by Daryl Slusher | Oct 18, 2026 | City Council 2026, Elections 2026
Down toward the bottom of their November ballots Austin voters will find eight proposed changes to the City Charter. Seven of those propositions were placed on the ballot by the City Council and City staff. Only one Charter change proposition made it to the ballot...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 18, 2026 | City Council 2026, Elections 2026
Continuing our discussion of the City of Austin ballot for the November 3 election, this article will take readers through the “propositions” from the City of Austin, as put on the ballot by the City Council. Rather than take the propositions in alphabetical order, as...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 12, 2026 | City Council 2026, Elections 2026
When it comes to the two bond items on the City of Austin November ballot the City Council has presented voters (at least the ones paying attention) with two agonizing decisions. I’m referring to the $260 million in proposed bonds for the Parks and Recreation...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 29, 2026 | Austin Elections, City Council 2026
It’s an exciting time in Texas politics, especially for Texas Democrats who have been frozen out of power for so long. As is widely known, Texas Democrats haven’t won a statewide election since 1994 nor a US Senate seat since 1988. But right now, State Representative...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 15, 2026 | City Council 2026, Police and Public Safety
Austin is a place filled with liberal minded and very compassionate people. Among other examples, this is reflected in the “Austin Action Plan to End Homelessness” which the City Council passed in 2023. But, as is obvious to anyone who travels the streets of Austin,...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 13, 2026 | City Council 2026
Council Member Natasha Harper Madison is very concerned about the future direction of voters in District 1, the Council District which she currently represents. Here’s what she said at a Council meeting on July 30: “As the lone Black Council Member on the Council,...
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...
