Budget passes: here comes the tax election
It's time to trust the voters.
Jack Craver
The final slog
Some hurt feelings.
Watson's counteroffer
And Duchen wants to hike electric rates.
Council bending to Watson's will
The Council moves towards a lower tax hike.
A third tax plan
Four CMs try to offer a middle path.
Marc Duchen's fuzzy math
Austin is not a tax-and-spend outlier.
Watson pushes lower tax
Can he get support for it?
How high can the city go?
And how much will voters accept?
Mixed vibes on the Tax Rate Election
And why are so many firefighters sick?
What will a tax hike get Austin?
How high will voters go?
Liberalism depends on cost controls
There is such thing as bad spending.
Austin EMS turns off the sirens
Few 911 calls merit sirens –– let alone fire trucks.