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Several of Court Delayed Charter Amendment Proposals Would Increase Council Powers
In our last installment I reported that the 13 City Charter amendments proposed by the Austin City Council won’t be on the November because the Council was found to have violated the Texas Open Meetings Act, again, when they set the ballot. The Mayor and Council...
The Bills Strike Again — City Legal Losing Streak Continues
The Bills –Aleshire and Bunch — strike again and knock proposed charter amendments off the November, City of Austin, ballot
Does One Floor of City Hall Know What the Other Floor is Doing?
Austin City Council agenda features one item to create a “public bank” and another to hire an affiliate of the world’s biggest banking firm as a consultant.
Next Stop for Diminished Light Rail System; The Courthouse
Project Connect is about to have its big day(s) in court. Specifically I mean the core element of Project Connect, Austin’s proposed light rail system. This is also the latest lawsuit challenging the legality of policies passed by City Councils when Steve Adler was...
“Natasha, Where Are You?”
A citizen tries to coax Natasha Harper Madison out of her gray box
Racial Tide Appears to Turn At HOME 2 Hearing, but Doesn’t Change the Result
In yesterday’s post we partially reviewed the May 16 public hearing and Council vote on the HOME 2 initiative and related issues. We also examined the links from that initiative to the upcoming application for light rail funds from the federal government. Today we...
True Stories
What If Texas Were More Like France? At Least in August
Texas in August, Save Austin Now petition, Fued between TCo prosecutors and APD, Austin’s Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, COVID resurges locally
Joe Manchin Comes To Texas – Surge Voters Often Help Republicans
Manchin raises money from oil tycoons after rebuffing fugitive Texas Ds. A look at surge voters.
Catching Up: True Meaning of the Council Holiday, Soccer, Potential Trojan Horse, Republicans and Jim Crow
Well, we took a few weeks break from publishing here at the Austin Independent, but we’re back. Let’s take a look at some of the things that happened while we were gone. First of all, our vacation corresponded with the first few weeks of the City Council’s six...
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