Jeff Travillion, candidate for the Travis County Commissioners Court Pct. 1 seat joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his candidacy. The show is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233159519″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Michael Kanin
Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Greg Casar
Austin City Council Member Greg Casar looks back at his first months in office, including his efforts as chair of Council’s Planning and Neighborhood Committee. The program is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232422797″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Austin Monitor Radio: TravCo courthouse debate
Travis County Pct. 2 Commissioner Brigid Shea and Travis County Taxpayers Union representative Roger Falk join Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to debate the question of whether or not to fund the construction of a new Travis County Civil and Family Courthouse. The show is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/231067489″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Austin Monitor Radio: James Nortey
James Nortey, attorney and 2016 Candidate for the TravCo Commissioners Court Pct. 1 seat, joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his campaign, issues facing Travis County, and more. Show is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/230051616″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 10.15.2015
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweet. ITEMS 3 6 10 30 35 38 39 42 47 48 49 53 56 57 63 69 72 85 86 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 485 tcb 6 […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: The State of Austin Music
This is the complete audio of our October 6 Beers, Brains, and Betterment discussion about the state of music in Austin, Texas. Austin Music People’s Jennifer Houlihan, artist and Urban Artist Alliance founder Tee-Double, Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, SXSW brand development honcho and former CoA Music Commission Chair Brad Spies, and Transmission Events […]
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Tick Tock: Austin City Council Meeting 10.8.2015
ITEMS 4 6 11 12 16 25 26 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 38 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 80 LillyRockwell 1 Thursday, October 08, 2015 9AM .@MayorAdler speaking about @MobilityATX report. #atxgov #atxcouncil http://t.co/Yk9ZG4oEyN October 08, 2015 09:39 AM .@MayorAdler speaking about @MobilityATX report. #atxgov #atxcouncil http://t.co/Yk9ZG4oEyN October 08, 2015 09:39 AM More […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: 600 MW of solar power?
The Sierra Club’s Cyrus Reed and city of Austin Electric Utility Commission chair (and former Austin Energy employee) Michael Osborne join Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the potential of as much as 600 megawatts in additional solar power contracts for Austin Energy. Program is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226880045″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 10.1.2015
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweet. ITEMS 1 4 5 10 11 20 32 39 44 45 48 58 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 169 DanKeshet 2 mclarkmadison 1 JimmyFlannigan 1 taradoolittle 1 cubbie9000 […]
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Publisher’s Note: Two Years
It’s been entirely too long since I wrote you all. I’ll offer (meekly, perhaps) that we’ve been rather busy here at Monitor/Capital of Texas Media Foundation HQ – and so, on top of missing more than a few opportunities to report on the advancement of things, we also nearly missed this opportunity to mark the […]
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Call to return Jack, Duncan to CodeNEXT advisory body
This past Sunday, Zilker neighborhood resident David King sent out an email to his neighbors calling on them to petition members of City Council and various city and county boards and committees to reappoint Jeff Jack and Jim Duncan to the city’s Code Advisory Group, which was established by Council in 2013 to “facilitate public […]
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D7 transportation survey up…
City Council Member Leslie Pool has joined her colleagues in Districts 1 and 4 by offering her constituents a chance to weigh in directly on their transportation spending priorities. Interested parties can find that opportunity here, where they will be asked to, according to a release from Pool’s office, “prioritize mobility projects in District 7.” […]