by Daryl Slusher | Jan 5, 2021 | True Stories
Come on Texas Republicans. What a bunch of snowflakes. OK, that could cover a lot of ground. I’m referring specifically to the “Public Admonition” of State Senator Sarah Eckhardt by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. It is for actions Eckhardt took while...
by Daryl Slusher | Dec 10, 2020 | True Stories
Does anybody out there remember when two of the things Republicans hated the most were “activist judges” and people styling themselves as victims? The last Republican President before Donald Trump, that would be George W. Bush, used to spit the term out with such...
by Daryl Slusher | Dec 3, 2020 | True Stories
Well, here at The Austin Independent we didn’t exactly get the scoop on Mayor Steve Adler taking a trip to Mexico in early November. From there he recorded a Facebook message telling Austinites: “We need to stay home if you can. This is not the time to relax. We are...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 23, 2020 | True Stories
It’s been almost three weeks since the election and President Donald Trump continues to hide out in the White House with almost no public events on his schedule. Also, the man who prides himself on being such a tough guy has not taken a single question from reporters...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 27, 2020 | Austin Elections, True Stories
Those of us who focus on and care about government generally do so because we want the government to do a good job. Especially on the Democratic side, we want government to work. And, when we see it working well, the view here is that we should say so. With that...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 7, 2020 | True Stories
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...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 30, 2020 | True Stories
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 | Sep 8, 2020 | Police, True Stories
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 | Aug 25, 2020 | Police, True Stories
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 | Aug 4, 2020 | Austin Elections, True Stories
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...
