by Daryl Slusher | Feb 5, 2024 | Austin History, City Council 2024
I have written before that I believe Republicans and right wing media outlets on the national level often just make stuff up about Democrats, and then smear them with it. But, when it comes to Austin, national Republicans and right wing pundits just have to report...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 25, 2024 | City Council 2024, Police and Public Safety
Art Acevedo’s return to Austin City government was over before it started. That’s literally true. Last Wednesday there were media reports that Acevedo was leaving his post as Interim Police Chief in Aurora, Colorado to return to Texas. Mysteriously there was no...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 5, 2023 | City Council 2023, Leslie Pool HOME proposal
Well folks, my last five articles or so were lengthy deep dives. So this time around I’m going to keep it shorter, do some follow-ups and also report briefly on some items we have not yet covered. A logical starting point is to follow up on our last article...
by Daryl Slusher | Apr 17, 2023 | City Council 2023, Police and Public Safety
Some very preliminary results are in from the deployment of DPS (Texas Department of Public Safety) troopers in Austin to help the understaffed Austin Police Department (APD). Data on the first week of the partnership runs contrary to the longtime assertions of police...
by Daryl Slusher | Feb 21, 2023 | City Council 2023
‘Cause they said it really loud, they said it on the air On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio. . . Donna Summer, On the Radio Being a City Manager is a really hard job, but it usually comes with a very good severance package. Both of those elements...
