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Then There's This: Power Play: Debate continues over governance of Austin Energy
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 month ago
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Laura Morrison Photo by John Anderson So, remind me again why we need to rearrange the deck chairs at Austin Energy ? Judging from last week's City Council hearing and deliberations from the dais, there was no factual evidence pointing to a crisis at
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Council: Raise Your Hand If You're Running for Mayor
Austin :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago
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For at least three members of the Austin City Council Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole , Council Member Mike Martinez , and CM Laura Morrison that season has now apparently changed to Go. That likely means nearly two years of politically tinged maneuvering
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Then There's This: The Irony of Conservation
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
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Austin Water Utility Director Greg Meszaros dreams of a day when he can address the City Council without the inconvenient truth of Water Treatment Plant No...He may have hoped for such a day at Council's last meeting of the year Dec...But Council
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WTP4: What's $15 Million Among Friends?
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
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Mayor Lee Leffingwell, speaking at the WTP4 site in 2011, defended the project's $15 million overrun...Along the way, it picked up multiple levels of opposition from environmentalists, from fiscal conservatives, from neighborhood groups, from anti-
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Then There's This: Water for Sale
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
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An August 2011 council briefing at the WTP4 work site Photo by John Anderson If you're among the "small but vocal minority" of people who questioned the wisdom of building Water Treatment Plant No...City Council how the albatross known as WTP4 is
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Report: APD Understaffed
Austin :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
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So busy, in fact, that its patrol officers who now number 559 spend the majority of their time running from call to call. That makes it difficult, at best, for officers to engage with the community or in problem-oriented policing strategies. In order
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It's Your City Council!: Place 5: Battle Royal
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Bill Spelman Incumbent Bill Spelman was unopposed in his 2009 election (he served an earlier term from 1997 to 2000), and he jokes that karma is now biting back. This race features no fewer than six challengers which may have less to do with Spelman'
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City Campaign: Voters Wanted
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Candidates will be coming to your door hangers, mailboxes, and robo-calls soon. Indeed, matters began in earnest last week, with the first few endorsement forums organized by political organizations, interest groups, Democratic clubs, neighborhood
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Council Ballot Set
Dublin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Photo by John Anderson The ballot is officially finalized for the May 12 municipal election that's the one that's actually happening when originally scheduled and the early news is Place 5 is very popular. The field for the mayoral and City Council
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City Hall Hustle: Last-Minute Shopping: Council agenda has stocking stuffers and gob-stoppers
Essen :: Germany | over 1 year ago
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City Council is in a year-end hurry of its own. Last week brought resolution to the Down town Austin Plan , notably with Central Urban Redevelopment zoning evicted once and for all. An amendment by Council Member Bill Spelman allowing community
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