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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
DeBeauvoir and Elfant Work To Make Voting Less Difficult and More Likely in Travis County
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...
Paxton, Abbott and Trump, A Triumvirate For Our Times
Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott and Donald Trump have bizarre weeks, even for them.
Stonegate and Montopolis Zoning Cases Return to Council Agenda — Govalle Update — A Pander That Didn’t Work out for Governor Greg Abbott
East Austin Upzonings Return to Council Agenda – A Governor Abbott Pander Fails to Win a Friend
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