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Other Cities to Austin: ‘”How the hell are you doing this?’”
“I can tell you for certain that Austin, Texas is in the vanguard of the national housing discussion and cities all over this country right now have been looking to us for ideas about how they address their own affordability challenges. Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas,...
Local Boy Wreaks Havoc – On Nation and His Own Company – Plus J.D. Vance Echoes Chito Vela
It’s really difficult right now, and maybe not wise, to stay focused exclusively on local issues, even for a locally focused publication like this one. So let’s look in again on our semi-local guy who’s making it big in the second Donald Trump administration. I’m of...
José Garza Claims He Doesn’t Have to Comply With Law That Other Texas DAs Have Followed For 50 Years – Another Missed Deadline to Indict Found
In our last story we talked about how Travis County District Attorney José Garza appeared to say that he knew of no other cases where accused violent criminals had gotten out of jail because his office failed to indict within 90 days as required by state law. It had...
The Buck Doesn’t Stop At Travis DA’s Office – Eckhardt Has “Grave Public Safety Concern” as Murder Suspects Released – Judges Speak Out – Should Dems Reflect?
Travis County District Attorney José Garza is off to a really rough start in his second term, which began January 1. He’s embroiled in controversy because two alleged murderers were released on $1 and $100 bonds when Garza’s office failed to indict them within 90...
Chito Vela’s Premature Victory Lap – Plus Congressional Staff Workweek Update
Austin ended 2024 making national news for drops in the price of housing. For instance, in an otherwise gloomy (but realistic) December 4 report on the national housing situation, NPR reporter Jennifer Ludden cited Austin as her one positive example: After the host...
Elon Musk was money behind mystery anti-José Garza group – plus District 7 wrap-up and more
Happy New Year folks. The Austin Independent is returning from a long break after losing part of our Christmas season to the Council runoff election (a little on the election results below). I realize that a lot of folks can’t face looking at the news right now, or...
True Stories
What National Democrats Can Learn From Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick – Gov Abbott Continues Attacks on Austin – Hank Aaron, American Hero
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick shows US Senate Democrats the way. US COVID deaths pass World War II total. Remembeing Hank Aaron.
Texas Insurrection Connections
A number of Texans have generated headlines in relation to last week’s insurrection; some of them famous already, others not until now.
Republican Snowflakes Melt Over Sarah Eckhardt’s Hat Choice While Other Texas Republicans Lead Attacks On American Democracy
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...
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