Weekly Recap (8.7.2023)
Welcome to Episode 211! Bingham Group Associate Hannah Garcia CEO A.J. Bingham review the week (of 8.7.2023) in Austin politics and more.
This week we focus on the Zilker Vision Plan going down, and Council's two budget work sessions reviewing their individual priorities (links below!)
• Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison (D1)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=1854
• Council Member Vanessa Fuentes (D2) → austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4126#p4126
• Council Member José Velásquez (D3)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4133#p4133
• Council Member Chito Vela (D4)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4131#p4131
• Council Member Ryan Alter (D5)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4129#p4129
• Council Member Mackenzie Kelly (D6)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4128#p4128
• Mayor Pro Tem Paige Ellis (D8)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4132#p4132
• Council Member Zo Qadri (D9)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4135#p4135
• Council Member Alison Alter (D10)→ austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4127#p4127
BG READS TOP PICKS (Subscribe here → bit.ly/447KHt5)
• Austin City Council puts controversial plan for Zilker Park on hold (KUT)→ www.kut.org/austin/2023-08-07/a…zilker-park-on-hold
• Why corporate relocations, expansions are way down in the Austin area (Austin Business Journal)→www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/202…pdate-2023.html
• New Austin Energy GM says there are ’80 things’ to do better after winter storm (KXAN)→ www.kxan.com/investigations/inc…lks-top-priorities
• Equity Action slams budget proposal as ‘throwback to the ’90s’ (Austin Monitor)→ www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/0…ack-to-the-90s
• New state law to allow ETJ residents to leave city's jurisdiction (Community Impact)→ communityimpact.com/austin/san-marc…s-jurisdiction/
EPISODE 211
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