With one election already done, another one fast approaching, and more after that, 2022 may set records for the number of elections in Austin. We just finished one in which Chito Vela won the special election to replace outgoing Council Member Greg Casar in District 4...
As noted last week, in the spirit of the season, we are focusing on some of the accomplishments of the Austin City Council that don’t get as much attention as some of their high profile misadventures. As a source we are using accomplishments that Mayor Steve Adler...
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...
Let’s take a quick beginning of the year look at the Austin City Council where the Council seems to have started the term by hoisting themselves on their own identity politics petard. The two new members, Vanessa Fuentes and Mackenzie Kelly, get sworn in Wednesday...
by Daryl Slusher Since the proposed new Land Development Code (LDC) and accompanying citywide rezonings were driven back from the proverbial five yard line in March and April, the fierce debate over that issue has been in something of a lull. A coalition of primarily...