Results tagged “countycommissioner”

Will Wynn renewed calls for an Austin streetcar at today's Downtown Austin Association Annual Luncheon. Moving forward would require two votes in the 2008 election - one to allow the project and another for bonds to finance it. The new plan would include connections to the airport (along Riverside), downtown, UT, the Triangle and Mueller.

If Travis County employees want to lose weight, they are going to have to do it the old-fashioned way: cigarettes and steam rooms. County officials unanimously overturned a previous decision that would have allowed the county to cover weight-loss surgery for extremely obese government workers. The idea to pay for bariatric surgery, passed by a 3-1 county commission vote a week ago, had led to some serious outcries from get-off-your-couch-you-lazy-piece-of-crap advocates and others who felt...

The Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus (ALGPC), whose mission is to "unite and organize Austin-area LGBT citizens and our friends and supporters in political action against all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender expression," recently extended an opportunity to the Democratic candidates running in March's primary elections for ALGPC endorsement. Those seeking endorsements were asked to fill out a questionnaire, answering questions such as:

» [books] Spin magazine senior contributing writer Andy Greenwald presents Miss Misery, wherein he "captures the essence of what it means to be young and struggling with identity in the new century," at Bookpeople (7pm) (link)

Once again, it looks like those of us who rely on public transportation on a daily basis could be faced with a strike of some sort, unless Cap City Metro and the unionized drivers and mechanics can come to terms. We are not very hopeful.