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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...
The latest politics news in and around Austin, Texas....
In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word...
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...
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...
March 1991 -- December 2000...
Our second installment in a series about South Austin
explores the roots of "Bubba" and the rivalry...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Homestyle Eats in a Post-Virginia's World Southern Comfort
by Virginia B. Wood...
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...
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...
Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge Over a
Troubled Bridge by Nelson England...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SPAMARAMA™ Lowdown When: Saturday, April 5, noon
until dark Where: Auditorium Shores Charitable Beneficiary: United Cerebral
Palsy Events: SPAM™ Cookoff, Amateur and Professional Divisions;
SPAM™ Olympics, live music Entry Informat...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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