Archive for the ‘City Council’ Category
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Our friend Brewster wants the city to get into the parking business. So, you know, taxpayers can shoulder the burden rather than those starving condo builders.
According to The Man:
...McCracken believes they could be financially beneficial for the city because it could lower construction costs by issuing low-interest debt and wouldn't ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
The Golden Globes may be canceled due to the WGA strike, but the City of Austin is still looking for a city manager.
The nominees are...
Posted in Follow-Up, City Council, News | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
We get all kinds of crazy tips in our email box. Keep them coming and we will sort through them as best we can.
We were going to let this one go, but figured we would try an open query to you, oh knowledgeable reader.
The pertinent part of the email is ...
Posted in rumor, City Council | 8 Comments »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
This week's AusChron has a story about the hunt for SMD's in Austin. The usual sides are drawn- Martinez pushing for a change, Cole pushing back because of re-election fears, and Gus Garcia wringing his hands.What struck us was this statement by Sheryl Cole against any sort of geographic ...
Posted in Follow-Up, City Council, News | 6 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
In and of itself, this story from the Sunday edition of Da Man, isn't much to write home about. Heck, normally the thought of Will Wynn in a cheerleader outfit would make us too sick to continue one wouldn't even make it all the way to the bottom of ...
Posted in City Council, Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Apparently KVUE's "Political Junkie", Tila Tequila Elise Hu, has been trolling the social networking sites looking for a good time and found Randi Shade's Facebook page.
She blogs about it here.
What surprised us wasn't that the campaign has a page, its that Rick Noriega only has 620 friends to Randi's 50. ...
Posted in 2008 Elections, State, City Council | No Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Jennifer Kim is sponsoring a resolution at City Hall to oppose the development of UT's Brackenridge Track of land. We don't know whether this is a binding resolution or if its more like the ones Democrats are so fond of.
Either way, we can't help but wonder if RG4N had been ...
Posted in 2008 Elections, Growth, City Council, News | No Comments »
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
A nightmarish inferno, families who have lost everything, and now this: the Austin City Council isn’t coming.
Will Wynn, Lee Leffingwell, Mike Martinez, Sheryl Cole, and more than 100 other Austin chamber types were scheduled to leave this weekend for America’s Finest City. Jennifer Kim reportedly had already decided not ...
Posted in City Council, News | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
This story in today's paper touches on multiple sagas playing out around town.
We liked this quote the best:
"A few very organized people really can derail something like this," said Wren, who supports density.
Good to know that citizen voices still have a shot against commercial developers and City Hall.
Posted in Growth, City Council | 13 Comments »
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
News broke last night about Las Manitas surviving the new development on congress. We just realized that Copa Bar & Grill (not near as popular with the Council Crowd) owner Mary Ogden is represented by none other than Harry Whittington- of the famous Dick Cheney buckshot incident.
Did Marriott ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
If the struggles by the folks who actually live in the North Loop area were a movie, we think Star Wars would be a good analogy. It probably isn't that entertaining, but then again neither were the prequels.
If you hadn't noticed, we like underdogs here at APR. Unfortunately, ...
Posted in Follow-Up, 2008 Elections, Growth, City Council, News | 6 Comments »
Monday, October 15th, 2007
When Kyle City Councilman Todd Webster abruptly resigned last month, residents scratched their heads. Now they get to do more — elect his replacement.
Three candidates put their names on the lines before last Friday’s deadline: Ray Bryant, a Lutheran Social Services director; Johnell Huebner, who runs the local office ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Happy birthday to Austin City Councilman Lee Leffingwell, who turns 68 today. A ripe old age achieved through good engineering, no doubt.
And a tip of the fedora to former city council member Daryl Slusher, who hits the big 5-4 today.
Posted in 2008 Elections, City Council | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
We told you yesterday that one of the items on the agenda for today’s Austin City Council meeting was a resolution that would make the city attorney, a key position, appointed by council members elected by voters instead of appointed by a city manager hired by... council members.
The proposal was ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Not a box score, but the agenda items likely to garner the most attention at tomorrow's City Council meeting:
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