by Daryl Slusher | Jun 12, 2025 | Austin History
Most readers have probably heard by now that former Mayor Pro Tem/former City Council Member Jackie Goodman passed away on Tuesday June 3. Jackie and I were friends, colleagues on the Council, and we shared an era in Austin. We also lived less than a mile apart, in...
by Daryl Slusher | Feb 5, 2024 | Austin History, City Council 2024
I have written before that I believe Republicans and right wing media outlets on the national level often just make stuff up about Democrats, and then smear them with it. But, when it comes to Austin, national Republicans and right wing pundits just have to report...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 24, 2023 | Austin History, Environment
As usual there’s a lot going on, more than we can fit in here. For instance this Thursday October 26 at 2 PM is the joint Austin City Council – Planning Commission meeting on Council Member Leslie Pool’s proposed redefinition of single family zoning categories,...
by Adela Mancías | Sep 20, 2023 | Austin History
Another University of Texas building is scheduled to be demolished. The Steve Hicks School of Social Work building on San Jacinto Blvd. is the target as it stands in the path of a new, must have, state of the art practice field for the Longhorn football team. There is...
