Side eye, or stink eye?… What exactly is the name given to the withering glances occasionally dished out by City Council Member Ora Houston toward her colleagues on the dais? Council Member Leslie Pool learned directly on Thursday during discussion of the resolution that will create a new city Tourism Commission. While praising Houston’s championing […]
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Clark-Madison departs
The board of directors of Capital of Texas Media Foundation today announced the departure of the Austin Monitor‘s publisher and president, Mike Clark-Madison. The board of directors and Mr. Clark-Madison mutually agreed that it was in the best interests of all parties for him to leave. In the interim, Elizabeth Pagano will serve as the […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Soccer games
Bound for Cow Town?… Another new wrinkle in Austin’s (never-ending?) professional soccer saga developed slowly last week after ESPN soccer analyst Taylor Twellman opined, during a segment on Sacramento recently losing out on a Major League Soccer expansion bid, that “I still believe Columbus Crew doesn’t end up in Austin, Texas. I think they end […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: District 8 candidate Paige Ellis
In this week’s radio show, City Council candidate Paige Ellis joins Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about why she wants to represent District 8, and where she differs from her opponents on city issues. The whole thing is embedded below, so get to listening: The Austin Monitor’s work is […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Don’t speak
Once more, away from the breach… For decades, those who work with digital data have learned to encrypt it in defense against potential breaches. Unfortunately, according to Khalil Shalabi, Austin Energy vice president of strategy, technology and markets, data protection is not always consistent. At the May 23 meeting of the Austin Energy Utility Oversight […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Mayoral candidate Travis Duncan
On this week’s radio show, mayoral candidate Travis Duncan joins Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about why he’s running for office, what led him to the campaign trail, Ubuntu Contributionism and … other things. Listen in on the whole thing below. The Austin Monitor’s work is made possible by […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Austin B-cycle
Everyone may be talking about dockless bikes and scooters these days, but this week we check in on Austin’s B-cycle bike-share program. B-cycle’s Executive Director Elliott McFadden talks to Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to discuss B-cycle’s future, its present, and, yes, dockless bike-share programs. Listen to the full show, embedded below. […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Contact
H2Oh no… Like country rubes dazzled by the mystic arts of the boardwalk illusionist, sometimes we journalists are so awestruck by an apparent attempt at math that we lose all professional incredulity and report it with gushing deference. Such it was then that when Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea recently told a gaggle of reporters […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Bond Election Advisory Task Force
This week Bond Election Advisory Task Force members Rachel Stone, Sumit DasGupta and Jeff Smith join Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about what was – and wasn’t – in their $851 million recommendation for the November 2018 bond election. Hear all the details, embedded below. The Austin Monitor’s work […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Better luck next time
Best-laid plans… A pair of music festivals set to take place within six days of each other were felled by permitting problems, with one forced to reschedule until September and another planning a move into Austin nightclubs. The Punk In Drublic punk and craft beer festival was scheduled to take place May 5 on the […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Is CodeNEXT spreading?
Contagion… Is the trauma of CodeNEXT spreading to other Central Texas cities? That’s the horrific question at least one Sunset Valley resident must have asked herself when she opened her mailbox recently. Inside was a postcard sent by the city of Austin inviting her to learn more about the effort to rewrite the Land Development […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: The ARCH
On this week’s show, Front Steps Executive Director Greg McCormack joins Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard to talk about the challenges and future of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless. Listen in; the entire show is embedded below. The Austin Monitor’s work is made possible by donations from the community. Though our reporting covers […]