Balderdash And Poppycock – Austin Energy’s Convoluted Presentation To The City Council 1 Reply By Bill Oakey, November 29, 2022 To the untrained ear, Austin Energy’s presentation to the City Council this afternoon would sound very convincing. It had all of the slickness of a clever, se...
In June 2023, the Downtown Austin Alliance Board of Directors and City Council approved a reduction of the Downtown Public Improvement District assessment rate for calendar year 2024. The current assessment for downtown property owners is $0.10 per $100 of valuation over $500,000. In 2024, th...
but that’s unfortunately all they’ll make – a dent. In 2017, City Council committed to building at least 135,000 housing units over the subsequent decade. Before moving on, I’m compelled to say that this goal is embarrassingly low for the core of a metropolitan ...
2024. General ManagerMark Nibaur, AU Board of CommissionersJay LutzandOperationsDirectorAlex Bumgardnerpresented the proposal to extend the Power Supply Contract at anAustin City Councilwork session onJuly 1
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October 2, 2023 DECA supports proposed NXP incentive Diversity Ethnic Chamber Alliance Austin, TX decacentx.com Members of the Austin City Council 301 W. 2nd St. Austin, TX, 78701 Dear Esteemed Members of the Austin City Council, We are writing to express the wholehearted support of the Div...
Posted onJanuary 29, 2023 The following is a statement by Revolutionary Study Group, which has no affiliation with Red Guards Austin besides being among those who have inherited the movement they were a part of and wish to continue the struggle. As this statement describes, the new movement ha...
The Austin Chamber of Commerce has responded to the task force’s recommendations by forming an Entrepreneurs Council to better integrate women founders into the broader business community. Additionally, a local venture capital firm is considering leading a capital pledge to increase investments in women...
Capital Metro Board on 10 June 2020. Subsequently, Project Connect’s plan for a $7.1 billion multi-modal transit system expansion, including two initial light rail lines, has been approved by the Austin City Council and scheduled as a ballot measure for the upcoming election on 3 November ...
disciplined disciplinarian and an ‘old maid’ who wants the best for everyone. She’d taught most of them over decades in St. Isadore’s elementary school. Agatha is also an old-fashioned Catholic who voluntarily observes rules that had been relaxed by the Second Vatican Council, like not ea...