Every reference ever made to Max Nofziger in the Austin Chronicle
In order of relevance.
 
1.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Naked City [Score: 2]
Daryl Slusher debates Max Nofziger on light rail; Garnet Coleman fights with Hugo Berlanga at the S...
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From Flower to Power The Education of Max Nofziger by Mike Clark-Madison In the far northwestern corner of Ohio, nearest to Detroit, amidst hamlets like Assumption and Defiance, West Unity and Liberty Center, lie the bottomlands of the Maumee and Tiffi...
3.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Max vs. Metro [Score: 2]
Max is back, and he has an alternative to light rail....
4.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Naked City [Score: 2]
Anti light rail faction makes final push. Austin politicians travel to Round Rock to promote a char...
5.The Austin Chronicle Politics: A Very Mayor-y Christmas [Score: 2]
Enjoy your present from Gus Garcia. (You can't return it. Some assembly required.)...
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Clockwise from upper left: Linda Curtis, David Butts, Sandra Castellenos, Mark Yznaga, Dean Rindy, Todd Main, Mike Blizzard, Marsha Mitchell, Manuel Medina, Pat Crow, Alfred Stanley section from cover photograph by Alan Pogue Council Candidates' Co...
7.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Light Rail Debate [Score: 2]
Former City Council Member Max Nofziger vs. Current City Council Member Daryl Slusher...
8.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Light Rail Debate [Score: 2]
Max Nofziger argues that light rail is too costly and will destroy the Austin we love....
9.Politics: "Sweet Dreams, Sour Grapes" [Score: 2]
Sweet Dreams, Sour Grapes by Alex de Marban; photographs by Michelle Dapra The news was not without irony. Departing Councilmember Max Nofziger wouldn't allow a simultaneous interview with also-departing colleague Brigid Shea. This, despite the fact...
10.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Naked City [Score: 2]
Texas Turnpike Authority changes its position on SH 130; Max Nofziger has joined the anti-light...
11.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]
Readers Poll: Politics [ Arts & Entertainment | Architecture & Lodging | Food & Drink | High-Tech | Kids | Media | Outdoors & Recreation | Politics | Services | Shopping ] Critics' Picks | Readers Poll Winners sorted alphabetically City Departme...
12.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Light Rail Debate [Score: 2]
Former City Council Member Max Nofziger vs. Current City Council Member Daryl Slusher...
13.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]
Readers Poll: Politics [ Arts & Entertainment | Architecture & Lodging | Food & Drink | High-Tech | Kids | Media | Outdoors & Recreation | Politics | Services | Shopping ] Critics' Picks | Readers Poll Winners sorted alphabetically City Departme...
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Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power Men Who Would be Mayor by Alex de Marban illustration by Doug Potter It's a weeknight in March and Ronney Reynolds, Max Nofziger, and Kirk Watson are sitting before a neighborly audience from the Lak...
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Page Two by Louis Black Max Nofziger should withdraw from his ill-considered bid for mayor. He owes at least this to the city of Austin, to its citizens, and especially to his longtime supporters. Nofziger's election to the City Council is still one...
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Alex de Marban, Lee Simmons, and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: Last call for early voting is Tuesday, April 29. Ongoing info on the city council campaigns can be found o...
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Keeping Tabs on the Daily's Agenda Statesman Watch by Chris Walters The Austin American- Statesman deserves constant scrutiny as it turns into a credible urban daily, its fish-wrapper era consigned to boxes of microfilm. Once a newspaper is no longer...
18.The Austin Chronicle Politics: The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology [Score: 2]
HOME : VOL.21 NO.49 : NEWS : THE BATTLE FOR THE SPRINGS: A CHRONOLOGY The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology August 9, 2002: Save Our What? Okay, let's accept, for the sake of argument, that everyone in Austin wants...
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MAYOR: Watson's Plastic Past by Alex de Marban illustration by Doug Potter This Saturday, Austin will elect the mayor that will take us into the year 2000. The candidates -- the Big Three, anyway -- are getting the vote out like crazy. On Tue...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Where There's a Bill, There's a Way In a flash flood of dollar signs reminiscent of the tempest that assaulted the city only a few days earlier, the council ratified next year's $1.2 billion budget in less than three h...
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Postmarks Nobody Can't Beat Him Dear Chronicle : In an otherwise informative article about the candidates who might challenge Eric Mitchell for Place 6 on the Austin City Council ["Piece of Cake," Vol. 16, No. 23], there is one correction that must b...
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Live Shots Iris Dement at the Texas Union Ballroom February 25 photograph by John Carrico MAX NOFZIGER'S FLOWER POWER HOUR La Zona Rosa, February 13 Max's Nofziger's "Flower Power Hour" -- a Maxstravganza if you will. Three hours of nothing but Ma...
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Missing Max and Other Escapades By Alex de Marban In a chaotic meeting last Thursday, council promised health and prosperity to all city residents, offering a $61 million incentive package to an expanding multi-national corporation, and loaned a $44 mi...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Terminal Fun Councilmember Eric Mitchell found himself in the thick of it on Thursday with the council vote on his plan to bring publicly subsidized fun to the East Austin community. By dint of five ayes and a Max Nofzi...
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Eric Mitchell's Redevelopment Dreams Whether You Like It or Not... by Alex de Marban During his three-minute ration of participatory democracy, gadfly and homeless person Kirk Becker recently offered the council what he thought was a harmless and lo...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Rollin' Out the Welcome Wagon Let's be fair. After all, it was a Monday. And maybe, too, responsibility was just elusive in the heady, anticipatory crescendo leading up to last Saturday's failed baseball stadium bond vo...
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Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Alex de Marban and Amy Smith. Off the Desk Austin's homeless may be losing sleep: The City Council voted four to one on Thursday to impose a citywide camping ban effective January 15. Councilmember...
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The Five Who Tried Kirk Becker Ted Kircher John Johnson Ray Blanchette Jennifer Gale all photographs, except John Johnson, by Alan Pogue The only reason to call homeless person Kirk Becker a fringe candidate is because his jea...
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Reader's Poll: Politics City Department Fire Department With last summer's drought and this year's tornado & flood TKO, it's no wonder Austin loves its firefighters and first-response emergency teams. 1621 Festival Beach Rd., 477-5784...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Last week's agenda being nearly devoid of contentious items, one councilmember sought out a new forum for disagreement - namely, Ronney Reynolds' surprising call last Wednesday to suspend a sale of the city's electric ut...
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Politics Top 10 illustration by Doug Potter What a year! Hair-eating cabbage patch dolls don't hold a candle to the carnivorous antics of last season's political candidates, who bit each other on the ass whenever possible. And, like a Tickle-Me-El...
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Intrigue, Hearsay, and Accusations As the Council Turns by Alex de Marban While Brigid Shea is doing her best to get the city's ethical rulebook thrown at Eric Mitchell, Ronney Reynolds confirms reports that he intends a run at the mayoral seat in 1997...
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Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995 Austin Strikes Out by Louisa C. Brinsmade, Robert Bryce, and Chris Walters It started out badly enough: slammed at the Lege all spring, a police "riot" in East Austin in February, a federal court ruling aga...
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Postmarks Nofziger Responds Louis, Nick, et. al. : You are either very ignorant, or you wish to willfully mislead your readers about my record as a city councilmember. You decry my "sad record" and lack of leadership, but you fail to be specific. The f...
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Postmarks Red & Yella Hurt a Fella Attention Editor: Howdy folks, from way down yonder in good ol' South Austin. (Ha!) Now, I don't know about you all, but I'm puttin' my vote in for Max Nofziger and encourage you all to do the same. Now, I, like a...
36.Best of Austin '96: Critics Picks: Politics [Score: 2]
Critics Picks: Politics Best City Bureaucrats Office of Cable and Regulatory Affairs We admire those who remain enthused about their work as it grows ever more thankless. The merry wonks at OCRA have, in the last year, negotiated a fractious franchi...
37.Best of Austin '96: Readers Poll: Politics [Score: 2]
Readers Poll: Politics Best City Department TIE: Austin Parks & Recreation Department, Austin Fire Dept. One department whose services we hope you use a lot and one department whose services we hope you never need, tied for first place honors.Environ...
38.The Austin Chronicle Archives: Naked City [Score: 2]
HOME : ARCHIVES : COLUMNS : NAKED CITY Naked City Archives Naked City [11-01-02] EDITED BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON News briefs from Austin and elsewhere. Austin Stories [11-01-02] Beyond City Limits [11-01-02] Happenings [11-01-02] Webberville...
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Pedestrian Coordinator Walk a Mile, Save a Tire by Nelson England In most cities, it probably wouldn't have been much of a story, but then, this is Austin. Last month, when departing City Councilmember Max Nofziger pushed through a proposal to set up a...
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On Your Marks Becky Motal, Manuel Zuniga, Ronney Reynolds, Max Nofziger, Kirk Watson, Eric Mitchell, and Gus Garcia are just some of the candidates limbering up for the city council race. illustration by Doug Potter You have to learn to crawl befo...
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The Team Players: Who's Who on the Campaign Trail Political candidates rely heavily on their campaign operators, and the horde of hopefuls running for Austin City Council are no exception. Here's a list of key players in the local races, along with spin...
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Waging a Gentler Campaign for Place 2 Motal De-Clawed by Mike Clark-Madison Becky Motal photograph by Alan Pogue Becky Motal has a serious image problem. People may think Ronney Reynolds is a tool for developers, Max Nofziger is a flake,...
43.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]
Readers Poll Categories Critics Picks Other Peoples Stuff by Jay Hardwig Juxtapose This ... by Ken Lieck Readers Poll Results (sorted alphabetically by winner) TIE: Academy; Rooster Andrews - Sporting Goods Store (Outdoor/Rec) Ace Custom Tailor...
44.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]
Readers Poll Categories Critics Picks Other Peoples Stuff by Jay Hardwig Juxtapose This ... by Ken Lieck Readers Poll Results (sorted alphabetically by winner) TIE: Academy; Rooster Andrews - Sporting Goods Store (Outdoor/Rec) Ace Custom Tailor...
45.Hall of Fame [Score: 2]
Readers: Politics SOS Coalition (7) Best Effort to Improve the Environment, 1993-99 Max Nofziger (6) Best City Council Member, 1990-91, 1993-96 Crazy Carl Hickerson-Bull (6) Best Local Eccentric, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1995 (tie), 1996 Glen Maxey (5) Best Te...
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Critics: Politics Brigid Shea (6) Best Outside Agitator (1992) Best Rumor: Brigid Shea Is a Witch (1993) Best Dressed Person on the Dais (1993) Best City Accomplishments (tie with Gus Garcia) (1994) Best Civic Shrine We'll Never See: The Bruce Todd, Cha...
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Three's Company by Alex De Marban It's rightly been called the Max Factor. A black-and-white contest featuring powerhouse candidates Kirk Watson and Ronney Reynolds took on shades of grey last month when former Mayor Pro Tem Max Nofziger jumped in. Vo...
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With a Little Help From His Songwriter The Resurgence of Max by Alex de Marban The creative dry spell is over. After a relatively unproductive term, Max Nofziger is a man inspired. More initiatives have poured out of his office in the last six weeks th...
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... Behind Garza's Charge Nofziger's Last Stand by Alex de Marban To Ronney Reynolds and Eric Mitchell, micro- management is a common problem at city hall. The real problem, however, is that the council does very little managing at all. Take, for examp...
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The Liberal Majority Wakes Up at Bedtime Protective, Not Progressive by Alex de Marban Nearly three years have passed since Brigid Shea and Jackie Goodman joined Max Nofziger and Gus Garcia for what many hoped was the dawning of a progressive-minded co...

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Painting the Town Green Money, Money, Money by Alex de Marban Whew! With millions to blow in only eight hours, councilmembers and city staff spent money faster than sweepstakes winners on a shopping spree. It was the mid-year budget raid, and a small m...
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Max for Cap Met Chief? Could outgoing City Councilmember Max Nofziger become the next General Manager of Capital Metro? Nofziger says that he is definitely interested in the job, and that while he may lack the technical expertise of former General Manage...
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Postmarks Run, Max, Run Dear Mr. Black: I would like to respond to your editorial calling for Max Nofziger to withdraw from the mayor race, for fear of him "splitting the progressive/environmental/liberal vote with Kirk Watson." You call Max's differ...
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions from Roseana Auten, Alex de Marban, Nelson England and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: OutYouth Austin director Lisa Rogers is leaving her post to follow her own youthful dreams of becoming a full-time...
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Circle the Firing Squads Slaughterhouse Three by Daryl Slusher It's not a pleasant thing to think about, but there's an Austin City Council election less than a year from now. Scheduled for May 4, 1996, it will be a rugged race for incumbents. Taxes ar...
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Postmarks Touching Down Dear Jon Garrett@ Chronicle , Your piece in Dec.26th issue ["Small Texas Tolerance," Vol.17, No.17] was very poignant and touching because it was authentic and straight from the heart. It does more for human relations and da...
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Bum Deal for the Homeless The Grapes of Bruce by Alex de Marban Things picked up in 1996 right where they left off, with the city council passing an ordinance that seems destined for lengthy and costly court challenges. In addition to those flaws, crit...
58.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Media Clips [Score: 2]
Daryl and His Other Brother Daryl Altered States by Lee Nichols illustration by Doug Potter Just because we're spending a lot of money doesn't mean it's a boondoggle." Words like that from the mouth of a councilmember could easily have e...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Clothes, Water Quality, and Entertainment No matter what legacy Eric Mitchell leaves after his political junket ends, Austin will never forget his contributions to the ailing state of fashion in local politics. Why, eve...
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Naked City Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions by Andrea Barnett, Louisa C. Brinsmade, Robert Bryce, Alex de Marban and Amy Smith. MAX OUT: On Tuesday morning, October 10, longtime Austin City Councilmember Max Nofziger announced what many already...
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Thousands and Thousands of Dollars Freeport Wins Small by Daryl Slusher "They left off some zeroes." That was the reaction of FM Properties attorney Roy Minton immediately after the Wednesday verdict in the company's federal lawsuit against the City of...
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The Return of Brigid Shea The Wrench Is Back by Alex de Marban With numerous proposals shelved until a later council meeting, Brigid Shea's return from a six-week maternity leave provided most of last Thursday's drama. Having lost none of her potency t...
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Planning, Planning, and More Planning A Day of Closure by Alex de Marban With the final pre- sentation of two major citizens' reports and the passage of the highly controversial minority subcontracting ordinance, it was a day of resolution at the counc...
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Max and Brigid Did It Their Way The Final Curtain by Alex de Marban There's a mood that's unique to council meetings -- a kaleidoscope of moods really -- spun by surges of hope and failure, of regret and relief, and propelled by sundry other passions t...
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Election '97 Coverage The Smell of Palmer on E-Day by Audrey Duff Fiddling While Austin Burns: Nofziger's campaign manager Linda Curtis illustrates the role of big money in the mayoral election. photograph by Alan Pogue The most relaxed p...
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Fulani Follower Stokes Fires of Resentment and Reform Inside Agitator by Audrey Duff Twice a month Linda Curtis meets with local Reform Party members at a local restaurant to plot the bust-up of the two-party system. photograph by John Anderso...
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Council Watch Déja` Vu All Over Again by Alex de Marban The mayor thinks he's on a roll. Two weeks ago he pulled off what many say is the most monumental deal in city history, the privatization of Brackenridge Hospital. Then five days later, Bruce Tod...
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Naked City Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week from Roseana Auten, Louisa C. Brinsmade, Robert Bryce, and Amy Smith. Off the Desk That was some profile of former Austin attorney Gabrielle Kirk McDonald on the front page of the Statesm...
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East Austin Redevelopment Money Approved The ARA Steps Up by Alex de Marban Councilmember Brigid Shea coined it the "week from hell." Ninety-nine items and millions of dollars on the agenda. Phones to answer, meetings to attend, aspirin to pop. A whirl...
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The Gyre of Hack-centrism Popcult Disconnect by Chris Walters The Austin American- Statesman made an interesting stab at a conceptual unity last week in XL ent. , the faux alternative weekly it launched a couple of years ago to compete with the Chroni...
71.The Austin Chronicle Politics: The Life and Times of Gus Garcia [Score: 2]
City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service...
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Ronney Reynolds and the LCRA Manchurian Candidate by Alex de Marban The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) ought to give Ronney Reynolds a good service award. The LCRA's utility empire is already spreading through Central Texas like juniper, and whe...
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BUTTING HEADS Eric Fortmeyer of the Nofziger campaign and Watson's man Alfred Stanley in a heated exchange photograph by Alan Pogue It was 9:10am on the steps of City Hall, and the Chronicle photo shoot of the consultants was not going well....
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The Numbers Crunch by Mike Clark-Madison "Only expect what happens. Then you...
75.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Naked City [Score: 2]
Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Erica C. Barnett, Robert Bryce, and Kevin Fullerton. Off the Desk: After knocking around for a couple of years with odd jobs and pass-the-hat singing gigs, Max Nofziger is now gainfu...
76.The Austin Chronicle Columns: Page Two [Score: 2]
The mayoral race is on, with and without some usual suspects....
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The Rosewood Entertainment Center Your Tax Dollars at Play by Alex de Marban Coming soon to an East Austin neighborhood near you! The Central City Entertainment Center, featuring two movie cinemas, 16 bowling lanes, a roller- skating rink, food court, a...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Blaming the Victim The narcotic effects of some councilmeetings are well known, but it's unlikely they could zonk out the entire city clerk's office for seven straight days. No, the actual reason today's program looks r...
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The Return of Tax Giveaways Let Them Eat Cake by Alex de Marban It's back. Fresh from a two-year hiatus, that oft-disputed fiscal tool called tax abatement is once again part of Austin's economic development showcase. The latest participants in a growi...
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Walking the Ethical Tightrope Council Watch by Alex de Marban Ex-Neighborhood Housing Direc-tor and current developer Gene Watkins is roaming the corridors of City Hall more and more these days, and raising ethical questions since he's not registered...
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Austin's Chambermaid by Alex de Marban The mayor is victorious. A week after a presentation by Mayor Bruce Todd before the Chamber of Commerce members urging them to support a governor's veto of (House Bill 3193) which would excise Chamber member Gary...
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Naked City Edited by Andrea Barnett, with contributions this week by Andrea Barnett and Nelson England. EMPTY BUSES VS. EMPTY CARS: Capital Metro's Board of Directors voted Monday to increase the transit authority's sales tax share from 3 /4cents to 1cen...
83.The Austin Chronicle Features: Bygone Buildings [Score: 2]
Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney ex...
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Mitchell's Very Exclusive Board The ARA Clubhouse by Audrey Duff Despite winning the battle last month to force the board of the Austin Revitalization Authority (ARA) to add representatives from the Eastside neighborhoods affected by the proposed redev...
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We're Gonna Party Like It's 1997... The EUD's Last Good Years by Louisa C. Brinsmade If you watched last Thursday's council meeting, you might think Austin was just a quiet little Texas town, its city council concerned with pedestrian topics such as li...
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Edited by Louisa C. Brinsmade with contributions this week by Robert Bryce, Alex de Marban, and Amy Smith. Off the Desk Saturday, June 1 is runoff election day. Don't forget to cast your vote in the Austin City Council runoffs for either Jeff Hart or Da...
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Todd to Slusher: "Walk this Way" Thinking about applying to become the city's new pedestrian coordinator? Don't bother. Mayor Bruce Todd is expected to repeal the measure the first meeting after the new council takes the helm on June 15. Todd's got votes...
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The Council Discharged Power Outage by Alex de Marban It shouldn't have been called a work session, because work is hardly a fitting description for what happened last Wednesday. For many, it was a parable for why the council shouldn't manage the city'...
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Gus Takes Affirmative Action by Mike Clark-Madison A bridge-builder and media darling with surprisingly strong support across a range of normally competing interests. A crusader against city council activism with deep backing from those interests long...
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False Accusations Editor: I am writing in response to Mr. Strawn's letter to the editor (Vol. 16, No. 28). The letter falsely accuses both the management of Barton Springs and the City of Austin Aquatics Department of wrongdoing at Barton Springs Pool an...
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Austin City Council Election Endorsements by the Editorial Board This week we offer our endorsements in the mayoral and city council races. There's a chance here to make some big changes to the council's makeup -- some good, in terms of providing a sm...
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Louisa C. Brinsmade and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: Mike Workman, campaign lackey for unsuccessful mayoral candidate Max Nofziger, showed up at last Thursday's council meeting armed...
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Page Two by Louis Black The morning of the last election, I was radio channel-flipping when I came upon Linda Curtis and Max Nofziger on the Sammy Allred and Bob Cole show on KVET-FM. They were talking as representatives of the group supporting the c...
94.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Cinema West [Score: 2]
Vice Squad Boys Have an Offer You Can't Refuse The Sting by Bryan Mealer Real estate developer Henry Benedict, shown here with son, Brian, wants to buy the Cinema West theatre with help from the city. photograph by John Anderson It's amaz...
95.The Austin Chronicle Politics: News Top 10s [Score: 2]
HOME : VOL.22 NO.18 : NEWS : NEWS TOP 10S News Top 10s January 3, 2003: Mad Max photo by John Anderson Top 10 Ex-Members of the Future Council Club Of course, there are lots of people who will never serve in City Hall,...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Freeport's Back Freeport-McMoRan and the city are wheeling and dealing again. This time the stakes are smaller, but this current deal, scheduled for a vote next Thursday, is again arousing skepticism and alarm. Concern...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Fringe Benefits The regular council salary of $30,000 a year and a full-time job on the side apparently isn't nearly enough for some councilmembers. According to city records, a firm partially owned by Eric Mitchell is...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Bum Deal for the Mayor The homeless - a bona fide political force? It seemed so last Thursday, as homeless people and their advocates overloaded the council meeting's timetable with 108 speakers, winning a three-week re...
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Council Watch Have Connections, Will Pay by Alex de Marban This will be Councilmember Max Nofziger's last term if the speculation of some local soothsayers bears out, a prospect that forces the question, "Just what would he do for a living?" The forme...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Like Water for Councilmembers "You just let Freeport-McMoRan in your back door," lamented a disheartened speaker to the Austin City Council last Thursday, shortly after five councilmembers trampled colleagues Brigid Shea...

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Austin City Council, AISD Trustees, and ACC Board Election Endorsements by the Editorial Board Austin City Council This week's cover story is on two departing Austin City Councilmembers. Although Brigid Shea and Max Nofziger agree on many issues, it pr...
102.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Light Rail [Score: 2]
Light Rail BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON November 24, 2000: The failed light rail referendum is one race on the ballot where "what happened?" is a question that deserves to be answered. On the chart, it looks like the same old stor...
103.The Austin Chronicle Features: Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud [Score: 2]
September 1982-August 1988...
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Council Watch Heal Thyself by Alex de Marban A number of humble items occupied last Thursday's agenda, killing much of the council's usual tendency for the spotlight and a snappy tempo. Mayor Bruce Todd offered a laborious expanse of advice on Brigid S...
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Secret Settlements in STNP case In the Council We Trust... by Alex de Marban It kind of makes you wonder. Yes, we elected them. Yes, that indicates a certain amount of trust -- but trusting our public officials is only possible if they follow the laws th...
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Contribution & Expenditure Reports: July-December, '95 The Gift of Giving by Alex de Marban Christmas cards were all over the walls and on councilmembers' desks, stamped with the signature of consulting firms or engineering companies. There were boxes...
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Quiet Please... The Mayor's Gift of Gag by Alex de Marban Despite the icy road- ways, the city council refused to cancel last Thursday's meeting. The turnout was minimal, but with the humbling weather and small gathering, a general sense of togethernes...
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Don't Let the Tent Flap Hit You on Your Way Out... This Ain't No KOA by Audrey Duff Michael Urubek says the city council is dreaming if it thinks the new encampment ordinance will succeed in solving the homeless problem. His view may not sound radical...
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Bruce Todd Retreats Temporary Coup by Alex de Marban Things started off wild and ended the same way in the most raucous display of democracy since last year's Freeport vote. Just minutes after the opening invocation, 40 advocates of the disabled hijack...
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Warehouse District Renovation or Elimination? The Art of Economics by Cory Walton You can find a city's soul simply by strolling its central business district -- the place where the city was born. Here, among the aged, often seedy sections of town you...
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And It's Todd By a Nose... The Race for Power by Louisa C. Brinsmade and Audrey Duff It was 11:35 pm, all the crowds had departed, only a few reporters were still awake and hanging in, and even the council regulars had given up on a brave new world for...
112.Politics: "Who's On First?" [Score: 2]
illustration by Doug Potter It's Not the Utility's Bond Counselor Who's On First? by Alex de Marban Bruce Todd was having a bad day. He had a headache of mayoral proportions and besides that, his pipe dreams to sell the Electric Utility Department...
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The Also-Runnings Why would anyone put themselves through the rugged paces of the campaign trail if they didn't stand a chance of winning? A look at the three other candidates running for Place One -- "Crazy" Carl Hickerson, Eric Silvernale, and Joe Gon...
114.Politics: "Mr. Personality" [Score: 2]
Profiles of Place 1 Candidates Mr. Personality by Audrey Duff; illustrations by Doug Potter The six candidates running for Place 1 on Austin's City Council agree about a lot of things -- holding onto the city-owned electric utility for now, spending...
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Shea & Mitchell Throw Down Backroom Brawl by Alex de Marban How fitting, and with what timeliness did Mayor Bruce Todd quip that he would create "a council coordinator." With last week's meeting still in the early stages of the consent agenda, and the...
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Eric Mitchell Announces Re-election Bid Teflon Mitchell by Alex de Marban In his two years as a councilmember, Eric Mitchell has broken enough laws for an Oliver Stone epic, but his popularity is at an all-time high. Which explains this bombastic revel...
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Naked City Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Nelson England and Alex de Marban Off the Desk Here's a chance to foster sensible development: The Community Vision Project -- a partnership of the City of Austin, Capitol Metro, and UT'...
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Mike Clark-Madison and G. Alisha Davis. Off the Desk: Northeast Austin retiree Willie Lewis was spotted at City Hall late last month picking up paperwork he says he inte...
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photograph by Jana Birchum Are the Music Network's "Friends" Wielding the Knife? Killing the AMN Softly by Michael Bertin They were two seemingly unrelated events. First, the Review Team for the Austin Music Network (AMN) delivered its report t...
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Roseana Auten, Robert Bryce, Nelson England, and Kayte Van Scoy. Off the Desk: How does the name Seton of Circle C grab you? Like a crab? The healthcare network had its telephone poll...
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: Hospice Austin wants to buy the beloved Christopher House, the recently closed healthcare site for people with AIDS. If Hospice Austin c...
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Page Two by Louis Black The Chronicle editorial board is in the process of endorsement interviews. The board consists of publisher Nick Barbaro, politics editor Audrey Duff, assistant politics editor Amy Smith, and myself, though other staff regula...
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Esther's Gene Pool During its 20-year history, Esther's Follies has had four homes: the original Pool, 515 E. Sixth, which was destroyed by a fire on October 12, 1983; The Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, a former movie theatre and playhouse which was being renovate...
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Austin City Council Election Endorsements by the Editorial Board This week, in addition to our mayoral and city council endorsements, we also offer our endorsements on the city bond issues. While there's been little opposition surrounding them, afte...
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Mayor's Race Contribution & Expenditure Reports Ronney Reynolds Total Contributions : $275,298 Total Expenditures : $117,465 Figures from January 1 -- March 24 : Total Contributions : $124,104 Total Expenditures : $95,898 Contributions from PACs :...
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Election '97 Coverage Mayor: What, Me Negative? by Alex de Marban and Audrey Duff Ronney Reynolds was itching to fight on election night, but changed his mind two days later and dropped out. photograph by Alan Pogue It was shortly after 1...
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Termagant Homosexuals... Editor: It should come as no surprise that real Christians among others, aren't buying the yellow pro-homosexual lunacy that Bob Elder challenged my gag reflex with. It's homosexuals that have the problem, not their Christian cr...
128.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Light Rail [Score: 2]
Light Rail BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON November 24, 2000: The failed light rail referendum is one race on the ballot where "what happened?" is a question that deserves to be answered. On the chart, it looks like the same old sto...
129.Best of Austin '92 [Score: 2]
Politics Most Persistent and Effective Group Against Nearly Impossible Odds PODER AND EAST In January these two groups (People Organized In Defense of Earth and Its Resources and the East Austin Strategy Team) broke the news that hundreds of residents...
130.Best of Austin '94 [Score: 2]
Readers' Poll: Politics Best City Dept. tie: Parks & Recreation Dept., Austin Police Dept. Of course you adore those folks responsible for acre upon acre of play space. As for those in uniform, well, think about what that means as a compliment. Best Cou...
131.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Garcia Says 'No Mas' [Score: 2]
HOME : VOL.22 NO.16 : NEWS : GARCIA SAYS 'NO MAS' Garcia Says 'No Mas' BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON December 20, 2002: Bringing an end to months of speculation, Austin Mayor Gus Garcia announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election...
132.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Love Children [Score: 2]
Political commentary on the minor candidates for mayor...
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Light rail is a gamble, but an important gamble....
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Naked City Edited by Louisa C. Brinsmade, with contributions this week by Roseana Auten, Nelson England, and Alex de Marban. REP. SUSAN COMBS RESIGNING EARLY? A story in the Oak Hill Gazette on July 6 reported that Republican State Representative Susan...
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Council Watch High Chairs, Water Systems, and Jails by Alex De Marban What do Judge Lance Ito and Eric Mitchell have in common? Their swivel chairs. Reacting to the council's decision three weeks ago to reseat Mitchell in the "traditional black chair...
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Transportation Budget at The Crossroads To the Public Works and Transportation Department (PWTD), the issue is simple. "Our Visa card's at its limit, and even though our lawn mower, oven, and fridge are broken down, we don't have the cash to pay for the...
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Baseball Boosters Seek Swing Vote Larson SAFE at Home by Daryl Slusher Get this. Bud Adams, owner of the Houston Oilers, is tired of the Astrodome and wants the city of Houston to subsidize a new $235 million dome downtown. Adams complains that the old...
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1995-96 City Budget: The Electric Utility Holding the Line by Alex de Marban Above the din created by the mayor et al. 's ceaseless clamor to sell the city's electric utility is the sound of money being counted. Not necessarily by the lobbyists of the pr...
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Austin Music Network Schedule Austin CableVision Channel 15 THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 10pm Tex Mix #63: Spanish Mix 10:30 Little Sister, M. Earth Fest #1 11pm The People's Picks #70 11:30 EPKs: R. Henson, V. Morrison MID Alvin Crow, AAMF 12:30 Hamell On Tria...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Live From Council Chambers... If the councilmembers were locked into a cell for three straight days, would long-standing divisions yield to a newfound cooperation to escape, or deteriorate into name-calling, fisticuffs...
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Environs Agreeing on Air by Robert Bryce It's hard to find issues on which environmentalists and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce can agree. But when it comes to air quality, development interests and environmentalists both say Austin needs to imp...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Here and There Last week, Councilmember Jackie Goodman did something she's never done before - voted in opposition to a valid neighborhood petition. Goodman joined the other six councilmembers in a unanimous vote to t...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Only in Concept There was no council meeting last week. That would seem to make it an excellent time to consider the issue of Ethics. As titles go, perhaps none is more inappropiate than that of the Ethics Review Commi...
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Corner to Corner: One Year Old Baby's First Birthday by Mike Clark-Madison It's baby's first birthday - "Corner to Corner" first appeared a year ago this week - and I feel in a valedictory mood. Not to celebrate the existence of this column, but rath...
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Page 2 by Louis Black I've stopped at Wheatsville to pick up some orange juice and bottled water, grabbing the latest Music City Texas on the way out. I've been in and out of town over the last few weeks, and am still feeling as though everything is pass...
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Page Two by Louis Black Driving to work, stopping by my son's kindergarten, running a quick errand, getting here in the crispness of the morning, I'm reminded again how sweet the city is, watching it starting up in the morning. More of a city now and le...
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Naked City Edited by Louisa C. Brinsmade, with contributions this week by Andrea Barnett, Nelson England, and Chris Walters. MUD, LIES AND IBUPROFEN: A sore southpaw wasn't the only thing giving Mayor Bruce Todd twinges last week. At last Thursday's c...
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<Sidebar.head>Affirming the Positive <Byline>by Alex de Marban <Sidebar.body> At Wednesday's work session, Police Chief Elizabeth Watson presented a report on the department's affirmative action policies, with a list of goals for not only increasing th...
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Naked City Edited by Andrea Barnett, with contributions this week by Roseana Auten and Dave Cook. GETTING FIRED UP: The Phoenix Firebirds P.R. blitz began in earnest with a press hoe-down June 1 at the Pleasant Valley Sportsplex, and everything - from...
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Council Watch by Alex de Marban Today is expected to be Eric Mitchell's biggest day as an officeholder yet. The newest and most volatile councilmember, who has publicly called some environmentalists "assholes" and who regularly accuses his colleagues o...
151.Council Watch: Austin City Council News [Score: 2]

The most in-depth coverage you'll find on Austin City Council meetings and city hall politicking....

152.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]

Critics Picks: Media [ Arts & Entertainment | Architecture & Lodging | Food & Drink | High-Tech | Kids | Media | Outdoors & Recreation | Politics | Services | Shopping ] Readers Poll | Critics' Picks Winners sorted alphabetically Best Clear Vo...

153.Austin Chronicle: Music: Mark Pratz [Score: 2]

Mark Pratz's Oral History of Liberty Lunch This Old House by Raoul Hernandez One of the main tenets of the interviewing process is that oftimes the best quotes occur when the tape recorder is switched off. This isn't so much the case with Mark Prat...

154.Austin Chronicle: Naked City: Austin Politics [Score: 2]

The latest politics news in and around Austin, Texas....

155.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Take Five [Score: 2]

In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word...

156.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Tracking the Money [Score: 2]

Tracking the Money BY ROBERT BRYCE October 13, 2000: The light rail juggernaut continues to rumble down the tracks. The latest contributor and expense filings by the pro- and anti-light rail camps show that with three and a half week...

157.The Austin Chronicle Politics: The Facts So Far [Score: 2]

The Facts So Far BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON October 13, 2000: What are we voting on? You're giving permission (politically, if not literally) for Capital Metro to commence with building a 52-mile light rail system, which will, according...

158.The Austin Chronicle Features: Chapter 4: The Nineties! [Score: 2]

March 1991 -- December 2000...

159.The Austin Chronicle Features: South Austin Secede! [Score: 2]

Our second installment in a series about South Austin explores the roots of "Bubba" and the rivalry...

160.Best of Austin 1999: Best in Peace [Score: 2]

Best in Peace If you want a quick peek into the future, take a spin down to Guadalupe Street where West Second crosses it, and look west at the old Liberty Lunch (1994, Best Mural) site. On the east wall where the sign was taken down is a faded old logo...

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More Sequels Than a Spielberg Movie As the Mitchell Turns by Alex de Marban The Austin City Council took Thursday off last week, leaving us time to report on a few items gathered while the city information police were napping. It seems that both Counci...

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Naked City Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Roseana Auten, Nelson England and Chris Walters OFF THE DESK: Becky Motal, a financial planner for the Lower Colorado River Authority , announced her bid for Jackie Goodman's Place 3 sea...

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Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Nelson England and Amy Smith Off the Desk By posing as a concerned private citizen, agile radio journalist Jim Ellinger was among the first to break UT Chancellor William Cunningham's deafening sile...

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Page Two by Louis Black This is the last Austin Chronicle of 1995. The Chronicle does not publish again until 1996. Then, for one of the rare times in our history, we will actually come out on Friday rather than Thursday; the first issue of 1996 appears...

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Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Roseana Auten, Alex de Marban, and Geoff Mulvihill Off the Desk: Black churches have burned throughout the South; redistricting to give blacks a voting majority was struck down by the U.S. Supreme C...

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Slusher Watch In Good With the Boys by Alex de Marban Daryl Slusher's a hit. In Week One, the rookie delivered on his campaign promise for hard-line scrutiny of city affairs, sans plunging into conflict. Here an occasional joke, there compliments to de...

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Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Louisa C. Brinsmade, Robert Bryce, and Mike Clark-Madison. Off the Desk: "Sore losing." That's what City Councilmember Daryl Slusher calls the round of depositions recently undertaken by the law par...

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Losers, Weepers... Finders,Keepers by Alex de Marban There's a hairline fracture in the liberal camp. The issue is Councilmember Jackie Goodman's performance as chair of the city Housing Subcommittee, a board that recommends housing and neighborhood pr...

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Edited by Louisa C. Brinsmade, with contributions this week by Robert Bryce, Nelson England, Mike Clark-Madison, and Kayte VanScoy. Edwards Aquifer: No Limits Yet The Sierra Club's request for a temporary restraining order against several Central Texas...

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Edited by Audrey Duff, with contributions this week by Louisa C. Brinsmade, Alex de Marban, and Amy Smith Off the Desk: The fallout continues from last month's shake-up in the city's bureaucracy, with the resignation Tuesday of Austan Librach from his p...

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Homestyle Eats in a Post-Virginia's World Southern Comfort by Virginia B. Wood...

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Freeport's Linehan Gets the Screw The Wrench and the ACC by Alex de Marban With the mayor away in Washington, D.C. and Gus Garcia commanding the center of the dais, an altogether unique atmosphere prevailed at last week's councilmeeting, one nearly ste...

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City Council Place 1 Contenders Battle for the Middle The Soft Center by Audrey Duff Talk about being fed to the lions. During a packed city council candidates forum last month held by the Austin Board of Realtors, the moderator randomly drew a slip of p...

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Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge Over a Troubled Bridge by Nelson England...

175.Politics: "Running On Rhetoric" [Score: 2]

Austin City Council Place 3 Candidates: Jackie Goodman, Becky Motal, and Tom Vawter Austin City Council Place 3 Race Running On Rhetoric by Mike Clark-Madison; photographs by Alan Pogue Whenever I go to a forum, I'm in a room with 15 candidates a...

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Aqua Fest Gets Life Preserver Saved by the Deal by Chris Walters Depending on who you talk to, Aqua Fest is either a venerable charity event comprising three August weekends of musical and nautical fun for the whole family, or it's a big pain in the ne...

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Edited by Louisa C. Brinsmade, with contributions this week by Robert Bryce, Mike Clark-Madison, Alex de Marban, and Chris Walters. Off the Desk: You've probably heard the news by now -- and is that hangover from celebrating or drowning your sorrows? Au...

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The casual reader of this column might expect a post-election reflection, especially as I inadvertently became a minor issue in its closing hours because of my pre-election editorial. A regular reader would probably know better. The next few weeks will b...

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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week by Teresa Simpson and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: Hemp, hemp, hooray! That could be the victory cry of the Texas Hemp Campaign (THC) if the group succeeds in getting its Compassionate Can...

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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Alex de Marban, and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: Say howdy to the 75th session of the Texas Legislature. State lawmakers opened their biannual run Tuesday with a meaty...

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Postmarks Extremists Not Righteous Dear Editor, As one of the individuals named in Dan Quinn's article "Back to the Baths?" [Vol. 16, No. 21] I was disturbed to have my attempt to establish a working relationship between ALLGO/Informe SIDA and ACI mi...

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Censorship 101 Dear Editor: Regarding your cover story claiming censorship by the Austin Museum of Art ["Why a Duck?" Vol. 16, No. 22], one would think that your publication would have a clearer understanding of what is and is not censorship. With the A...

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Homeless Hearing Stinks Up Council Chambers Class War by Kayte VanScoy illustration by Doug Potter Rubbing shoulders in council chambers last week were the makings of a class war. Crisply dressed businesspeople sporting newly printed "Keep...

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Postmarks Latino Leadership Dear Austin Chronicle Editor: I entered the race for Place 5 with three goals: to bring together a community at odds with itself, to bring more opportunities to all of Austin, and to preserve representation of Austin's Lat...

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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Audrey Duff and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: At a time when beating up on Capital Metro is popular sport, Rep. Glen Maxey has risen to defend the P.R.-hobbled mass tran...

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Mitchell Allegedly Threatens to Kick Some Ass Bad to the Bone? by Alex de Marban illustration by Doug Potter Psychoanalysts take note: There's a worsening trend in Eric Mitchell's behavior. In 1995, profanity peppered his public statements; he e...

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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Alex de Marban, Kevin Higgins, Lee Simmons, and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: What's a citywide election without a few high-dollar propositions on the May 3 ballot? Th...

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SPAMARAMA&trade; Lowdown When: Saturday, April 5, noon until dark Where: Auditorium Shores Charitable Beneficiary: United Cerebral Palsy Events: SPAM&trade; Cookoff, Amateur and Professional Divisions; SPAM&trade; Olympics, live music Entry Informat...

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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Alex de Marban, Lee Simmons, and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: Vote now and save yourself a headache. There's still time -- early voting ends April 29. Check out the Chronic...

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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? Just as the Live Music Capital of the World is often an enemy of live music, and the leaders of the Silicon Hills have been typically clueless about using technology, Austin's reputation as an EnviroMecca is routinely undercut by it...

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Page Two by the editorial board There's an election coming up on November 4, and many voters have barely heard any mention of it. That's probably because it's a ballot -- well, two ballots if you live in the City of Austin -- filled with bonds and p...

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Mayor's Race Endorsements Kirk Watson The Austin Chronicle Austin American-Statesman Austin Police Association Austin Professional Fire Fighters Association Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas Austin Women's Political Caucus Save Our S...

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Page Two by Louis Black Our current cover is making me kind of queasy. Understandably, Ann Richards is still a hero to many people in this state, an inspirational figure. Those people will insist that the cover and Robert Bryce's story (see "Politic...

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Palmer Pandemonium by Alex De Marban Candidates' volunteers enter the gate in procession, cheering like mad, pumping their candidate's signs, and circle the auditorium in a festive pomp reminiscent of the Olympic opening ceremonies. But the party is...

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TV News: Killing Bambi Gets the Spotlight What Elections? by Lee Nichols Fox-7's (KTBC) election night team (l-r): Former mayor Jeff Friedman, anchors Stephanie Rochon and Dick Ellis, and KVET commentator John Doggett photograph by Alan Pogue...

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City to Lease Downtown Lots to Residential Developers Downtown Bound by Mike Clark-Madison The warehouse at lower right is on one of the city lots slated for residential development. photograph by Jana Birchum You folks out in the MUD Belt...

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Tornado Coverage Courageous, Runoffs Ignored Doing the Twister by Lee Nichols It goes without saying that the top story of the past couple of weeks was the tornadoes that ravaged Jarrell and Cedar Park, and local news outlets deserve applause for t...

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Top Tens of 1997 The Year in Politics by Audrey Duff and Amy Smith illustration by Doug Potter What a difference a year makes... Twelve months ago it looked as if we'd never get anything done due to the constant backbiting between the...

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Postscripts by Claiborne Smith Looking at Clarke UT art history professor John Clarke has a friend, an artist, who says of his own artwork that "What I'm trying to do is make this art seem strange to you." That's exactly what Clarke attempts in hi...

200.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]

Readers' Poll Winners sorted alphabetically Critics Picks Other Peoples Stuff by Jay Hardwig Juxtapose This ... by Ken Lieck Readers Poll Results Arts & Entertainment Annual Party: Eeyore's Birthday Art Gallery: Austin Museum of Art at Laguna G...

201.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Naked City [Score: 2]
Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Robert Bryce, Kevin Fullerton, and Kayte VanScoy . Off the Desk: Michelle Kay , one of the local daily's most experienced political reporters, has jumped ship. Kay will soon be direc...
202.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Corner to Corner [Score: 2]
Dawson's Can-Do Spirit Emerges in Pilot Project Diamond in the Rough by Mike Clark-Madison "I was surprised by how in sync the residents and businesses actually were," says Dawson NA President Cynthia Medlin. "I got the impression that our bus...
203.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]
Readers' Poll Winners sorted alphabetically Critics Picks Other Peoples Stuff by Jay Hardwig Juxtapose This ... by Ken Lieck Readers Poll Results Arts & Entertainment Annual Party: Eeyore's Birthday Art Gallery: Austin Museum of Art at Laguna G...
204.Best of Austin 1998 [Score: 2]
Critics Picks: Media [ Arts & Entertainment | Architecture & Lodging | Food & Drink | High-Tech | Kids | Media | Outdoors & Recreation | Politics | Services | Shopping ] Readers Poll | Critics' Picks Winners sorted alphabetically Best Clear Vo...
205.BOA Top 20: Total Awards 1990-99 [Score: 2]
BOA Top 20: Total Awards 1990-99 1. Zilker Park & Gardens (57) 10 Critics, 47 Readers 2. The University of Texas (44) 30 Critics, 14 Readers 3. Austin American-Statesman (43) 31 Critics, 12 Readers 4. KUT 90.5FM (35) 10 Critics, 25 Readers 5. Barton Spr...
206.Politics [Score: 2]
Politics Save Our Springs Alliance (15) Max Nofziger (14) Ann Richards (9) Daryl Slusher (9) Glen Maxey (8) Kirk Watson (8) Curbside Recycling (7) Crazy Carl Hickerson-Bull (6) Austin Police Dept. (5) Lena Guerrero (5) Austin Fire Dept. (5) 10 Y...
207.Best of Austin '96: Readers Poll: Politics [Score: 2]
Readers Poll: Politics Best City Department: TIE: Austin Parks & Recreation Department, Austin Fire Dept. Best Councilmember: Max Nofziger Best Community Program: Austin Recycles Best Effort to Control Pollution: S.O.S. Best Lobbyist/Consultant: R...
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Most Persistent and Effective Group Against Nearly Impossible Odds PODER AND EAST Best Singer for the Cause BILL OLIVER Best Legislator GLEN MAXEY Best Prosecutor KEN ODEN, TRAVIS COUNTY ATTORNEY Best Government Employees THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE...
209.The Austin Chronicle Politics: Naked City [Score: 2]
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Naked City Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week by Christopher Gray and Kayte VanScoy. Off the Desk: At last, City Councilmember Gus Garcia has added some much-needed grist for the mill in what had otherwise been a ho-hum Place 2 race...
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Postmarks Bergstorm Dear Mike, Regarding "Billy Clayton's Flying Circus" (Vol. 16, No. 20), it is naïve to demonize Austin general aviation pilots as fat cats and jet-setters. Less than half of us are aircraft owners; many rent or instruct or barter fo...