When big news stories broke in the good old days, Austin citizens relied on their one daily paper to get the details.  Along came the Austin Chronicle as the new boss, the progressive alternative to challenge the old boss American-Statesman; a rivalry good for coverage of community issues.  But a while back, the new boss Austin Chronicle (despite the good sensibilities of its publisher Nick Barbaro) decided to be damn nearly the same as the old boss Austin American-Statesman, and kowtow to the real estate growth lobby.  Which maybe explains why some people call them the “Comical” and the “Real Estatesman”. 

This issue will be coming back in May 2010 for a vote of the Austin City Council.  So far, they are split 4 in favor (Leffingwell, Martinez, Cole and Shade) and 3 against (Spelman, Riley and Morrison). 

Get the story the Statesman and Chronicle failed to report, watch the debate yourself and YOU decide a major decision on Austin’s critical future on water policy!

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