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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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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).…

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…

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