by Daryl Slusher | Nov 24, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
The rejection of Prop Q by Austin voters appears to have had an impact on City Council Members, who heretofore seemed to only feel the need to answer to “progressive” activists. Really, that has been the case since the first 10-1 district Council took office in 2015....
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 17, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
I am going to begin this week with something I imagine most readers don’t expect. That is a discussion of etiquette; specifically the eating habits of the Austin City Council during their meetings. I decided to speak out on this topic after seeing a few people...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 6, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
Mayor Kirk Watson was well prepared on election night, with a pre-written concession speech. It was an unprecedented defeat for Watson and the entire Council, except for Marc Duchen who refused to go along with the crowd. Duchen voted against putting Prop Q on...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 31, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
OK folks, this is our final Prop Q pre-election coverage. It’s long, but I’ve broken it up into reasonably sized sections. First of all, there was a surprise plot twist as the campaign headed into the final stretch. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — displaying...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 13, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
As the election on a City property tax increase (Prop Q) nears, opponents are beginning to hammer the point that the increase will affect the “affordability of Austin” — particularly for residents already on the verge of not being able to afford to live within the...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 8, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
I can’t put it off any longer. It’s time to begin our coverage of the Prop Q election. That’s the election item on whether to raise the City of Austin property tax to the tune of $201 more per year on the “typical homeowner.” That $201 comes on top of a $268.23...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 22, 2025 | City Council 2025
Just after we put our last issue to bed and announced a week off, the the City of Austin came out with its new logo. At first I thought it was a joke when I saw former Council Member Mackenzie Kelly say online that it was about to happen. But, no. Within moments Kelly...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 26, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
There was some really big news not long after out last story about Texas mid-decade redistricting. First, Congressman Greg Casar made clear, through surrogates, that he plans to run for the seat currently held by Lloyd Doggett. Republican mapmakers merged the Austin...
by Daryl Slusher | Jul 29, 2025 | City Council 2025, Police and Public Safety
Last week we discussed how Republican anti-government, anti-tax, anti-regulation ideology contributed to the July 4 flooding tragedy in Kerr County. In an upcoming segment we will look at how that ideology played out earlier this year at the Texas Legislature. Plus,...
by Kaitlin Reed | Jul 29, 2025 | City Council 2025
Some local media have suggested that a Tax Rate Election (TRE) may occur for the 2025-26 City of Austin budget. Recent Council activity indicates it’s all but decided. The Audit and Finance Committee meeting on July 22nd, along with the City Council Message...
