Stories by Josh Rosenblatt
Bundlers play big role in City Council campaign fundraising efforts
Campaign finance reports filed Tuesday by candidates and prospective candidates in the upcoming City Council elections reports show a considerable disparity between the campaign war chests of the four incumbents in the race and their actual and prospective challengers. Much…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jan 18, 2012
Council argues proposal to suspend regulations on short-term rentals
Council Members Laura Morrison and Kathie Tovo had a heated debate with Council Member Bill Spelman at Tuesday’s Council work session over his resolution that would suspend the code amendment process to change regulation of short-term rental properties. Opponents of…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jan 11, 2012
Spelman applauds Council achievements, bemoans open meetings fallout
This week, In Fact Daily is running its annual Year in Review, examining the issues and events that shaped Austin politics in 2011. Through Friday, we present a series of articles examining those issues through the eyes of the people…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jan 5, 2012
Martinez reflects on 2011 as big year for ‘major metropolitan’ Austin
Austin took important steps in 2011 toward becoming what Council Member Mike Martinez calls “a big, major metropolitan city with big, major metropolitan issues to deal with.” Those issues, he told In Fact Daily, touch on every aspect of the…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jan 4, 2012
Proposed land donation could adversely affect historic cemetery
Longtime owners of property in the Montopolis neighborhood saw their plans to donate some of their family’s land to the City of Austin hit a snag at the Dec. 8 Council meeting. The property, which is located on Bastrop Highway…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Dec 20, 2011
Split Council approves Farathane economic development deal
Following a debate that divided both Austin’s City Council and several of its most prominent labor advocacy groups, Council voted 5-2 Thursday to approve an economic development agreement with Detroit-based auto parts manufacturer U.S. Farathane Corporation. Under the terms of…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Dec 16, 2011
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Anti-fluoride activist Pressley to run for undetermined Council seat
Political gadfly Laura Pressley has announced that she is running for City Council. A longtime anti-fluoridation activist and member of the Texans for Accountable Government steering committee, Pressley told In Fact Daily that she is running because the current City…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Dec 12, 2011
Council considering changes to citizen participation guidelines
Several weeks after City Council began discussing the possibility of changing the way citizen involvement in Council meetings is regulated, members Laura Morrison and Bill Spelman have come up with a draft version of a resolution that would “clarify and…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Dec 8, 2011
Cole announces re-election bid for Place 6 Council seat
On Wednesday, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole put to rest any further rumors that she might be running for the mayor’s job, kicking off her re-election campaign in East Austin. Cole joined her three fellow Council members up for re-election…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Dec 1, 2011
Council HHS committee votes against fluoride warning in utility bills
The City Council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee struck a blow for science at its meeting last week, throwing its unanimous support behind a staff recommendation not to include a warning on city utility bills about the alleged dangers…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Nov 29, 2011
Historic Commission recommends landmark status for Lopez home
Last week, the Historic Landmark Commission voted to recommend landmark status for a house on East 9th Street despite damage the building sustained in a fire and a lingering mystery as to when it was originally built. As Historic…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Nov 21, 2011
Martinez announces re-election bid for third term on Council
It’s official: Council Member Mike Martinez will be running for a third term on the Austin City Council. Martinez announced his decision during a short ceremony yesterday at the Saltillo Plaza Red Line station on his beloved eastside. Flanked by…
