by Daryl Slusher | Feb 8, 2022 | Austin Elections
All right, here I go again, writing about the District 35 Congressional race and, in particular, candidate and now former Council Member Greg Casar. I realize that some folks may think I’m obsessed or at least wonder why I’m so hard on him. I like to think that the...
by Daryl Slusher | Feb 8, 2022 | True Stories
In a story published last week on an Eddie Rodriguez for Congress mailer, and the response from Greg Casar supporters, I worked really hard to play it down the middle and just analyze the controversy. There was one line in the letter from “Democratic officials and...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 30, 2021 | City Council 2021
We are entering the season of looking back at the happenings of the year. In that spirit the Independent is going to look at some of the Austin City Council’s accomplishments as discussed by Mayor Steve Adler in his August 30 State of the City speech. At the time the...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 5, 2021 | True Stories
Can’t a reporter even take a few weeks off during the Texas summer? It’s always been my opinion that Texans shouldn’t be making big public policy decisions during the summer because it’s just too mind numbingly hot. On the other hand it hasn’t really been that hot...
by Daryl Slusher | Jul 13, 2021 | True Stories
Well, we took a few weeks break from publishing here at the Austin Independent, but we’re back. Let’s take a look at some of the things that happened while we were gone. First of all, our vacation corresponded with the first few weeks of the City Council’s six...