by Daryl Slusher | Nov 23, 2020 | Austin Elections, Land Development Code/Zoning
In election contests between a Democrat and a Republican it is usually a given that the Democrat has the stronger social justice position. It is very arguable, however, which candidate in the District 6 City Council runoff occupies the social justice high ground when...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 18, 2020 | Environment
If anyone is feeling nostalgic for a 1980s or early 1990s style Austin growth battle they might want to check in on Bee Cave and the surrounding area. There, residents are locked in a fierce, high stakes battle with the City Council and the West Travis County Public...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 10, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
Sometimes things work out about as symbolically perfect as could possibly be. That was certainly the case when Donald Trump, around 2:30 AM last Wednesday morning, framed the ongoing counting of votes as causing cancellation of a party for him. “We were getting ready...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
“There’s no road map gonna tell us where we are.” Eliza Gilkyson. That line comes from Austin’s own Eliza Gilkyson in her song Promises to Keep from her incredibly prescient album entitled 2020. It was released in April of this year. Like much good art, this line is...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
Texas has burst into the national headlines over the last few days for something absolutely, totally unprecedented — high voter turnout. More Texans voted early this year than voted in the entire 2016 election — that is more than the 2016 early, mail-in and election...
