Mayor Steve Adler has written to the executive committee of the Austin Neighborhoods Council to reassure those neighborhood representatives that he will do his part to protect neighborhoods “in conjunction with the proposed transportation bonds” and the rewrite of the Land Development Code, known as CodeNEXT. His letter was in response to resolutions approved by […]
November 2016 elections
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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Delia Garza
City Council Member Delia Garza joins Austin Monitor Editor Liz Pagano to chat about Garza’s re-election campaign. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/288464351″ 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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Updated: Data shows traffic dropping along key corridors
Update: Data obtained from the Texas Department of Transportation after this story was published show a dramatic spike in traffic along the North Lamar, South Lamar and Burnet Road corridors – and indeed around much of Austin in general – in 2015. Data show a milder increase in the Airport Boulevard corridor. Overall, vehicle counts […]
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Campaign finance reports show who’s in the money
With only 28 days left until Election Day, Tuesday’s deadline for campaign finance reports arrived with little fanfare. City Council candidates were required to report all money they raised and spent between July 1 and the end of September, and most of their reports were available to view on the city’s website by the end […]
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The leap of faith inherent in voting for the $720 million bond
Traversing parts of North Lamar Boulevard as a bicyclist or pedestrian – or, even as a driver – can be alarming. The speed limit is high, and substantial barriers exist neither between pedestrians and cars nor between cars going north and those headed south. Changes proposed as part of the North Lamar Corridor Development Program […]
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Dark money law keeps PACs busy
Move Austin Forward, the political action committee supporting the city’s $720 million bond proposition on the Nov. 8 ballot, has raised about $680,000, according to Jim Wick, manager of the pro-bond campaign. He said the campaign has spent about half of the money it has raised so far. Mike Levy, who opposes Proposition 1, has […]
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Poll: Austin divided on mobility bond
According to an Austin Monitor poll, the fate of the mobility bond is anyone’s guess. The poll was sponsored by Perry Lorenz and conducted by Public Policy Polling. On Oct. 5 and 6, Public Policy Polling surveyed 585 Austin voters by phone about November’s $720 million transportation bond. Jim Williams of Public Policy Polling told […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Leslie Pool
Austin City Council Member Leslie Pool joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about her bid for reelection. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/286836386″ 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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Austin Monitor Radio: Alison Alter
City Council District 10 candidate Alison Alter joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about her campaign. Post is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/285717774″ 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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Adler labors to clarify a complicated bond package
Mayor Steve Adler used two separate forums on Wednesday to address a set of “myths” that he said are circulating around his $720 million transportation bond proposal. “The myths as I hear them in the community are that the total cost of this is actually $2 billion,” Adler told the Austin Board of Realtors during […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Greg Casar
Austin City Council Member Greg Casar joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his reelection bid. The audio is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/284817071″ 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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Candidates come out swinging in District 6 forum
In a repeat match of their neck-and-neck 2014 race, City Council Member Don Zimmerman and challenger Jimmy Flannigan met Tuesday night beneath a giant screen at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline. There was no feature on the bill, but that was all right. The two candidates vying for District 6 representative provided ample entertainment. “You […]