The two DPS skeptics: There has been relatively little public pushback from Council members about the partnership between APD and the state Department of Public Safety that Mayor Kirk Watson abruptly announced a few weeks ago. A number of Council members, including Chito Vela, the lead opponent of the police
Abbott puts Fox News in charge of our justice system.
A developer fights a rezoning that threatens their apartment plans.
You see a trail. TxDOT sees another highway.
Some early reactions to DPS: Rick Cofer, who has been active for years in local Democratic politics and has worked on both sides of criminal law, as both a prosecutor and now as a defense attorney, believes that it's a big mistake for APD to ask for from
The GOP legislature might do what liberal urbanists couldn't.
Did Watson ask for state troopers –– or merely accept them?
I get y'all don't wanna piss off TxDOT, but c'mon.
We need libraries more than ever.
Correction: Yesterday I accidentally wrote, "The opposition from Butts and the Windsor Park neighborhood association, however, did sway Chito Vela, who represents the area, from supporting the rezoning." It should have said didn't sway. Yesterday, out of the blue, Mayor Kirk Watson announced a new "
The mayor names two reform opponents to the Planning Commission.
In case you forgot, I'm on vacation, so I'm not going to comment fully on this until next week, but at the very least I wouldn't to share some helpful links about the most recent update on Project Connect. You can find maps of