Nick Barbaro
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Public Notice: Careful What You Wish For
The Council meeting that couldn’t wait until Thursday → Read More
Public Notice: What’s Wrong With Mineola?
Should we follow the model zoning in Sen. Bryan Hughes’ hometown? → Read More
Public Notice: Do You Avoid Driving I-35?
Perhaps you missed the full-page ad that was on page 3 of the Austin American-Statesman this past Monday. As a public service, it's reproduced below. If the QR code still works at this reduced size, it'll take you to austinchamber.com/i35, where there's a one-click email that autofills with the subject line "Support I-35 Capital Express Central" (blind copying digital@austinchamber.com). Dear… → Read More
Public Notice: What Goes Up ... May Go Down?
You've likely seen the headlines about the big drop in home prices over the last eight months or so. True, but it depends what you call home. The headlines, of course, are about the sales of single-family houses, whose median price skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic – especially in Austin – then started a sharp decline last spring. Through no fault of my own, I get a lot of real estate… → Read More
Public Notice: Epiphany!
Today, Jan. 5, is the 12th day of Christmas. Tonight is the magical Twelfth Night (check our club listings to find 12 drummers drumming), and tomorrow, Jan. 6, is the Feast of the Epiphany – the day when (as observed in the West) three kings wandering in the desert came across a family of homeless migrants and proclaimed their baby to be the son of god and king of the Jews. In much of the world… → Read More
Public Notice: A Mayor (and a Superintendent) for All of Austin
Kirk Watson, Matias Segura set to lead city, school district → Read More
Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, Act 3
Why is it so hard to make actual progress on housing? → Read More
World Cup Watch: And Then There Were Eight
As the knockout round started, the traditional powers put the hammer down → Read More
World Cup Watch: It’s Kickoff Time in Qatar
Qatar and FIFA (and Soccer) Qatar's last-minute decision to ban the previously agreed upon beer sales at stadiums was followed by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino's bizarre rant defending the hosts, and inviting critics to blame him instead. Okay, he has a point: FIFA sucks also. For another example, it was they, not directly Qatar, who nixed a plan this week for several European teams to wear… → Read More
World Cup Watch: And So It Begins ...
The World Cup kicks off in what organizers promise won't be the Fyre Festival of sporting events → Read More
Public Notice: The Ghosts of Austin’s Future
Two different City Councils; four different land use results → Read More
Public Notice: Mobility for All
As Project Connect wends its way from being a transit plan to being a transit network, it's becoming increasingly clear that, by itself, its reach is limited: Unless you live, and work, and shop within a few blocks of a station, it's not going to do much for you, until someone fixes the "last mile" problems. And even then, as the city grows, if we get half the people out of their cars, but the… → Read More
Public Notice: More Drama in Hays County
Plus APD at City Council, and what’s one man’s trash ... → Read More
Public Notice: What’s Up With the Orange Line?
Transit watchers are starting to feel a little nervous about Project Connect's light rail Orange Line – that's the one with the tunnel under the river and South Congress – after a couple of emails circulated last week that seemed to signal a change in the "full steam ahead" vibe coming from the project planners. First came a rumor that the station at 38th and Guadalupe now won't be built. The… → Read More
Public Notice: Policy Priorities, Space Constraints
What really makes a difference in housing production → Read More
Public Notice: Showdown on Main Streets
Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors → Read More
Public Notice: Working Hard for the Money
City offers temp jobs and green job training … and lifeguarding → Read More
Public Notice: Good Riddance
With CodeNext finally dead, can we finally move ahead? → Read More
Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy
It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present → Read More
Public Notice: What Doesn't Kill You ...
Maybe Omicron is a good thing? → Read More