
Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.
"...-- towers over a squat, decrepit campus and a weed-infested field. Gardner Road and Arthur Stiles Road serve as..."
March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
The Commissioner Has Left the Building
Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.
"...pants leg and shows me a big bag of weed in his sock that had been there the whole..."
Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare
Bad Blood
Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?
"...López, who was moving more than 10,000-pound shipments of weed across the border -- was arrested, something odd happened...."
Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
About AIDS
Marijuana gets stealthy.
"...it must be either smoked or eaten. Smoking unclean weed may risk fungal infection for immune-compromised folks, and eating..."
Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett
Take Me to the River
Rock & Roll Books
"...tell you the going price for a bag of weed just by smelling it or how your cocaine had..."
Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Scanners
Wanna see someone's head blow up and eyes pop out? Be certain of your answer before casting your gaze on Scanners, an early beaut from Toronto's king of visceral horror.
"...scanners, and the good ones are called on to weed out the bad ones, who are bent on world..."
Dec. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Jailbird
The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard
"...Smokin' crack and smokin' weed,..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard
Rerun at the D.A. Corral
Republican Shane Phelps challenges Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle for a second time, and seems to be trailing.
"...nation to implement a neighborhood D.A. program to help weed out crime. "Ronnie is always looking toward the future..."
Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith
Blue Collar
"...at home. Certain scenes are unforgettable, such as the cocaine-weed-whiskey-and-sex party at Smokey's pimped-out bachelor pad. By daybreak, the..."
Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw
Saving Grace
"...country squares react to their first hits of wacky weed. It results in overly prolonged bouts of silliness, nakedness,..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Fu Manchu, Speedealer, Honky, Stubb's, August 10
"...dusk of Stubb's expansive back yard, cold beers, cheap weed, and Seventies metal for all. Honky's opening set, the..."
Aug. 18, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Naked City
Triangle Square plans get approved by the Planning Commission, but not without some haggling and opposition.
"...get built without any public investment was smoking wacky weed. (We choose the word "investment" for a reason --..."
Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Grass
"...Yes, we're talking about that kind of grass, the weed that's been both vilified and celebrated throughout this past..."
Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Throwing Down Love
The seven-year rise of Knolly Williams, the Master P of Christian hip-hop
"...of their night services for being rowdy and smoking weed. We didn't take it seriously at all."..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Leininger Unplugged
Bad management and drug tests lead to txn's demise.
"...been an integral part of James Leininger's strategy to weed out employees and cut his losses on a $45..."
July 14, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Getting the Joke
Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.
"...Mooney: I think you need a weeding-out period anyway. Somebody told me, "Funny people are a..."
June 30, 2000 Arts Feature
Page Two
North by Northeast introduces club-hopping to
Toronto.
"...against a building, watching a cowboy walk across a weed-covered field with the wind almost blowing off his hat...."
June 23, 2000 Column by Louis Black
Day Trips
Barry's Coffee Company in Temple provides fuel for
the discerning I-35 driver in the form of real coffee,
desserts, and the best chicken salad sandwiches in
the universe.
"...Because of the room's acoustics, he has had to weed out the loud bands. The hometown bands with a..."
June 23, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Shoot for the Moon
Actor Danny Trejo has made a film career out of
playing criminals. Before that, he made a career out of
being one. In town to shoot Robert Rodriguez's Spy
Kids, Trejo visited Travis High School to talk to
students about the lessons he learned the hard way.
"...prison, [it] all started with reefer. People think that weed isn't addicting. I don't know where they get that..."
June 9, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson
Attacked by Lesbians
Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm
"...Honky somehow manages to make it through "Smokin' Weed With Helios Creed," but just as the song ends,..."
May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Pantera Reinventing the Steel (EastWest)
"...Here's a sample lyric: "Your trust is in whisky, weed and Black Sabbath -- it's goddamn electric." It's 1993..."
May 5, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw
Coach's Corner
Coach goes the Davis Cup quarterfinals at the Great Western Forum in L.A.
"...An on-court riot occurred today in Chile when the coca-weed-crazed Chileans, protesting a close line call, tossed heated pennies,..."
April 14, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Naked City
kaye trybus tries to save tree, neighbors try to keep home depot out of their Woodward neighborhood, becky motal and alan sager square off april 11 for gop county chair, linda curtis is running for city council.
"...area because this is a residential neighborhood," says Betty Weed, who lives in the nearby Sherwood Oaks neighborhood. She..."
March 24, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith
Day Trips
The Lindheimer Home in New Braunfels stands as a monument to the "Father of
Texas Botany."
"...credited with discovering several hundred plant species, including a milkweed, a loco weed, a mimosa, and a rock daisy...."
March 3, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Fivehead
Indie rock accoring to Austin's Fivehead
"...on or near Sixth Street, people could go smoke weed in the parking lot without getting in trouble. It..."
