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...
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 8, 2021 | Land Development Code/Zoning
The Mayor and at least some members of the Austin City Council are talking about bringing back the proposed Land Development Code (LDC) rewrite and working on parts of it on which they can agree. That would be while waiting for an appeals court ruling on the lawsuit...
by Daryl Slusher | May 13, 2021 | Police and Public Safety, Texas Legislature
One thing that the Prop B results exposed was that there is a lot of unoccupied ground in the political middle. By that I specifically mean between the majority of citizens and the Austin City Council, and often between the majority of citizens and the more active and...
by Daryl Slusher | May 5, 2021 | Austin Elections
The votes are in and it was a rough Saturday night for members of the Austin City Council, especially the architects of the camping ban repeal. That would be Council Member Greg Casar, former Mayor Pro Tem/current Travis County Attorney Delia Garza, current Mayor Pro...
