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Browse Old Austin Grouch posts about civic process, Austin nostalgia, and the city habits locals still argue about.
Use this topic hub to explore satire, memories, and cultural commentary about civic process in Austin, Texas.
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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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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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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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 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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I still have the 2020 light-rail mailer on my fridge, so I filed a lost property report for everything that's gone missing from it since: one tunnel, one airport leg, and roughly six years.
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