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Monday, July 23, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Nuckols takes parting shot
Assistant County Attorney Tom Nuckols has stepped down from the Planning Commission, but in a statement provided to the Austin Monitor, he made it clear that he was not leaving the commission because Attorney General Ken Paxton sued him.A staunch…
Thursday, July 19, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
Oyervides passes arts program concerns to his MACC board replacement
One of the longest-serving members of the advisory board for the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center – and a frequent critic of city staff and programs affecting the Latino community – says he plans to stay vocal even…
Thursday, July 12, 2018 by Jack Craver
City Hall
Campaign for city audit says it has enough signatures for referendum
Organizers of a petition to require an audit of city government announced Wednesday that they had gathered enough signatures to put the question before voters this November.A statement released by Citizens for an Accountable Austin, the group that has led…
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 by Syeda Hasan
City Hall
Here’s why Ken Paxton wants to kick members off Austin’s Planning Commission
A city statute that governs the makeup of Austin’s Planning Commission is at the center of a legal challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.Paxton is taking legal action to remove eight members of the 13-member commission, citing a…
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Audit shows employee wasted time, resources
When the Austin Code Department found evidence in late 2017 that one of its inspectors was using his city car to visit relatives outside the city and was not performing the inspections required by his job, the department referred the…
Monday, July 2, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Visit Austin audit revised
The City Council Audit and Finance Committee accepted the results of an audit of the contract between the city and Visit Austin at last week’s meeting. The audit did not find any significant contract compliance issues with Visit Austin, which…
