I’m guessing it was a pretty tense Executive Team meeting at the Texas Attorney General’s Office this Monday morning. Actually, I don’t even know if the Texas Attorney General’s Office has Executive Team meetings on Monday, or ever. The point is that things must...
Let’s begin this week with a few updates on previous stories. First of all, we have talked a few times about a torrent of East Austin zoning cases that are pouring through the City approval system even as the pandemic rages. For instance, proposed upzonings all but...
by Daryl Slusher Well, a lot of people beat me to commenting on the Trump Flotilla on Lake Travis this weekend. That’s the one where supporters of Donald Trump gathered on Lake Travis to show support for Trump’s reelection campaign. This was one of several...
by Daryl Slusher Governor Greg Abbott and members of the Austin City Council are squabbling again. This time it’s over the Austin Police Department (APD) budget passed by the Council on August 13. Both are accusing the other of playing politics with public safety....
by Daryl Slusher So former County Judge Sarah Eckhardt is heading to the Texas Senate after State Representative Eddie Rodriguez gracefully dropped out of the runoff in the race to replace Kirk Watson. Eckhardt pulled 49.7% of the vote in the first election and...
by Daryl Slusher The Trump Administration/the federal government is finally helping with the coronavirus pandemic in Texas; by sending refrigerated trucks for dead bodies. Wonder if Trump will figure out a way to brag about that? Speaking of Trump talking, I’m going...
by Daryl Slusher The City of Houston on Wednesday sent the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) a letter officially canceling the live in person version of next week’s state Republican Convention. The convention was scheduled for July 16-18 in coronavirus hotspot Houston....
by Daryl Slusher Since my last column Texas Governor Greg Abbott actually took some moves to slow, and even rollback, “reopening” in Texas. He closed bars again, delayed further phases of reopening, and even acknowledged in at least one television interview that he...
Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash by Bismarck D. Andino AUSTIN, TEXAS — Early voting starts June 29 and ends July 10 for the July 14 runoffs in Texas. Polls will be closed, however, on Friday July 3 and Saturday July 4. In observance to the Fourth of...
by Daryl Slusher Let’s take a look at the very fluid situation between the Austin Police Department, the Austin City Council, the City Manager, activist groups, and protestors. In one of the more controversial issue on the table, the Council is responding...
