by Daryl Slusher | Sep 16, 2020 | Police and Public Safety
by Daryl Slusher A majority of the Dallas City Council last week voted to cut their city’s police budget, joining Austin on Governor Greg Abbott’s wayward City Councils list. This was a preliminary budget vote. The Dallas Council votes on the final budget...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 8, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
by Daryl Slusher The Austin Independent is proud this week to feature photos from veteran Austin photographer Alan Pogue. The photos are from President Donald Trump’s June 20 rally in Tulsa . So in a way this story is dated, but the photos still provide a view into...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 8, 2020 | Police and Public Safety, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Well, a lot of people beat me to commenting on the Trump Flotilla on Lake Travis this weekend. That’s the one where supporters of Donald Trump gathered on Lake Travis to show support for Trump’s reelection campaign. This was one of several...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Daryl Slusher In recognition of this week’s Republican National Convention let’s briefly mark for history the confluence of events taking place in our country right now. Despite use of the past tense at the convention, when referring to the coronavirus...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 26, 2020 | Land Development Code/Zoning, Uncategorized
by Daryl Slusher One of the paradoxes of current day Austin governance will be on vivid display at this Thursday’s virtual City Council meeting. That is that even as the Council crusades for racial and social justice — for example slashing the police department...
