Although he was cautious about weighing in on a contract so fraught with controversy, Mayor Lee Leffingwell said Monday that the Purchasing Department’s decision to eliminate two of the most likely bidders to build the proposed city materials recycling facility (MRF) could mean a longer temporary contract with one of those potential bidders – Greenstar. […]
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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Watson, candidate’s daughter rally University Democrats
It didn’t quite pack the same punch of the State of the Union crowd, but the University of Texas Democrats did get a brush with regional political celebrity as they gathered last week to hear State Senator Kirk Watson and Elena White, daughter of Texas gubernatorial candidate Bill White talk about the November 2010 general […]
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Travis County Commissioners vote to allow mining project
There were no last-minute reprieves this time for the members of an eastern Travis County community hoping to stall a mining project, as the Travis County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 Tuesday to allow permitting for the project to move forward. In their action, the commissioners lamented the lack of regulatory power that had been granted […]
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Fish and Wildlife officials nix city’s Barton Springs bypass plan
Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have rejected part of an initiative to repair portions of Barton Springs known as Bypass Option 2b. The plan met with trouble when federal officials realized that by installing limestone blocks to stabilize a section of shore, contractors would impinge on the habitat of the endangered Barton […]
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Council studies $500,000 in incentives for Hanger Group relocation
Austin’s new, more publicly accessible economic development process was on display Thursday morning as the City Council heard mostly favorable testimony on a proposal that would lead to the incentivized relocation of the headquarters of Hanger Orthopedics Group to a facility located in the Domain. If approved, the city package would feature, according to […]
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Green deconstruction to cost an additional $525,000
Though there is still no official start date for new construction at the Green Water Treatment Plant redevelopment site, developer Perry Lorenz says that the group of investors behind the reworking of the facility is “very close to wrapping up an agreement” with the City of Austin. The team, which is headlined by USAA Real […]