Austin Metric

From the Statesman:

It's worth repeating that incentives that spend taxpayers' dollars to attract companies to Austin are not always warranted or justified and should be granted or denied on a case-by-case basis. And whenever incentives are granted, there must be rigorous follow-up to ensure that the companies receiving public …

This table tells you why we need to change Austin's public outreach model.  But first, some context.

Katherine Gregor of the Austin Chronicle delves into some of the dissatisfaction about the diversity of participants in the City's comprehensive planning process.  Highly-educated, center-city types provided the bulk of the engagement so …

As expected, WTP4 passed on a 4-3 vote.  Cole, Leffingwell, Martinez, and Shade voted yea.  Morrison, Spelman, and Riley voted nay.  It was a very civil and interesting discussion that mostly focused on risk management.   Concilmembers Spelman and Shade delivered the most substantive remarks for each side.

Councilmember Spelman narrated …

Big City Council vote on WTP4 this Thursday.  Here is my previous post from the WTP4 forum.  The post highlights outstanding issues on both sides of the argument.

InFact Daily says that Shade is the going to be the swing vote and she is voting in the affirmative for the …

The Austin-American Statesman published a story arguing that the push for more renewables in the source energy sold by Austin Energy (AE) is "partially" to blame for higher bills.  The story quotes advocates for the poor and elderly expressing concern about these individuals' ability to pay.  Because of the story's …