After two years in office, City Council Member Ann Kitchen, who represents District 5’s long stretch of South Austin, is happy with what she has accomplished for her district and the city but says that Council could stand to improve the way it operates in a few key ways. Kitchen is the only member of […]
District 5
District 5 is built along South Lamar Boulevard, further south along Westgate Boulevard. Even further south, it takes a right turn and picks up the South Park area on the far south edge of town and wanders east across I-35 to the well-to-do Onion Creek Country Club area.
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Could District 5 be without representation for six months?
Although local political action committee Austin4All turned in a petition to recall City Council Member Ann Kitchen to the city clerk’s office Friday, petitions to recall Council members are far from common. So it’s fair to say that the rules governing this process are little known. According to a spokesperson for the city, the city […]
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Austin4All turns in petition to recall Ann Kitchen
Long awaited light has finally beamed in on the operations of the political action committee known as Austin4All. The Austin Monitor swung by the Office of the City Clerk on Friday afternoon and found the PAC’s co-directors, Rachel Kania and Tori Moreland, turning in financial documents as well as thousands of signatures on a petition […]
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Kitchen reflects on past year, looks forward to next
City Council Member Ann Kitchen has a long list of what she considers to be the first 10-1 Council’s achievements in its first year, but she also has ambitious plans for what she hopes the body will accomplish next year. Kitchen, who represents a central chunk of South Austin by way of District 5, ticked […]
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Kitchen says Council meeting reform is top priority
Though District 5 City Council Member-elect Ann Kitchen ranks affordability, transportation and growth management as her top citywide issues this year, she believes that the new Council should start by streamlining its legislative process. “My first priority is to change how we work with the public,” Kitchen told the Austin Monitor. “I think we immediately […]