Austin Monitor

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “Unlike many large airports in the United States, (ABIA) is not a hub to any single airline, and that makes this a vote of confidence from our collective signatory airline partners… They are choosing to make long-term commitments […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “Should this event continue, one thing I will tell them is, ‘Here’s what you might wanna consider doing moving forward,’ in terms of how you’re providing information to the vendor and your expectations on minimum pay for performers […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “I’m very uncomfortable with a policy of us going through a lengthy budget process, a detailed budget process, and then literally at the very next meeting of the Council, we’re taking up budget items again, many of which […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “This idea that… there’s no drinking at Barton Springs – I mean there’s plenty of drinking at Barton Springs, let’s all be honest… Austin crowds are generally pretty responsible about these kinds of things.” — Council Member Chito Vela, […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “We may be a leader in many things. We’re not a leader in historic preservation.. I’ve worked in many, many cities around the world and that’s just not one of our strengths. What we do have are a […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “Council directed city staff to explore the development of the municipal building and how it is we could be of support in that. One part in the resolution even said to possibly transfer the property to Rally, which […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “This is gonna be a big building, everything is gonna be done totally indoors. No trash sits there overnight, all trash will be removed every day… So this isn’t the final disposal facility, merely a transfer facility.” — Austin […]

Callout: Today’s newsletter is supported by “Austin Parks Foundation’s Party for the Parks” ⚪️ Quote of the Day “We would like to see the number of people that are living unsheltered downtown, and certainly across the city, decreasing. But we recognize this is at a really important point in time where, undoubtedly, federal funding will decrease […]

Today’s newsletter is supported by the Austin Chamber and the Greater Austin Business Awards nominations ⚪️ Quote of the Day “The City of Austin is confident the ballot language is appropriate and meets all legal requirements. We also have confidence in the court system and will respond in that venue.” — Mayor Kirk Watson, from Former […]

Today’s newsletter is supported by the Austin Chamber and the Greater Austin Business Awards nominations ⚪️ Quote of the Day “Austin ISD has an extremely high number of chronically underperforming campuses… That is a very significant problem, and that is a problem that doesn’t just happen on its own.” — TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, from Austin […]

Today’s newsletter is supported by the Austin Chamber and the Greater Austin Business Awards nominations ⚪️ Quote of the Day “We’re going to have to do things a little differently, and that’s going to be uncomfortable for some people, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t do it.” — Council Member Ryan Alter, from Austin spends […]

Today’s newsletter is supported by the Austin Chamber and the Greater Austin Business Awards nominations ⚪️ Quote of the Day “The rainy day is now. Many of the amendments I have put forth are because organizations are losing federal funding, and to think that we’re talking about where our reserve policy is three, four years […]