by Daryl Slusher | Dec 6, 2023 | City Council 2023, Land Development Code/Zoning, Leslie Pool HOME proposal
I attended Tuesday’s City Hall press conference hosted by Council Members Leslie Pool and Chito Vela, featuring a lineup of Pool’s HOME (Home Options for Middle-Income Empowerment) initiative supporters. I have to say that what they were promising sounded pretty...
by Daryl Slusher | Dec 4, 2023 | City Council 2023, Land Development Code/Zoning, Leslie Pool HOME proposal
Who knew? Council Member Ryan Alter is a developer; or at least he was until very recently. I just learned that this weekend. I was a little late to the news. The answer to my question — “who knew” — is Ken Martin of the Austin Bulldog. Martin reported the...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 27, 2023 | City Council 2023, Land Development Code/Zoning, Leslie Pool HOME proposal
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Rich Boy, 1926 I was reluctant to quote that F. Scott Fitzgerald line because I don’t like statements that attribute the same qualities to any group of individuals, or...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 13, 2023 | City Council 2023, Land Development Code/Zoning, Leslie Pool HOME proposal
It’s been a few weeks since we published. A lot has been going on at City Hall during that period, but probably nothing more far reaching than Council Member Leslie Pool’s HOME (Home Options for Middle-Income Empowerment) initiative. That’s the one which would allow...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 24, 2023 | Austin History, Environment
As usual there’s a lot going on, more than we can fit in here. For instance this Thursday October 26 at 2 PM is the joint Austin City Council – Planning Commission meeting on Council Member Leslie Pool’s proposed redefinition of single family zoning categories,...
