'Blanket' upzonings are the way to go

Different rules for different neighborhoods lead to unfair outcomes.

Some pre-Thanksgiving thoughts

Corrections: Yesterday I incorrectly wrote that Kyle Burke managed Vanessa Fuentes' 2020 Council campaign. In fact, he was the campaign's field director. OK folks, been a pretty chaotic week on the home front without daycare etc, so here are some quick thoughts on a variety of subjects.

A candidate in District 10

Last week I sat down with Ashika Ganguly, candidate for City Council District 10, the wealthy West Austin district currently represented by Alison Alter, who is term-limited. Ganguly was the first candidate to file but she has since been followed by Marc Duchen, who has been active in neighborhood association

We can't count on convictions for police reform

We shouldn't need a murder conviction to fire bad cops.

Why do people really oppose new homes?

Talk of gentrification and displacement is quite rare.

A FAR out way to preserve old homes

& why you shouldn't freak about the NIMBY lawsuit prevailing.

Tragedy at APD & a dumb NIMBY court win

Tragedy at APD A standoff over a hostage situation in South Austin left four dead on Saturday, including Senior Police Officer Jorge Pastore. My heart is heavy today. Please help me and our APD family pay tribute to SPO Jorge Pastore for his brave & heroic actions. Sir, we’ll

The billion dollar bike plan

$1 billion could give Austin a world-class pedestrian and bike system.

Lawsuit against Project Connect

We knew this was coming.

A big crowd against a bigger highway

Few city issues draw a crowd. Highway expansion did.

There go parking mandates

City staff actually made it happen!

Should we be mad at Watson –– or the code?

A broken bureaucracy facilitates favoritism.