It’s not just schoolkids who get summer breaks – City Council gets them too. Our local representatives sprinted through a 100-plus-item agenda last week and are now off until mid-July, when they can begin wringing their hands over next year’s budget. Here... See more
Council Member Ryan Alter made a plea last March that sounded like something from a Frank Capra movie. With the city’s Cap and Stitch plan at risk of being downsized, Alter beseeched his colleagues to think about Austin’s future. “This is not about what h... See more
Austin’s City Council approved an agreement last week to create a massive mixed-use development of more than 2,600 acres – over twice the size of Austin’s Downtown – just east of the city limits. The development will be built on a piece of land sitting be... See more
This past February, Kathleen Harrington, an Austinite living on Ramsey Avenue near 49th and Burnet, wrote to Scott Boone of the Zoning and Platting Commission to try to stop a luxury apartment complex from being built across the street from her home, on t... See more
Hyde Park, with its orderly layout, Old Austin grace, and nearness to the University of Texas campus, is a very Kathie Tovo kind of place. Tovo’s campaign signs stand at the edges of lawns throughout the neighborhood. I followed the candidate on a recent ... See more
