by Daryl Slusher | Jul 23, 2026 | City Council 2026
(This article was originally posted at the end of the adjacent article about the Senate race. But, per reader request we are posting it as a seperate article.) Let’s take a quick look at the goings on at City Hall. I realize we are only capturing a small portion of...
by Daryl Slusher | Jul 22, 2026 | City Council 2026, Elections 2026
Let’s look in on the US Senate race here in Texas. That’s the one pitting Democrat State Representative James Talarico against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton defeated incumbent John Cornyn in the May Republican primary runoff while Talarico defeated...
by Daryl Slusher | Mar 25, 2026 | City Council 2026
“Miracles appear in the strangest of places. . .” Willie Nelson, Yesterday’s Wine There was an apparent miracle at City Hall on March 12. A City Council majority voted down two zoning cases. This isn’t something that happens every Thursday, or really...
by Daryl Slusher | Mar 9, 2026 | City Council 2026
Here at the Austin Independent we just don’t have the capacity to provide comprehensive zoning coverage, although I wish we did. I wish someone, anyone in town, did. I periodically, however, cover individual zoning cases which I think stand alone in their importance...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 22, 2026 | Austin School District, City Council 2026
It’s getting to be a little late in January, but nonetheless let’s take a look at some of the stories coming up this year and even look back briefly at a few events that occurred during our holiday break. Let’s begin with the desperate financial situation in which...
