Stories by Charlotte Moore
County Budget Office looks for way to help fund Public Integrity Unit
In preparing for the Fiscal Year 2014 budget mark-up process, the Planning and Budget Office Tuesday presented Travis County Commissioners Court with ways to offset the cost of funding the state’s Public Integrity Unit. District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg oversees the…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 28, 2013
Council nixes requiring lamination of downtown windows to cut noise
Austin City Council members unanimously agreed last week that a proposal to force developers of new downtown high-rise residential structures to laminate windows would do too little to mitigate noise problems and end up costing too much to install. At…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 26, 2013
Gómez wants to speed up widening of roads near COTA facility
Travis County Commissioner Pct. 4 Margaret Gómez says her proposal to expand roads in southeast Travis County is about safety, business development, and job creation, but some of her critics charge that she is pandering to the Circuit of the…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 21, 2013
Commissioners to hear contentious Overlook Estates case again
Progress in Austin again reaches a standoff with neighbors in one Southwest Travis County community holding steadfast to their positions in a battle over development. At issue is a new high-end community called Overlook Estates, owned by the Roy…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 19, 2013
Commissioners OK plans for Community First Village for homeless
After two hours of passionate debate Tuesday, a unanimous Travis County Commissioners Court gave social outreach ministry Mobile Loaves & Fishes the go-ahead to build a recreational vehicle park for the homeless in eastern Travis County. At least two commissioners…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 14, 2013
City Council approves $62 million expansion of terminal at ABIA
With little to no turbulence whatsoever, Austin City Council members Thursday authorized more than $62 million for expanding the Barbara Jordan Terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Passengers will foot some of that bill, but will likely benefit from shorter wait…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 9, 2013
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Task forces urges increased safety, better pay for construction workers
Travis County must do more to ensure the safety of and fair compensation for its construction workers. Those are unquestionably the biggest issues facing construction workers today according to the Economic Development Task Force the county formed to study this…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 8, 2013
County to spend $1.8 million to fund slimmed-down Public Integrity Unit
Travis County taxpayers will help breathe life into the state’s nearly defunct Public Integrity Unit after Commissioners Court Tuesday voted 4-1 to dedicate nearly $1.8 million in funding to the department. Pct. 3 Commissioner Gerald Daugherty – the only Republican…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 7, 2013
Travis Commissioners to discuss funding DA’s Public Integrity Unit
Judge Sam Biscoe put the future of the state’s Public Integrity Unit firmly in the hands of the Travis County Commissioners Court last week. In the wake of Gov. Rick Perry’s line-item veto of a $3.5 million appropriation for the…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 6, 2013
Proposed gate opens disagreement between neighborhood, developers
People who live in one Southwest Austin neighborhood virtually unpaved the way for developers to privatize a few public roads. On Tuesday, Travis County Commissioners Court listened while residents of The Ridge at Thomas Springs voiced their opposition to developers…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 31, 2013
Travis Commissioners give go-ahead for new Civil and Family Courthouse
Under pressure to act, the Travis County Commissioners Court Tuesday approved a construction method for building a new Civil and Family Courthouse in downtown Austin. The unanimous endorsement came after a lengthy presentation, debate, impassioned argument and a bit of…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 24, 2013
Commissioners move on new space for DA despite Daugherty’s objection
Despite eleventh hour pushback from Pct. 3 Commissioner Gerald Daugherty, the Travis County Commissioners Court is moving ahead with plans to construct a new seven-story, 200,000 square-foot downtown building for the Travis County District Attorney’s office. That a plan that…
