Tag Archives: November 2016 elections
Candidates square off in District 4 debate
Two of the three candidates vying for the District 4 City Council seat faced off Monday in a packed North Austin coffeehouse and answered questions from those they hope to represent. Incumbent Council Member Greg Casar has represented District 4…
Elections • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 20, 2016
ANC challenges Adler's mobility bond
The Austin Neighborhoods Council has come out swinging against Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million transportation bond package. Last Tuesday, the ANC’s executive committee unanimously passed a resolution outlining an extensive list of concerns about the proposal and concluding with two…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 19, 2016
More than a yard sign: Straddling the aisle in District 10
District 10 is Austin’s wealthiest district – it boasts an annual median family income of $131,100. It’s also one of the city’s most sprawling districts, stretching from MoPac Boulevard to Lake Travis. The race for District 10 is the most…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 16, 2016
More than a yard sign: Differing ideas about how District 7 should grow
You could classify Austin’s District 7 as the “middle district” – it falls smack dab between the city’s lowest- and highest-income districts, with an annual median family income around $74,000. Half (around 56 percent) of district residents rent their homes.…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 15, 2016
More than a yard sign: A runoff rematch in District 6
Austin’s District 6 is one of the city’s wealthiest – the median family income is about $86,000 a year. It also boasts the largest number of Asian residents in the city. Council Member Don Zimmerman represents Austin’s northernmost district. He…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 14, 2016
More than a yard sign: A near repeat of 2014 in District 4 race
Austin’s District 4 is one of its most diverse – more than 65 percent of its residents are Hispanic, and nearly 10 percent of the district is African-American. Currently, City Council Member Greg Casar represents the north central district. Austin’s…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 13, 2016
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More than a yard sign: An incumbent, a boxer and a tech guy in District 2
Complaints we hear citywide about affordability are magnified in Austin’s District 2. The southeast district has some of the lowest-income residents, with a median family income of $42,650. The district also boasts the largest Hispanic population – a point of…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 12, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: Jimmy Flannigan
District 6 City Council candidate Jimmy Flannigan joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about his candidacy. Audio embedded below.
Elections • By Michael Kanin • Sep 12, 2016
District 2 candidates debate for first time
Beneath a basketball net and a shut-off scoreboard at the Dove Springs Recreation Center, two City Council candidates for Austin’s District 2 squared off against each other and against the incumbent, Council Member Delia Garza. The forum, hosted by KUT,…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 7, 2016
$720 million mobility bond could feature hidden costs
The price tag of Austin’s second-largest transportation bond proposal ever has been pegged at $720 million, but extra costs could pile as high as $20 million if voters approve the package in November. The central piece of the plan calls…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 6, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Same as it ever was
Remember your dais voice… City Council members and city management are increasingly pushing back on Council Member Don Zimmerman’s tirades against city staff. It started at a Council budget work session Wednesday, when the cantankerous conservative expressed outrage that a…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Sep 6, 2016
Candidates fail to file financial information
The Austin Monitor asked the Office of the City Clerk on Tuesday for all of the financial information statements filed by City Council candidates running for election and re-election on the Nov. 8 ballot. Although there are 14 candidates, the…
