by Daryl Slusher | Aug 25, 2020 | Police and Public Safety, 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 | Jul 14, 2020 | Austin Elections
by Daryl Slusher In the race for District Attorney Jose Garza is trouncing incumbent Margaret Moore, with 68% of the vote to her 32%. Mayor Pro Tem Garza leads Laurie Eiserloh in the County Attorney race with 55% to 45%. These totals are made up of the...
by Daryl Slusher | Jul 7, 2020 | Austin Elections
by Daryl Slusher It is very difficult to focus on any other local news when one keeps seeing Austin Mayor Steve Adler on national news shows warning that Austin is within 10 days to two weeks of overrunning local intensive care units with Covid patients. It’s an...
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Since my last column Texas Governor Greg Abbott actually took some moves to slow, and even rollback, “reopening” in Texas. He closed bars again, delayed further phases of reopening, and even acknowledged in at least one television interview that he... by Daryl Slusher | Jun 23, 2020 | True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Let’s take a look at the very fluid situation between the Austin Police Department, the Austin City Council, the City Manager, activist groups, and protestors. In one of the more controversial issue on the table, the Council is responding...
