What's interesting is that some of the loudest voices against new development on the east side are the newer residents. In other words, gentrifiers. The ones who are responsible for driving up home values.

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Although the measure is at least partially prompted by a desire to allow bikers and pedestrians to more easily social distance, protected bike infrastructure on Congress is long overdue and should become permanent.

A number of Eiserloh supporters are still betting on small-minded NIMBYism carrying the day in a race that has nothing to do with land use.

Cronk –– perhaps with the support of the mayor and other Council members –– may be calculating that calls for the chief to go will just blow over. That might be an astute calculation, but I suspect not.

It looks like Cronk is trying to find a way to make substantial cuts to the police department budget without actually cutting funds for policing.

In a dramatic reversal from past years, every City Council member in Austin has pledged to not accept contributions from police unions.

One of the most noticeable changes is downtown, the campus area and Central East Austin, where a bunch of streets are getting lowered from 30 to 25 mph.

"I kind of hope, in a way, Trump gets beat. Cuz maybe Biden will haul Mayor Adler's ass out of town, and get him somewhere else."

It's far from clear what the outcome of these resolutions will be. Don't be distracted by the headlines around town claiming that Council voted to "divest" from the police.