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The first Austin City Council elected under the city’s new geographic district system was sworn into office on January 6, 2015. After about a year in office, how are things going? Is the system of ten geographic districts – rather than members elected at-large – delivering on its promises? KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talks with the Austin Monitor’s Michael Kanin for a look back at 10-1’s year 1. The interview is embedded below, courtesy of our reporting partnership with KUT.

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Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written...