Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Friday, February 15th, 2008
The Maine exploded, the Teddy Bear was introduced and Galileo, Susan B. Anthony, Matt Groening and Elliott Naishtat were born.
Only one of the above is likely to show up at your party for the free...carrot sticks
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
for City Council Place #4:
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Jason Meeker's campaign consultants sent out a media advisory today announcing a press conference tomorrow to officially get into the race against Lee Leffingwell. Unsurprisingly, he is holding it across from his Alamo Northcross Mall.
InFact Daily reported today that Meeker is using Brewster's guys to run his race. So ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
The Houston Senator is planning on announcing his retirement tomorrow. Sources tell us it will be effective March 10.
Senator Dennis "The Menace" Bonnen anyone? Anyone? Yeah, us neither.
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Turns out, Glen Maxey asked Ronnie Earle for some leniency for his lover's coke and DWI prosecution. He didn't seem to get any, but he does try his best to spin this one:
"I have a history of advocating in an aggressive way for people I care about," Maxey said.
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France champion, has leaned an increasingly willing ear toward would-be kingmakers urging him to consider a political career, maybe even governor in 2010. And he might be more prepared for the new career than many thought.
After three years of stalling, more than $1 million ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
The Chronicle does a pretty good job this week of covering lots of the action.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
We got Allen Demling's press release announcing that he was running for council but thought it was a joke. We don't do follow up calls because news comes to us. But The Man ran with it, so it must be real.
We don't send crews out in vans to ...
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
We were out doing yard work and enjoying this stellar Austin day when we met this guy block walking. He is an incredibly nice man, full of hope and optimism. Yeah, the website will illicit a few chuckles, but have things gotten so bad that only a jaded ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Austin will have its first African American city manager when Toby Futrell leaves in May — Marc Ott, currently an assistant city manager in Fort Worth.
Ott and San Antonio assistant city manager Jelynne Burley were the last two candidates still in the running for the job after a quick ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Austin City Councilman Uncle Lee Leffingwell’s campaign kicks off Tuesday evening at Nuevo Leon Restaurant on East 6th. No word yet on whether this party is for his re-election race this May, his already-announced mayoral campaign next year or both.
Political observers are wondering if the 5:30 p.m. start time ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
As the local newspaper editorializes against what it calls the “secretive search” for a replacement for soon-to-retire Austin City Manager Toby Futrell, new details are leaking out about how the choice came down to the current candidates — which don’t include longtime Futrell deputy Laura Huffman.
Huffman reportedly had the four ...
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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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