Archive for the ‘Follow-Up’ Category
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
The number of candidates to replace departing Austin City Manager Toby Futrell was reduced to two today — Jelynne Burley of San Antonio and Marc Ott of Fort Worth. Both finalists who were passed over for the top jobs in their current cities.
Out of the running is Futrell deputy ...
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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...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
As expected, Travis Co. DA Ronnie Earle has endorsed Rosemary Lehmberg in the four-way race to succeed him. During a news conference at the Courthouse this morning, he said Lehmberg “has had a greater role in the success of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office than any other single ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Rick Cole has been city manager in Ventura, California, north of Los Angeles for nearly four years. Now he’s in the running to replace Austin’s own Toby Futrell, who retires in May.
According to a news story in Cole’s hometown paper, he was recruited by a corporate headhunter and has ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
The retirement of longtime Travis Co. District Attorney Ronnie Earle seems to have set off a stampede of candidates talking about replacing him. And that’s just among Earle’s staff.
An early front-runner, State District Judge Jeanne Meurer, is taking herself out of the race before it even starts. That ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
You heard it hear first: State Representative Mike Krusee won’t be running again for the Round Rock seat he has held since 1993. Texas Weekly and Political Junkie have the confirmation, which we signaled back on November 14.
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
When Princeton graduate Jennifer Kim opposed the University of Texas’s proposed development of prime Austin real estate, she apparently forgot that her opponent, Randi Shade, is a former UT student body president.
Kim had introduced a non-binding resolution to signal the City Council’s opposition to what some suspect is the UT ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
McCheese that is.
It is a beautiful Friday here in A-Town, and its almost time for happy hour on the rooftop of Lance's lounge, SIX. But before we go, we have one quick item to follow up on.
Apparently, our hometown hero was spotted rounding second with the Full House girl again. ...
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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, ...
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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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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
At 6pm on Thursday, October 11th, the City Council will decide whether to rebuild the animal shelter downtown or move it to a lot near Airport Boulevard and East 7th Street. This is becoming a bigger issue than many expected, with neighborhood groups rallying against an increasingly deaf city ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
The North Loop saga has ended for now.
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