Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard interviews Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and Travis County Strategic Planning Manager Belinda Powell about the County’s proposed downtown Courthouse plan, as well as other County-managed real estate interests. Sponsored by Kerbey Lane Cafe. Show embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/199126394″ 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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TipSheet: Austin City Council 3.31 & 4.2
Council continues its run of brief (by comparison) voting session agendas. As always, the Austin City Council meets in an agenda work session Tuesday and for its regular meeting Thursday. Below is a list of items we’re watching for the upcoming week. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: CM Pio Renteria
D3 Council Member Pio Renteria joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to discuss his first weeks in office, eastside gentrification, and more. Sponsored by Kerbey Lane Cafe. Show is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/198016086″ 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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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.24 & 3.26
Council has two meetings Thursday: Its inaugural Austin Energy committee of the whole and the regular Council meeting, pushed back to 11 a.m. to accommodate for the AE committee. Their agenda continues to be light, relative to those of their predecessors. As always, the Austin City Council meets in an agenda work session Tuesday and […]
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Explainer: The Austin Energy-CoA funds transfer
The Explainer takes a deeper look at stories we have been following. This week, we tackle the annual transfer from Austin Energy to the City of Austin’s General Fund. The annual transfer of what has historically been many millions of dollars in cash from the coffers of Austin Energy to those just across the river […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Greg Casar
Austin City Council Member Greg Casar joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about Casar’s first three months in office. Sponsored by Kerbey Lane. Show is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196691491″ 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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TipSheet: Austin City Council meetings 3.10 & 3.12
Council cuts it close to the SXSW downtown population boom this week with a voting session just before the start of the interactive portion of the festival. Still, this is as light a Council agenda we here in Monitorland can remember. As always, the Austin City Council meets in an agenda work session Tuesday and […]
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Explainer: The Zucker Report marginalia
There was a lot of unveiling in the Zucker Report. We saw that a third-party analysis of the City of Austin’s Planning and Development Review Department did, indeed, show what appears as evidence of multiple divisions in shambles, as had been suggested for some time by department patrons. And, no doubt, there will be plenty […]
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Explainer: Zim’s bill on housing scoring heads to State Lege Council
The Explainer offers a closer look at stories we have been following. This week, Don Zimmerman’s ongoing effort to change the way federal housing subsidies are awarded. City Council Member Don Zimmerman has displayed a certain … distaste for subsidized housing. Before his election to Council, Zimmerman used a rape whistle and the phrase “no […]
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TipSheet: Austin City Council 3.3 & 3.5
A light agenda for a week when some of the fireworks may be reserved for the March 2 first meeting of the Council’s Audit and Finance Committee–which is set to tackle the latest Council staffing proposal from Mayor Steve Adler. As always, the Austin City Council meets in an agenda work session Tuesday and for […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Mayor Steve Adler, the BBB interview
This is the complete recording of Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s live interview with Austin Mayor Steve Adler as part of the Monitor‘s Beers, Brains, and Betterment discussion series. Portions of the interview were broadcast on KOOP for Austin Monitor Radio on February 25. Sponsored by Kerbey Lane Cafe. Program is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/193053583″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” […]
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Explainer: Publisher’s Note
Each week, the Explainer offers a closer look at stories we have been following. This week, we’re looking inward. When we kicked things off here in Monitorland, we added the “beta” tag because we knew that we were still in early days. We also knew that the project would be ever-evolving, and so before I […]