A recurring grievance
Reading City Hall, the county and the transit board so you do not have to, then complaining about it anyway.
Public comment is limited to three minutes. So is our patience.
A developer wants Cameron Road's tire-shop stretch rebranded as an "innovation district" with banners and a lowercase logo. I signed up to speak, waited nine hours, and had three minutes to object.
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The city and UT say they're close to a deal keeping Lions Municipal as green space, which means amending a 1989 agreement. I read the news on a bench by the putting green and let a wedge do the editorial.
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Austin ISD says bond-funded cooling projects at four schools slipped past schedule. I wrote the district a worksheet. No calculators allowed; the calculators overheat.
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CapMetro approved its first fare increase since 2015, so the 2015 quarter that has lived in my cupholder for eleven years finally has a job. I gave it a briefing. It did not take it well.
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The light-rail agency dropped a $47 million downtown office plan and took the cheaper space next door. I drafted a formal resolution of commendation, with conditions, because praise this rare needs paperwork.
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AISD is appealing failing grades at Burnet and Webb and warning that a state-appointed board could replace the elected one by January. Here is a survival guide for voters whose ballots may soon be decorative.
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Austin's new encampment programs ran about $720,000 in month one, sheltered 35 people and hauled off 300-plus tons. I did the long division on a grocery receipt, and the math says the city counts trucks better than people.
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Austin painted over Crosswalk on the Lake, its last piece of roadway art, after TxDOT said no exceptions. Here's a pedestrian's guide to the state-approved street, now with zero feelings per square foot.
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Council passed a record $6.63 billion budget at the highest tax rate allowed without asking voters, and I missed it for a week of cool weather. So I drafted the bill October will mail me, line by line.
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A tentative bus contract and a $295 million parks and library bond landed in the same week, so I timed myself on a dime-store egg timer and gave City Hall a piece of my mind from a kitchen chair.
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Council voted to have staff study geothermal power, so I'm launching a column that reads City Hall so you don't have to. First lesson: 'explore' is a verb that costs nothing until it does.
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Documenting the luxury boxes replacing everything you loved.
"Where your favorite taco truck used to be."
Tracking the annual corporate colonization of Austin's weirdest week.
"It used to be about the music. Now it's about the lanyard."
A eulogy for affordable Austin, one price tag at a time.
"Adjusting for inflation and broken dreams."