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Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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Austin Monitor Radio: Matt Mackowiak
Monday, March 28, 2016 by Michael Kanin
Travis County GOP Vice Chair Matt Mackowiak joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the organization’s controversial new chair, and the question of how it could remove him. Show is embedded below. Sponsored by Austin Water.
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