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Leffingwell, McCracken clash over cash from outside Austin
Campaign spokesmen for mayoral opponents Lee Leffingwell and Brewster McCracken engaged in verbal fisticuffs Sunday, a sure sign that Election Day is approaching. The campaign of Carole Keeton Strayhorn jumped into the fray later after being alerted to the fight.…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 4, 2009
Design Commission takes active role in design of city projects
The Design Commission is beginning to take a more active role in shaping the design of city projects. This week, the commission looked at plans for a new Austin Energy campus, and Chair Richard Weiss suggested all projects in the…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 4, 2009
Council affirms Ott’s tenure after “challenging and successful” year
The City Council came out of a 90-minute closed session performance review around 11pm last night to give City Manager Marc Ott a glowing recommendation but the same salary as last year, about $242,000. Mayor Pro Tem Brewster McCracken…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 1, 2009
Council approves amendments to Street Closure Ordinance
After nearly a year of meetings between city staff, a Street Closure Task Force, and concerned parties, City Council approved an ordinance that attempts to solve problems associated with closing off downtown streets for events like marathons, art shows and…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 1, 2009
Council votes to oppose legislation for Carma Development
City Council on Thursday unanimously voted to follow staff’s recommendation to oppose legislation, currently in committee, that would facilitate creation of five special development districts, akin to Municipal Utility Districts, in Southeastern Travis County. Council members said they were open…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 1, 2009
Leffingwell files report
According to a campaign finance report filed today with the Austin city clerk’s office, Council Member Lee Leffingwell has raised more than $69,000 during the last month in his campaign for Mayor. This brings his total raised to about $197,000,…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 1, 2009
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Cash race: Lee, Brewster, Carole
Campaign finance reports filed today with the Austin city clerk’s office show Council Member Lee Leffingwell has raised more than $69,000 during the last month in his campaign for Mayor. He retains more than $87,000. Council Member Brewster McCracken…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 1, 2009
Travis Commissioners to organize approach to stimulus grants
Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt brought a proposal to Travis County Commissioner’s Court Tuesday that would streamline the process by which the county administers and vets grants from the federal government’s stimulus funds. She told the court her proposal “wouldn’t change…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Apr 30, 2009
Council approves waterfront overlay ordinance
The Austin City Council approved an ordinance setting heights for various properties along Lady Bird Lake tonight but did not adopt a controversial amendment that would have overridden the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Ordinance. The vote was unanimous on first…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Apr 30, 2009
Candidates discuss property taxes, traffic at forum
At the Central Texas Democratic Forum yesterday, Place 1 candidates Perla Cavazos and Chris Riley gave the well-informed crowd a taste of the differing perspectives they would bring to the Council, in what is turning out to be one of…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Apr 29, 2009
Council members concerned about Carma Development ahead of vote
On Thursday, the Austin City Council is scheduled to decide whether to support or oppose legislation that would create five districts akin to municipal utility districts in a 2,300-acre area in southeast Travis County within the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ).…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Apr 29, 2009
Planning Commission recommends many tasks for overlay board
Two weeks ago, a representative from the Real Estate Council of Austin suggested to the Planning Commission the Waterfront Overlay Planning Advisory Board would be unnecessary given that so many of its tasks overlapped with Planning Commission duties. How wrong…