by Daryl Slusher | Jun 6, 2020 | True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has faced additional challenges to those confronting other American mayors during the protests resulting from the police killing of George Floyd. As we all have seen that death took place with the police officer,...
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 5, 2020 | Environment
by Daryl Slusher About a week ago Bill Bunch, the Director of the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOSA), contacted me and reminded that we are approaching the 30th Anniversary of the Barton Creek PUD uprising. That happened Thursday June 7, 1990 when Austinites rose up and... by Daryl Slusher | Jun 1, 2020 | Environment
by Daryl Slusher According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) a truck containing a “radiographic camera, an industrial device that contains radioactive material” was swept into the Pedernales River by flood waters on Friday May 29. A TDSHS press...
by Daryl Slusher | May 27, 2020 | Land Development Code/Zoning
by Daryl Slusher Since the proposed new Land Development Code (LDC) and accompanying citywide rezonings were driven back from the proverbial five yard line in March and April, the fierce debate over that issue has been in something of a lull. A coalition of primarily...
by Daryl Slusher | May 4, 2020 | Coronavirus
by Daryl Slusher For new readers of the Independent, the first two installments of our coronavirus timeline can be found the Categories section under Coronavirus in the in the right hand column, or at these two links. “I Don’t Take Responsibility At All” and “Tired of...
