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Mark Richardson is a multimedia journalist, editor and writer who has worked in digital, print and broadcast media for three decades. He is a nationally recognized editor and reporter who has covered government, politics and the environment. A journalism graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, he was recently awarded a Foundation for Investigative Journalism grant and has three Associated Press Managing Editors awards for excellence in reporting.
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Austin Energy seeks input on how to meet future power needs
Austin Energy has announced an eight-month program to gain public input on its options for future power generation. Mayor Will Wynn and Austin Energy General Manager Roger Duncan unveiled the “Austin Smart Energy” Public Participation Process Tuesday, whcih will include…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 24, 2008
Board members question price of Cap Metro’s downtown office space
Some members of the Capital Metro board think the agency may be paying too much for property it leases in downtown Austin. Austin Council Member Mike Martinez raised the issue Monday at work session, questioning why agency staff was proposing…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 23, 2008
Environmental Board rejects service extension in Bull Creek Watershed
Saying the development was too great a threat to the Bull Creek Watershed, members of the Environmental Board voted last week to reject a Service Extension Request for water and wastewater to the Vaught Ranch Road development on RM 2222.…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 22, 2008
ZAP turns down commercial zoning for Spicewood lot
Turning down a last-minute compromise, Zoning and Platting Commission members voted Tuesday to reject a request for commercial zoning in a lot in an environmentally sensitive area of West Austin. The owner of a nine-acre lot just off Spicewood Springs…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 18, 2008
Coffee shop parking raises saloon owner's hackles
It was an interesting choice for members of the Board of Adjustment Monday night. They could see the Emerald City Press coffee shop as either an environmentally friendly, politically correct business or an upstart bar and restaurant that could ruin…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 15, 2008
Task force recommends voluntary energy upgrade program
Almost every building in Austin would be subject to an energy efficiency audit in the next few years if the recommendations of the Energy Efficient Upgrades Task Force were put into effect by the City Council. The 27-member group completed…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 15, 2008
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Capital Metro plans for larger, faster bus system
With rail service scheduled to begin in the near future and high fuel prices driving up ridership, Capital Metro is poised to introduce its next big thing in transportation — bus rapid transit service. Todd Hemingson, Capital Metro’s Vice President…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 12, 2008
Clean water program headed toward successful completion
Officials with the Austin Clean Water Program, begun in 2001 in response to an Environmental Protection Agency order to bring the city’s sewer system up to standards, are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 11, 2008
SOS wins major court victory in fight to survive
A Travis County District Judge has tossed out the original ruling from a 2004 court case that forced the Save Our Springs Alliance into bankruptcy court last year. District Judge Margaret Cooper ruled late Monday that a judgment forcing SOS…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 10, 2008
City Council set to approve 2009 budget today
In past years, the City Council and budget planners have spent the final few days huddled in small groups to allocate extra dollars for favored departments and programs for the coming year. But that has not been the case this…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 8, 2008
APD to study changes to misdemeanor arrest policy
A new policy endorsed by the city’s Public Safety Task Force could mean some 15,000 fewer people could be arrested each year for misdemeanor crimes in Austin, potentially saving millions of dollars and thousands of hours of time for Austin…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 5, 2008
Austin Energy, EDF to work on distributed power project
It is not quite the Manhattan Project or an Apollo moon shot, but a new program called the Pecan Street Project may develop the future of Austin’s energy delivery systems. The project, up to now an ad hoc group of…
