Charlotte Moore

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 unit, which prosecutes public corruption, tax, insurance and motor fuels fraud in the State of […]

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 the request of Council, nearly two years ago the Music Division of the city’s Economic […]

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 Americas race track. Gómez and former County Auditor Susan Spataro say the focus of proposed […]

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 Butler Family interest, privatization of public roads in the area, and security gates that would […]

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 say they want similar parks in other parts of the county. The issue brought to […]

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 times through security and better baggage handling. “As I understand it…there are two classes of […]

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 issue.  The issue is timely as the county prepares to break ground on its new […]

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 on the Court – was the lone dissenter. The unit prosecutes state fraud, financial crimes […]

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 program, Biscoe set the stage for what will likely be a well-watched Commissioners Court hearing […]

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 of The Overlook Estates adding gates that would in effect divide the two communities. Their […]

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 admitted confusion on the part of some members of the court. But the court still […]

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 didn’t sit well with Daugherty in light of fallout from District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s April […]