by Daryl Slusher | Oct 30, 2020 | Austin Elections
Today, we continue our coverage of campaign financing in the City Council races. We focus both on the total amount candidates raised and in particular on the amount candidates raised from development and real estate interests. Before moving into the numbers though,...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 7, 2020 | Austin Elections
It is really hard to turn away even momentarily from the national political spectacle, with the coronavirus-denying president getting it himself, positive test results being announced (at least) daily among prominent Republicans, and the election now less than a month...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 16, 2020 | Police and Public Safety
by Daryl Slusher A majority of the Dallas City Council last week voted to cut their city’s police budget, joining Austin on Governor Greg Abbott’s wayward City Councils list. This was a preliminary budget vote. The Dallas Council votes on the final budget...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 8, 2020 | Police and Public Safety, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Well, a lot of people beat me to commenting on the Trump Flotilla on Lake Travis this weekend. That’s the one where supporters of Donald Trump gathered on Lake Travis to show support for Trump’s reelection campaign. This was one of several...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 26, 2020 | Land Development Code/Zoning, Uncategorized
by Daryl Slusher One of the paradoxes of current day Austin governance will be on vivid display at this Thursday’s virtual City Council meeting. That is that even as the Council crusades for racial and social justice — for example slashing the police department...
