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Austin Monitor Radio, Show 19
Travis County Intergovernmental Coordinator Deece Eckstein joins Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the upcoming legislative session and likely municipal impacts.
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Oct 19, 2014
Ballot Boxing: The Mayoral Forum
Below is the (belatedly posted) video from the Ballot Boxing mayoral forum, courtesy of our partners at KXAN.
Elections • By Michael Kanin • Oct 19, 2014
Staff pitches Long Park golf course project
City Council members got their first public look at a set of golf courses proposed by staff for development at Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park on Thursday. According to staff, the facility would cost city taxpayers nothing, and would come…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Oct 17, 2014
Council members disavow Gonzalez audit
On Thursday, City Council approved a resolution that backs away from a City Auditor’s report associated with the fraught ethics review of former Zero Waste Advisory Commissioner Daniela Ochoa Gonzalez. Though the measure initially passed on consent,Council Member Mike Martinez,…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Oct 17, 2014
Reporters Notebook: Lawn renamed for Mathias
Council renames part of Auditorium Shores for Mathias … Council members voted 7-0 Thursday to name the east lawn of Auditorium Shores in honor of Vic Mathias, the former CEO of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. The honor was…
Local Politics • By Austin Monitor • Oct 17, 2014
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Mayor candidates' spar on achieving affordability
Affordability topped the list of issues that Austin mayoral candidates Sheryl Cole, Mike Martinez, Steve Adler, Todd Phelps, Randall Stephens and David Orshalick discussed at Wednesday’s Ballot Boxing Mayoral Forum. Moderators Nathan Bernier of KUT, Shannon Wolfson of KXAN and…
Elections • By Tyler Whitson • Oct 16, 2014
Council to do double-take on ethics complaints
Today’s City Council agenda features two items that deal with the city’s conflict-of-interest policy as it applies to those who serve on the city’s many volunteer boards and commissions. The resolutions — one sponsored by Council Member Mike Martinez, and…
Local Politics • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 16, 2014
Possible deal brewing to save Bull Creek land buy
Sources tell the Austin Monitor that there may be an attempt at today’s City Council meeting to take a new tack on the purchase of 75 acres of land at the intersection of Bull Creek Road and 45th Street. If…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Oct 16, 2014
Zimmerman threatens lawsuit over abuse stories
An attorney representing District 6 candidate Don Zimmerman has threatened to sue The Austin Bulldog over last week’s story referring to alleged physical abuse of his daughter and subsequent court action giving Zimmerman’s ex-wife sole managing conservatorship of the child.…
Local Politics • By Jo Clifton • Oct 15, 2014
Options limited for acquisition of Bull Creek tract
Staff told City Council members Tuesday that the city has limited options in terms of how it might proceed with the acquisition of a very desirable piece of land located at the intersection of Bull Creek Road and 45th Street.…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Oct 15, 2014
Martinez's living wage proposal raises questions
A proposal from Council Member Mike Martinez to tie the city’s living wage mandate to an index that would allow it to adjust with the going rate drew a handful of questions from Council members at their Tuesday work session.…
