by Daryl Slusher | Sep 16, 2020 | Strong Mayor Initiative
by Daryl Slusher The group pushing to change Austin’s form of government from Council-Manager to Strong Mayor, Austinites for Progressive Reform (APR), has announced its public input phase. Those meetings will run alongside an already very busy and fraught...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 16, 2020 | Austin Elections
KUT and the Austin Monitor have announced virtual candidate forums in all the Council races. They can be heard on KUT.org as follows. District 2 — Monday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. District 4 — Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. District 6 — Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. District...
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...
