by Daryl Slusher | Mar 10, 2021 | City Council 2021
As noted a few weeks ago, the Austin Independent had a few stories in the works when the power outages resulting from the Deep Freeze hit. At that point we held off on completing those stories and instead switched to covering the collapse of the state grid, and in...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 25, 2020 | Police and Public Safety, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Governor Greg Abbott and members of the Austin City Council are squabbling again. This time it’s over the Austin Police Department (APD) budget passed by the Council on August 13. Both are accusing the other of playing politics with public safety....
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Since my last column Texas Governor Greg Abbott actually took some moves to slow, and even rollback, “reopening” in Texas. He closed bars again, delayed further phases of reopening, and even acknowledged in at least one television interview that he... by Daryl Slusher | Jun 23, 2020 | True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Let’s take a look at the very fluid situation between the Austin Police Department, the Austin City Council, the City Manager, activist groups, and protestors. In one of the more controversial issue on the table, the Council is responding...
