by Daryl Slusher | Nov 24, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
The rejection of Prop Q by Austin voters appears to have had an impact on City Council Members, who heretofore seemed to only feel the need to answer to “progressive” activists. Really, that has been the case since the first 10-1 district Council took office in 2015....
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 17, 2025 | Austin Elections, City Council 2025
I am going to begin this week with something I imagine most readers don’t expect. That is a discussion of etiquette; specifically the eating habits of the Austin City Council during their meetings. I decided to speak out on this topic after seeing a few people...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 3, 2025 | Austin Elections, Texas Legislature
Stories in a couple of national media outlets recently tried to paint rising young Texas Democratic star James Talarico as a hypocrite, saying he has slammed the role of billionaires in funding Texas politicians, but himself accepted $59,000 from a PAC associated with...
by Kaitlin Reed | Jul 29, 2025 | City Council 2025
Some local media have suggested that a Tax Rate Election (TRE) may occur for the 2025-26 City of Austin budget. Recent Council activity indicates it’s all but decided. The Audit and Finance Committee meeting on July 22nd, along with the City Council Message...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 19, 2025 | Austin Elections
Happy New Year folks. The Austin Independent is returning from a long break after losing part of our Christmas season to the Council runoff election (a little on the election results below). I realize that a lot of folks can’t face looking at the news right now, or...
