Archive for the ‘City Council’ Category
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Iraq. Katrina. Pain at the pump. Unsafe food. Record debt. Real incomes falling for the first time since the Great Depression. A long list of failures trails the Bush administration as it limps through its final days.
But the saddest legacy of the saddest presidency may turn out to be the ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
A new poll purports to have predicted the vote in Austin’s Place 4 city council runoff five days before the election even though the firm didn’t release the results until this week, days after the actual voting took place.
Further undermining the pollster’s case is his misstatement of the margin of ...
Posted in Follow-Up, 2008 Elections, City Council, News, Uncategorized | 17 Comments »
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
A proposal by outgoing council member Betty Dunkerley that could force Austin homeowners to make expensive modifications to their houses in order to accommodate the disabled is scheduled to be heard during her last official council meeting tomorrow.
It seems to us, that at the very least the name of the ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Ten thousand Austinites (plus all those undocumented immigrants who keep flooding the polls) cast their ballots during early vote, and now it’s all over but the smearing of each candidate by the other between now and Saturday’s final round.
Galindo is a Republican — or at least that’s what Morrison claims ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
We got more bile in the mail today in the form of negative campaigning by Laura Morrison. This one even hits Cid Galindo's dad for giving money to Bush.
We wouldn't vote for his dad either. Too bad Cid didn't hire an opposition researcher to look into Laura's parents' past.
The funniest ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
The City Council this morning decided to postpone a public hearing, originally scheduled for this evening, on a controversial ordinance pushed by council member Betty Dunkerley that would mandate price hikes on new homes in the city by thousands of dollars.
Word is the public hearing will be rescheduled for June ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Though we haven't seen any real polling in a while, we assumed that Laura Morrison was leading going into the runoff against El Cid.
Her consultants must be seeing something in the numbers that they don't like, because we saw our first piece of negative advertising today.
It is a big foldout ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
In Fact Daily reports this morning that Austin City Council member Betty Dunkerley, due to retire later this month, is backing down on parts of an unpopular ordinance she has been pushing to mandate all new homebuyers to bear the cost of expensive modifications that would make their properties accessible ...
Posted in 2008 Elections, City Council, News | 3 Comments »
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The runoff for Austin City Council Place 4 is beginning to come into focus, with endorsements lining up behind Laura Morrison, who led Cid Galindo in the first round last month.
The Man gives its nod to Morrison in a Sunday editorial, calling it “a close contest” but arguing that the ...
Posted in 2008 Elections, City Council | 11 Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear now: Wealthy weird white people.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A proposed rule making the rounds at City Hall to require homeowners to make their private property wheel-chair accessible in case disabled individuals come to visit isn’t winning any popularity contests, according to a survey sponsored by the Austin Business Journal on its website.
“This is the most asinine thing I ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
The subterranean Austin city council runoff for the Place Four seat being vacated by Betty Dunkerly poked its head up this week when Laura Morrison, who led the voting in round one, criticized city leaders for awarding a contract to retool the Green Water Treatment Plant without sufficient public input. ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Leffingwell Beats Meeker, Looks Ahead To McCracken
Lee Leffingwell handily defeated challenger Jason Meeker, setting the stage for the Austin city council member’s expected race against colleague Brewster McCracken in next year’s mayoral race.
Leffingwell needed a big win to position himself for his next campaign — and got it. He ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Whether for re-election to his current post or Mayor next year isn’t entirely clear, but Austin City Councilman Mike Martinez has endorsed his dais mate Lee Leffingwell in a new YouTube spot.
Joined by a wide range of community leaders — from Shudde Fath and Joenne Grissom to Dwayne Lofton and ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
It seems Culleton don't quit.
Posted in Follow-Up, City Council | 4 Comments »
