by Daryl Slusher | Oct 22, 2020 | Environment
The little known entity, West Travis County Public Utility Agency (WTCPUA), is poised to take an action today, Thursday October 22, that could have dire consequences for Barton Springs and the Edwards Aquifer around Austin. The situation is explained in detail below...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 21, 2020 | Austin Elections
Like its neighbor, District 6, the District 10 race is a humdinger. Incumbent Alison Alter drew six challengers. The bevy of candidates may more reflect overall discontent with Council policies as a whole than with Alter herself; although, like in other races, some of...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 21, 2020 | Austin Elections
In District 7 Leslie Pool drew only one opponent, Morgan Witt, a self described “newcomer to the Austin political scene.” According to her campaign website, Witt is an educator whose career and philosophy flowed from “a life-changing class called ‘Educational...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 20, 2020 | Austin Elections
Spoiler alert: the most likely outcome from Austin’s City Council elections is that nothing much will change. Five of the ten Council seats are on the ballot. Four incumbents are seeking reelection and all of them, to varying degrees, stand a good chance of winning...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 20, 2020 | Austin Elections
Leave it to those West Austin residents to really stir things up. Readers may recall a recent Austin Independent article on the race for the open District 2 Council seat in mostly Southeast Austin. There, candidates shared many positions on issues and were extremely...
