It's the police spending
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Could move-in fees be the big homeless solution?
A South Austin pastor says so.
Dog & cat abortion is back!
Good riddance.
Bigly fee increases
Not good for housing.
Budget passes: here comes the tax election
It's time to trust the voters.
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.
Do we need another plan?
How about a new code instead?
In memoriam: Bill Spelman
"The wonk with a heart of gold."
What did hiking police pay get Austin?
The city budget is in shambles, but is the city safer?
The era of never-ending fundraising
Paige Ellis & Selena Xie report totals in Southwest Austin race.
Rate hikes, tax hikes
The city takes $ from Austin Energy to balance the budget.
No cuts –– except to overtime
Cuts to police & fire overtime save big bucks.
Austerity kept AFD away from Kerrville
It wasn't about protecting Austin.
Watson, Broadnax strike back at fire union prez
The firefighters union appears isolated.