Austin Monitor Radio, Show 13: 10-1

Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin talks Austin City Council districts and the many many candidates now vying to represent them with longtime political operative Peck Young.

Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Aug 27, 2014

AE officials deeply concerned over Riley resolution

Austin Energy General Manager Larry Weis told the Monitor Tuesday morning that a resolution from Council Member Chris Riley would be a negative for the utility. “This IFC speaks to actually acting, to actually carrying out and acting — and…

Resources • By Michael Kanin • Aug 27, 2014

County OKs new criminal defense program

The Travis County Commissioners Court has appointed a nonprofit corporation to manage a new program created to provide criminal defense for indigent Travis County residents, starting Jan. 1 of next year. The program will replace the current system of court-appointed…

Public Safety • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 27, 2014

Council gets update on Rundberg Project

The work of restoring the Rundberg neighborhood is well underway. A briefing on the Restore Rundberg Project’s progress at City Council’s Tuesday work session prompted at least one Council member to ask: Could it be better? The Restore Rundberg Project…

Local Politics • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 27, 2014

Council forums unchanged despite new system

As campaign season heats up, fills up and bravely goes where no Austin City Council has gone before, 78 candidates are facing very full schedules. Is the new 10-1 District system working? And is it new enough to accommodate this very…

Local Politics • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 26, 2014

Complex sign proposal boggles board

A complex sign plan for a well-known, if obscured, development in North Central Austin overwhelmed the Sign Review Board at its most recent meeting. Though the board understood the need for better signage at 6406 IH-35 North, members asked for…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 26, 2014

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Riley, Tovo resolutions push AE energy agenda

City Council will vote on two energy resolutions this week that would direct the City Manager to task Austin Energy with starting the process for implementing recommendations from the Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force’s July report, despite the utility’s reservations…

Resources • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 26, 2014

BoA puts South Austin project on hold

Plans for a mixed-use development in South Austin hit a snag at the Board of Adjustment last week, where a request for a compatibility waiver was met with skepticism and a postponement. PSW Real Estate is planning to build more…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 26, 2014

AE responds to task force recommendations

Austin Energy has responded to the Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force’s wish list of carbon emission goals, calling it “not workable” if the utility is to meet City Council’s yearly affordability targets. Austin Energy Deputy General Manager Cheryl Mele…

Resources • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 25, 2014

Increasing child abuse/neglect cases strain courts

Representatives of Travis County children and parents involved in legal abuse and neglect cases have only 10-minute judicial hearings to present evidence of their safety and living situations, according to county civil court judges. County attorneys for indigent children and parents…

Public Safety • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Aug 25, 2014

The return of the Great Disc Golf Debate

The Pease Park Master Plan has opened old wounds in Austin’s disc golf community. In 2010, the city shut down the park’s disc golf course. Four years later, outrage over its closing persists. A recommendation to keep the course closed…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 25, 2014

Week 1 update

Morning all. First, thank you for bearing with us as we work through the lingering troubles we’ve had with our login system. If you are still having issues, don’t hesitate to email me. I can be found at Michael dot…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 25, 2014

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