by Daryl Slusher | Oct 27, 2020 | Austin Elections
District 6 in Northwest Austin is one of the most hotly contested of the five City Council elections. Local media have tended to portray the District 6 race as dark forces of the right wing seeking to unseat “progressive” Jimmy Flannigan. As the Austin...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 27, 2020 | Austin Elections, True Stories
Those of us who focus on and care about government generally do so because we want the government to do a good job. Especially on the Democratic side, we want government to work. And, when we see it working well, the view here is that we should say so. With that...
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...
