by Daryl Slusher | Sep 12, 2024 | City Council 2024
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...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 9, 2024 | City Council 2024
The news is out,All over town. . . What can I do? You win again. Hank Williams, You Win Again; or maybe Mayor Kirk Watson to Bill Bunch and Bill Aleshire after the City’s latest loss in court Yes, the Bills — Bunch and Aleshire — have once again teamed up to defeat...
by Daryl Slusher | Apr 24, 2024 | City Council 2024
First folks, I want to say I’m sorry it took an extra week to get this story to you. I sort of went off into a second spring break. But, also current events kept changing the story. I started out writing this installment about the current status of Project Connect and...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 27, 2023 | City Council 2023, Land Development Code/Zoning, Leslie Pool HOME proposal
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Rich Boy, 1926 I was reluctant to quote that F. Scott Fitzgerald line because I don’t like statements that attribute the same qualities to any group of individuals, or...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 24, 2023 | Austin History, Environment
As usual there’s a lot going on, more than we can fit in here. For instance this Thursday October 26 at 2 PM is the joint Austin City Council – Planning Commission meeting on Council Member Leslie Pool’s proposed redefinition of single family zoning categories,...
