Austin Monitor

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “(The city has) totally disregarded the 2 years of productive AFA labor/management subcommittee work on the work week reduction. Instead, they are proposing their own ideas, which INCREASE the work week, making the new schedule unworkable.” — AFA President […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “I am deeply disappointed by reports of possible misrepresentation of HMIS data at the ARCH and the Eighth Street Shelter… Our community deserves honesty and transparency, and we cannot allow inaccurate reporting to undermine the trust of taxpayers […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “While education is not the only tool the City has to increase its diversion rate, we found ARR has opportunities to improve its education efforts that may help the City meet its goals. The department is not prioritizing […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “I find myself in a unique role where, in my court, I see some of the most vulnerable people in our community who are there, not by their choice, dealing with substantial issues, with extreme poverty, substance use […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “This has been a thorny and difficult issue. It has been through many different lawsuits and permutations… I feel like we’re finally getting to a point where we have a workable, enforceable STR ordinance that will be able […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “It’s not necessarily buying down the rent. It’s saying to an owner, without disrupting the market, ‘If you are interested in selling your property because the deferred maintenance and capital improvements are so significant, we have a grant […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “We’re concerned about the maintenance of various plantings… There’s a lot of risk here for an eyesore and just sort of an insect-infested horror where we now have a pleasant place to walk.”  — Madeline Maxwell, from “City could […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “Those houses aren’t going away that are all around it to make more growth” — Commissioner Betsy Greenberg, from “Undeveloped Milwood tract may see major upzoning“ ⚪️ Council to vote on stricter licensing, platform rules for short-term rentals From […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day This is just another one of those checkboxes of the Anthropocene Epoch… You can see in these dense areas just how much of our roadways is ending up in our reservoirs.” — Watershed Protection Department’s Dr. Brent Bellinger, from […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “I’m a marathon runner, Austin Marathon, 20 of them. I’ve trained on that street. I don’t want additional cars coming in front of me or behind me… That’s gonna be a mess.” — Neighbor Satwinder Kahlon, from Another subdivision […]