Tag Archives: Travis County Civil and Family Courthouse
County planners pledge to keep courthouse block "alive after five"
Anxiety is palpable this week at 700 Lavaca St., where Travis County officials and planners nervously wait as early voters cast their ballots to decide the fate of the $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond. While the Travis…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 20, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: In so many words
Last week, the Austin Monitor reported on a press conference held by the Travis County Taxpayers Union to announce the group’s opposition to Travis County’s $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond. Due to space constraints, we included in…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 19, 2015
In Travis County's courthouse bond campaign, a challenger emerges
With less than a month to go before Election Day, the first organized effort to oppose Travis County’s $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond has finally materialized. The Travis County Taxpayers Union, backed by Austin City Council Member…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 15, 2015
Travis County sells service station
The Travis County Commissioners Court has approved the sale of a prime piece of real estate on the outskirts of downtown Austin in a deal that is tied to the $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond election. Last Tuesday,…
Local Government • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 29, 2015
Courthouse proposal gets shut down in committee
A city proposal to relocate the county courthouse from downtown to East Austin didn’t gain any traction at the Audit and Finance Committee on Wednesday, but it did spark a heated conversation. Though City Council Member Ellen Troxclair moved to…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 24, 2015
Swift backlash for Zimmerman’s courthouse idea
City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s idea to relocate the proposed Travis County Civil & Family Courts Complex to East Austin drew fire Thursday. After years of planning, Travis County Commissioners voted last month to place a $287 million bond on…
Travis County • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 11, 2015
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Commissioners set courthouse bond election
Travis County’s largest bond proposition in recent memory has officially graduated from the Commissioners Court to the much more challenging court of public opinion. In a historic moment that capped off years of planning, the commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 19, 2015
Aging courthouse loses pace with growing county
As Travis County commissioners march forward with a plan to replace the aging Heman Marion Sweatt Courthouse, denizens of that historic building are pulling no punches in their description of it. “It’s awful. It’s terrible. It’s undignified,” was the way…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 14, 2015
Commissioners lower courts-complex price tag
Travis County voters will face a slightly smaller-than-expected bond proposition this November, thanks to last-minute trimming in the proposed Civil & Family Courts Complex budget. At the Commissioners Court’s regular voting session on Tuesday, county staff officially unveiled the new…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 12, 2015
Lawyers boost courthouse campaign
Members of Austin’s legal community have given a six-figure jolt to the campaign for a new civil and family courts complex. According to campaign finance documents filed last week, the political action committee coordinating the effort says it raised $134,439…
Local Government • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 21, 2015
Travis County shops for tools to blunt courthouse bonds
Travis County will host a forum for developers to explore options for a second, privately built tower on the block that would also be home to the proposed $292 million Civil & Family Courts Complex. The Commissioners Court voted on…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 24, 2015
Activist opposes Travis courthouse bond proposal
A prominent local advocate for low taxes and fiscal responsibility has declared his opposition to Travis County’s proposed $292 million Civil and Family Courthouse bond. Retired accountant Bill Oakey announced Thursday that he has resigned from the Community Focus Committee,…
