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Little Woodrow's on Burnet survives two-year fight to serve alcohol
It certainly wasn’t easy, but the Little Woodrow’s bar on Burnet Road now has the right to serve alcohol. The City Council granted an appeal late Thursday, permitting liquor sales and a waiver that allows parking closer to residential…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 4, 2014
Conservatives, others see opportunities in new City Council districts
With single-member districts soon to become a reality, Austin City Council candidates are already lining up to crowd what promises to be a very full November ballot. Austin’s political insiders and outsiders alike are trying to get a handle on…
Elections • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 3, 2014
Some complain of ‘packing’ Democratic clubs for endorsements
There was an unusually fierce internal battle at Saturday’s endorsement meeting of the Central Austin Democrats. Essentially, the argument was over the fact that numerous members of the University Democrats had joined Central Austin Democrats, ostensibly so they could vote…
Elections • By Jo Clifton • Feb 3, 2014
Council OKs building regulations to enhance disabled accessibility
After multiple tries, Austin City Council members finally OK’d a series of new regulations designed to make new construction in the City of Austin more accessible to the disabled. The rules, collected under a visitability ordinance, are set to take…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Jan 31, 2014
Council OKs measure to consider city’s income growth with budget
Austin City Council members Thursday approved requiring staff to come up with an affordability benchmark to give both staff and themselves more information when making decisions about the city’s budget. Council Member Bill Spelman authored the proposal. The figure…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Jan 31, 2014
Split Council passes economic incentive deal for Athenahealth
City Council members approved on a 5-2 vote an incentives package aimed at bringing Massachusetts- based Athenahealth to the city. The move came as Council Members Laura Morrison and Kathie Tovo continued to question the appropriateness of the city providing…
Local Politics • By Chris Thomas • Jan 31, 2014
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Canceled work session leaves several Council issues hanging
Austin City Council members were prepared to discuss new visitability regulations, an agreement between the City of Austin and the University of Texas that would have allowed for an $85,000 study of the Project Connect effort, and the Holly Shores…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Jan 29, 2014
Rapidly developing winter storm catches city officials off guard
A relatively quick and unexpected change in weather conditions early Tuesday morning resulted in a considerable scheduling confusion in the Central Texas region. Among other changes, Austin City Council members found themselves suddenly without a work session Tuesday morning. Travis…
Local Government • By Michael Kanin • Jan 29, 2014
Martin, McLellan both drop out of campaign for Austin mayor
The field of candidates running for Mayor of Austin got considerably smaller Monday as community activist Patsy Woods Martin and former 3M Company executive Bill McLellan have both said they are dropping out of the race. That leaves Austin attorney…
Elections • By Michael Kanin • Jan 28, 2014
Council members discuss plan to put dog park in industrial area
The City Council discussed and postponed action Thursday on what could be a controversial new dog park located in an industrial complex in southeast Austin. The proposed park, located off Winnebago Lane in the Missouri-Pacific Industrial Complex, would be, as…
Development • By Chris Thomas • Jan 27, 2014
Council members approve $15 million in bond funds for housing
Austin City Council members Thursday signed off on $15 million in bond funds for the city’s Neighborhood Housing Department. Their approval marks the first use of the $65 million in affordable housing bonds approved by voters in November 2013 to…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Jan 27, 2014
Council members skeptical over incentive deal for AthenaHealth
Austin City Council members Thursday expressed no small amount of skepticism about an economic development incentives deal that would bring a new AthenaHealth Research and Development facility to the former Seaholm Power Plant. Concerns – mostly from Council Members Laura…
