Austin @ Large: What Happens Next?

Suggestions for a 2004 City Hall to-do list

"...Forgive my Grinchiness, but here on the Austin-public-life beat, the happiest tiding of the season is that..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin's chain store vs. local business battle is economic and political.

"...Last week, Mayor Will Wynn bemoaned the "Austin schizophrenia" that led neighborhood activists -- many of the..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For regional planning, it's a great day to go back to the future

"...a pretty good week for Will Wynn after all. Austin ISD has signed up its campuses for green power;..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Smoking Ban Won't Hurt the Live Music Scene

"...Editor, It's clear that Louis Black cares deeply about Austin's live music scene – the clubs, the musicians, and..."

April 4, 2005 Postmarks

Onward Austin, Ho!

"...When Onward Austin – a grassroots coalition that includes the American Cancer..."

April 15, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Smoking Ban

Supporters breathe easy, opponents smolder

"...both held true in the end. The new, tougher ordinance, which bans smoking in bars, billiard parlors, and live..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Left Alone, Free-Market Forces Will Make Austin as Smoke-Free as Possible

"...intentions. However it is likely that a more enlightened ordinance would have passed if more people concerned about fairness..."

June 11, 2004 Postmarks

In Favor of Smoking Ban

"...where I didn't have that option. As both an Austin musician and clubgoer, I've logged plenty of time in..."

April 11, 2005 Postmarks

Point Austin: Saturday Smoke Signals

Place 3 surprises, while the rest of the vote follows the program

"...until whatever legal action ensues over the now-pending smoking-ban ordinance, officially due to take effect September 1. As everybody..."

May 13, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin at Large: Let's Take a Vote on That

Forced elections are now routine, but are they "grassroots"?

"...you can safely bet I know more about the Austin Convention Center – history, urban design, finances, hotel tax,..."

July 26, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Chronic: The Many Crusades of Adam Reposa

Months after being raided, lawyer continues to taunt the courts, the cops, and Ken Paxton

"...running an unlicensed cannabis dispensary out of an East Austin home before officers representing three different agencies stormed in..."

June 14, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: Dreaming Downtown

The conversation resumes on how to remake the second street district

"...we aspire to," he said, "and the values of Austin that we think are related to democracy, culture, entertainment,..."

March 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Don't Ash, Don't Tell

The city’s smoking ordinance is rather lax in bars and restaurants, but hardly anyone’s complaining

"...sums up Zuliani's stance against the city's five-year-old smoking ordinance. A nonsmoker and owner of Vic's Restaurant, Zuliani has..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

The Common Law

Can I smoke in bars? – The latest on Austin's smoking ban

"...heard something on the radio about a judge overturning Austin's no-smoking ordinance. Does that mean I can start smoking..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

911, We've Got a Smoker

Austin's new smoking ordinance takes effect today

"...Well, they were. Two weeks later, said enforcement of Austin's new Smoking in Public Places Ordinance – which can..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Common Law

Austin smoking ordinance – is the smoker or the bar owner at fault?

"...still allows people to smoke even though the smoking ordinance is now in effect. Can I get in trouble..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Page Two

The anti-smoking ordinance is an unconscionable social experiment in an already sketchy economic environment; the Place 5 run-off boasts two good candidates, so no need to get ugly; and we report the news, not slurs.

"...ridiculousness of it being illegal, I am against the no-smoking ordinance because it is overregulation driven by self-righteousness. There..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Songs of democracy in distress

"...Democracy in Austin: Part 1 Regardless of how you feel about the..."

April 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...last week's public hearing on Mayor Gus Garcia's proposed no-smoking ordinance. Supporters of the strict ban cited the adverse..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of the June 6 edition. I accept that The Austin Chronicle is a liberal rag, and I am OK..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Smoke Signals

Red River's live music venue owners fear Austin's newly proposed smoking ordinance – with good reason

"..."Live Music Capital of the World," the city of Austin has caused nothing but hardship for its thriving nightlife:..."

April 15, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Where There's Smoke …

Across the country, perspectives on the smoking bans offer a very mixed bag

"...and clubs, many business owners feel similarly persecuted by Austin's nonsmoking forces. Anti-smoking activists respond that the smoking ban..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Step Outside

California's Smoking Ban... Coming to a Club Near You?

"...restaurants, which have already been put through a smoking ordinance wringer. The Texas Department of Health distributes material that..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Kudos to Lauri Apple for aptly describing the Austin transportation mess: Everyone has an agenda, but few have..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Postmarks

"...reduce the impact of motor-vehicle air-pollutant emissions. The five-county Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area has violated the EPA health..."

June 20, 2003 Column

Naked City

Clubs and bars confused and wary about enforcement

"...questions and hypothetical enforcement scenarios. Unlike many similarly strict ordinances, citations under Austin's new ban are issued to the..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Clarke Backs Smoking Ban

"...supported Mayor Gus Garcia's campaign for a tougher indoor-smoking ordinance -- but "when we have local club owners holding..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature

Page Two

SXSW looms, Seton's dubious deal, the war moves closer, the city silences the music, and the new GOP loves deficits.

"...Over the next weeks we'll gush SXSW information. The Austin Music Awards, the official kickoff of the SXSW Music..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Living Just Enough for the City

City sound limits and national anti-immigration movements share absolutism and intransigence

"...When Austin decided to adopt the motto "live music capital of..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Smokey and the Bandit

Enforcing the Smoking Ban

"...If the stronger smoking ordinance prevails at the ballot box May 7, the city..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature

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