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Jackie Goodman – A Life In and For Austin
Jackie Goodman wielded her power on the Austin City Council quietly and responsibly— and she used it to benefit Austin.
Council Reaches Decision on Acacia Cliffs, As Residents Make Last Stand
The Austin City Council had another crowded zoning agenda on June 5. Numerous residents of East Austin turned out to express reservations about proposed DB90s (Density Bonus, 90 feet in height) at the northeast corner of Oak Springs and Airport and another at 2967...
Watson’s Quiet Cajoling
To begin let’s return briefly to the City Council meeting on May 22 of this year. The Acacia Cliffs item is about to be heard. That’s the case in which the owner of a naturally occurring affordable apartment complex in northwest Austin is proposing to tear down the...
Attention Democrats: MAGA Did Not Make This Up
Let’s begin by following up on our last story about the Acacia Cliffs apartment complex. That’s where a new City Council-devised development incentive called DB90, supposedly designed to create new affordable housing, instead turned into an incentive for the owner of...
Neighbors Seek to Avoid Destruction of NW Austin Apartment Complex – After Council Removes a Key Tenant Protection
The Acacia Cliffs apartment complex on Hart Lane in Northwest Austin defies several Austin political/governance precepts that get repeated often by members of the “progressive” cohort. First of all Acacia Cliffs is a high density affordable housing development in NW...
Other Cities to Austin: ‘”How the hell are you doing this?’”
“I can tell you for certain that Austin, Texas is in the vanguard of the national housing discussion and cities all over this country right now have been looking to us for ideas about how they address their own affordability challenges. Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas,...
True Stories
Police Oversight Propositions, Lawsuit Related To Statesman PUD, Possible Replay Election on Rail
Short reports on the May 6 police oversight election, a lawsuit filed in relation to the Statesman PUD and a possible redo election on rail
Primary Election Round Up – From Congress to the Commissioners Court
Texas Primary Election Round Up – Federal, State and local races in the Austin area.
19 Cops Indicted – Republican Railroad Commission Primary Gets Racy – Casar Earns Half True Rating
APD indictments, Republican primary gets racy, Casar ad update.
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