The YIMBY push at the Capitol
The pro-housing flavor of this session is real.
Jack Craver
Council to APD: Show us the numbers
The ever-growing Austin Infill Coalition: Yesterday I had the pleasure of talking to members of the Austin Infill Coalition at El Mercado on S. 1st alongside Austin Sanders of the Chronicle and Emily Dove, a policy adviser for Texas 2036, which is supporting a number of pro-housing bills at the
A scary look at Daniel Perry's social media diet
It's depressingly normal in some ways.
Has crime dropped due to DPS? We don't know yet
APD is playing the media with misleading stats.
A compatibility waiver
A good idea to create a lot more housing.
Two Council members raising concerns about DPS
The two DPS skeptics: There has been relatively little public pushback from Council members about the partnership between APD and the state Department of Public Safety that Mayor Kirk Watson abruptly announced a few weeks ago. A number of Council members, including Chito Vela, the lead opponent of the police
Unpardonable cowardice
Abbott puts Fox News in charge of our justice system.
A valid petition –– to protect density
A developer fights a rezoning that threatens their apartment plans.
TxDOT threatens an urban trail with a highway
You see a trail. TxDOT sees another highway.
Cop politics
Some early reactions to DPS: Rick Cofer, who has been active for years in local Democratic politics and has worked on both sides of criminal law, as both a prosecutor and now as a defense attorney, believes that it's a big mistake for APD to ask for from
The Lege might do some good. Seriously!
The GOP legislature might do what liberal urbanists couldn't.
Actually, who did call the troopers?
Did Watson ask for state troopers –– or merely accept them?